Bullion Exchange regulation: IFSCA sets framework for bullion trading, clearing, depository and vaulting services.
Regulations establish a regulatory framework to operationalize a Bullion Exchange within the International Financial Services Centre after classifying bullion spot delivery contracts and bullion depository receipts as Financial Services. The International Financial Services Centres Authority (Bullion Exchange) Regulations, 2020 set out provisions for the Exchange, a Clearing Corporation, Depositories and Vaults, organised across sixteen chapters addressing exchange and clearing arrangements and storage and depository provisions.

Cross-border securities cooperation to enable information sharing and technical assistance for enhanced regulatory supervision and enforcement.
Approval is granted for SEBI to sign a Bilateral Memorandum of Understanding with Luxembourg's CSSF to establish a framework for information sharing, mutual assistance in enforcement of securities laws, and supervisory cooperation, and to create a technical assistance programme for consultations, capacity building and training of regulatory staff.

Economic cooperation and regulatory consistency underpin India-Sri Lanka partnership to support people centric economic revival and sustained growth.
The address advocates aligning India's and Sri Lanka's self reliance strategies to foster bilateral economic cooperation aimed at people centric revival, stressing that regulatory consistency and policy certainty are essential to attract industry and private sector participation and to sustain development partnership.

Capital expenditure targets for public sector enterprises must be accelerated and closely monitored to support economic recovery.
Capital expenditure by Central Public Sector Enterprises is directed to be accelerated as a key economic driver, with ministry secretaries and CPSE leadership instructed to monitor performance, resolve impediments, ensure timely utilisation of allocated capital outlays, and meet sequential quarterly utilisation benchmarks to support economic recovery.

Government equity infusion into NIIF debt platform to catalyse pension and sovereign investments and scale infrastructure debt financing.
Government approval authorises phased equity infusion into the NIIF Infrastructure Debt Financing Platform on conditions of fiscal readiness and demand; NIIF must use this capital to catalyse equity from domestic and global pension, insurance and sovereign wealth funds. The platform comprises two NBFCs-one targeting under construction and near operational assets and an NBFC IDF serving as a take out vehicle for mature assets-with in house appraisal, bond market intermediation, and external capital raising as core operational measures to scale infrastructure debt financing and relieve bank exposures.

Opening sectors to foreign investment expands participation and promotes domestic competitiveness through targeted reforms and investment facilitation.
The Government is advancing reforms to attract MNCs by liberalising niche sectors to foreign participation, promoting disinvestment and financial sector professionalisation, and facilitating sovereign fund partnerships. It is establishing Special Manufacturing Zones for Pharma, Medical Devices and APIs with a unified single window mechanism and proposing slab based incentives tied to FDI size to strengthen domestic competitiveness and integrate India into global value chains.

G20 Action Plan reinforces coordinated economic response and recovery, prioritising vaccine access and debt suspension measures.
Participation in the G20 Finance Ministers meeting emphasised the G20 Action Plan as the central coordinating framework for immediate crisis response and long term recovery, stressed affordability and accessibility of vaccines, and called for collective implementation of the Debt Service Suspension Initiative as a key deliverable requiring coordinated action by G20 members.

Taxation of the digital economy: consensus-based solution urged to ensure fairness and sustainability of tax systems.
The meeting endorsed the G20 Action Plan and the Debt Service Suspension Initiative as central multilateral responses to COVID 19, urged a consensus solution for taxation of the digital economy to ensure fairness and sustainability of tax systems, supported expansion of the New Development Bank's membership with attention to regional balance, and considered development of an integrated digital platform to foster infrastructure investment and information sharing.

Mutual recognition agreement enables qualified chartered accountants to obtain reciprocal membership between two professional bodies.
Approval of a Mutual Recognition Agreement creates a framework for reciprocal admission of appropriately qualified Chartered Accountants between ICAI and MICPA by recognising qualifications through specified modules, allocating credit for existing accountancy qualifications, and setting the basis for membership admission; the parties will share information on changes to qualifying requirements, CPD policy, exemptions and related matters.

Capital expenditure oversight urged to reach major quarterly outlay, with ministries and CPSEs instructed to coordinate and monitor.
The Finance Minister held a review stressing CAPEX as a critical driver of growth, noting lower H1 execution and urging scaling up CAPEX for FY 2020-21 and FY 2021-22. Secretaries and CMDs were directed to coordinate closely and monitor performance to ensure timely and proper utilisation of capital outlay, specifically to achieve 75% of the capital outlay by end of Q3 of FY 2020-21, with joint CAPEX reviews conducted by the central economic and public enterprise departments.

Economic stimulus measures and structural labor reforms strengthen pandemic response while expanding social protection and rural support.
Government fiscal and policy response to COVID 19 comprises direct cash transfers and expanded food security measures, a large economic package aimed at self reliance, liquidity and refinance support for rural and farm sectors, increased employment guarantee allocations, and a commitment to strengthen health infrastructure. Complementary reforms include consolidation of central labour laws and the implementation of National Portability of ration cards to extend social protection to migrant workers, framed alongside engagement with multilateral debt suspension and pandemic financing initiatives.

Policy support: sustained recovery measures urged to avert liquidity shortfalls and protect vulnerable livelihoods during pandemic recovery.
The IMFC met virtually to consider the IMF Managing Director's Global Policy Agenda; the minister outlined India's AtmaNirbhar Bharat Package as a tool to speed recovery, citing a V-shaped rebound in key indicators and stimulus to support consumer demand and manufacturing. She supported the IMF's caution that withdrawing policy support too soon may cause liquidity shortfalls and insolvencies, and urged that recovery efforts must protect livelihoods in low-income and developing countries. The IMFC's advisory, twice-yearly ministerial role was noted.

Unsolicited investment tips: disregard and perform due diligence to protect investors and market integrity online.
Unsolicited messages with stock tips and investment advice circulated via bulk SMS, websites and social media convey fraudulent, misleading or false information about listed companies, inducing trading based on unreliable recommendations. Investors are cautioned not to rely on such unsolicited tips and are urged to exercise appropriate due diligence, verify information from reliable sources, and independently assess recommendations to protect their interests and market integrity.

Debt suspension initiative extended and reviewed, with emphasis on balanced recovery and structural debt treatment to protect vulnerable countries.
The G20 updated the G20 Action Plan to align COVID 19 response commitments with current health and economic priorities, emphasising policy balance, heterogeneity of national responses, international spillovers, and limits to procyclical credit rating effects. The meeting extended the Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI) for eligible low income countries and agreed to review the need for further extension by the 2021 IMF/WBG Spring Meetings, while calling for structural debt treatment that considers creditor and debtor concerns and avoids unduly burdensome conditionalities.

Market access through Authorised Persons expands investor access to exchange traded products and deepens secondary market liquidity.
IFSCA's framework permits stock brokers and trading members registered with IFSCA or SEBI to provide market access to investors through Authorised Persons based in foreign jurisdictions, where an Authorised Person is an individual, partnership, LLP or body corporate that acts as an agent of the stock broker to provide access to a stock exchange trading platform.

Investor-friendly regulatory reforms expand foreign investment access and streamline corporate, labour, and agricultural frameworks for global investors.
India has implemented policy measures to attract investment by liberalizing FDI, creating a tax-friendly regime for Sovereign Wealth and Pension Funds, reforming the bond market, and offering incentives for sectors such as pharmaceuticals, medical devices and electronics. Investor facilitation includes an Empowered Group of Secretaries and a unified regulator for the IFSC at GIFT City. The government is enabling asset monetization via REITs and InvITs and pursuing deregulation and decriminalization under corporate law alongside structural reforms in education, labour and agriculture to expand market access and participation.

Rights issue reforms: truncated and intermediate disclosures plus eased filing and subscription rules to speed fundraising.
Amendments permit truncated disclosures for issuers meeting recent listing-compliance criteria or post-change-in-control/listing timelines; others must use an intermediate disclosure format. Disclosure duplication is reduced by relying on information already made public under listing rules. The changes raise the filing threshold for draft letters of offer, exempt certain rights issues from the strict minimum subscription requirement when proceeds are not for capital expenditure subject to promoter subscription undertakings, and allow fast-track rights issues with required adverse-impact disclosures despite pending enforcement or audit matters.

Insurance coverage for PMJDY account holders enhanced; additional opt-in schemes available with auto-debit and express consent.
Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana account holders receive inbuilt accidental cover linked to the RuPay debit card, with an increased coverage level for cards issued after 28.08.2018. Eligible PMJDY account-holders may opt into Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana and Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana; each scheme provides specified insurance coverage to beneficiaries within defined age ranges upon payment of an annual premium collected by auto-debit from the bank account, requiring the express consent of the account holder.

Tax dispute settlement scheme increases voluntary declarations, extends filing deadline and augments government settlement receipts.
The Vivad Se Vishwas scheme recorded 35,074 Form 1 declarations through 8 September 2020 and realized reported receipts of Rs. 9,538 crore, a figure that excludes payments by taxpayers who have not yet filed declarations; the filing deadline for declarations has been extended to 31 December 2020.

Tribunal caseload management: staffing, e court rollout and virtual hearings used to address pending insolvency and corporate cases.
Tribunal caseload management emphasizes administrative and technological measures: regular posts were created with Recruitment Rules notified and appointments initiated though only a limited number are filled; an e court programme has been implemented across benches, e filing begun at some benches with expansion planned, and hearings have been conducted by video conferencing during the public health emergency to maintain case processing.