Clean slate doctrine extinguishes uncrystallised operational claims and pending proceedings once an approved insolvency resolution plan becomes binding. The clean slate doctrine under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code is described as abating or extinguishing pending civil suits and arbitration involving pre-insolvency operational claims that had not crystallised into determinable and quantifiable amounts before resolution-plan approval. Claims must be submitted to and determined by the resolution professional, and only crystallised claims incorporated in the approved plan remain payable under its prescribed treatment. Once final, the creditor list and approved plan bind all stakeholders.
Foreign exchange reserves rose as foreign currency assets, gold, Special Drawing Rights and IMF reserve position increased. Foreign exchange reserves increased during the reporting week, principally because foreign currency assets rose. Reserve components include foreign currency assets, gold reserves, Special Drawing Rights and the reserve position with the International Monetary Fund. Foreign currency assets, expressed in dollar terms, reflect valuation effects arising from movements in non-US currencies held in the reserves. Gold reserves, Special Drawing Rights and the reserve position with the International Monetary Fund also increased.
Rupee exchange-rate movement stabilised after possible central bank intervention, while oil prices and foreign fund flows sustained pressure. The rupee strengthened against the US dollar following four declining sessions, reportedly amid possible Reserve Bank of India intervention. Elevated West Asia tensions, higher crude-oil prices and cautious foreign fund flows continued to weigh on the currency, despite consolidation in the absence of major domestic triggers. Market participants were expected to monitor global developments, crude-oil movements and foreign institutional investor activity for the next directional move.
Revised Index of Core Industries adopts a new base year, adds Iron Ore, and aligns production measurement methodology. The revised Index of Core Industries adopts 2022-23 as its base year and replaces the 2011-12 series. Its weights are derived from the 2022-23 Index of Industrial Production and redistributed pro rata to total 100. Iron Ore is added as a core industry, expanding the basket to nine industries. The Steel Index will use gross production data for consistency with the Index of Industrial Production. In the Coal sector, only Raw Coal is retained; Coal Middlings and Washed Coal are excluded to prevent double counting.
Sustainability reporting discipline requires credible disclosures, board-level integration, data assurance and proportionate ESG implementation across business value chains. ESG-led responsible business conduct requires sustainability disclosures that are relevant, comparable, evidence-based and verifiable, supported by reliable systems, internal controls, documentation, traceability and independent examination. Sustainability should be integrated into board-level decision-making, fiduciary responsibilities, risk management and long-term enterprise value. Stronger governance, accountability and data-assurance frameworks are needed to address greenwashing, with proportionate reporting, technology and capacity-building supporting implementation across value chains and MSMEs.
Promoter shareholding increase through market purchases remains within creeping acquisition limits and signals confidence in long-term growth prospects. Promoter and promoter-group shareholding in Reliance Industries Ltd increased by nearly 0.5 percentage points through market purchases during the June quarter. The purchases were reported to be within SEBI creeping acquisition limits, allowing gradual promoter acquisitions without triggering a mandatory open offer where prescribed thresholds are met. The increase may strengthen promoter control and marginally reduce public float, and was characterised as reflecting confidence in long-term growth, earnings trajectory and capital-allocation plans.
Tariffs on Russian oil purchasers would target sanctions evasion, with reassessment mechanisms and limited energy-sector exemptions proposed. Proposed United States Senate legislation would impose mandatory tariffs on imports from leading purchasers of Russian oil or gas and leading facilitators of Russian oil-sanctions evasion. It provides for periodic reassessment and tariff adjustments, while exempting qualifying countries reducing Russian gas imports. Russian uranium purchases for specified nuclear and medical needs, and certain nuclear and space cooperation activities, would be excluded.
Foreign currency non-resident deposits enable overseas Indians to invest foreign earnings while supporting India's foreign-exchange reserves. Foreign Currency Non-Resident deposits allow Non-Resident Indians and Persons of Indian Origin to maintain overseas earnings as foreign-currency fixed deposits with Indian banks without conversion into Indian rupees. Banks may offer enhanced interest rates for a limited period under an initiative intended to strengthen foreign-exchange reserves and support the rupee. The framework covers the investment process, regulatory requirements, taxation aspects and advantages for eligible overseas investors.
GST compliance management integrates reconciliation, input tax credit support, invoicing and statutory monitoring within an AI-powered enterprise platform. The unified cloud platform combines accounting, manufacturing, inventory, procurement, human resources, payroll, compliance, reporting and document management with an embedded AI agent. Its compliance functions include GST validation, purchase-register reconciliation with GSTR-2B, input tax credit support, supplier filing-gap detection, e-invoicing, e-way bills, TDS and statutory due-date tracking. Financial and operational workflows are intended to use common real-time data, with automation for invoices, journal entries, reconciliations, reporting, workflow approvals and compliance-risk monitoring.
Institutional trade cooperation expands through industry MoUs, supporting investment, innovation and technology partnerships across strategic economic sectors. Bilateral trade and investment cooperation was advanced through ministerial discussions and industry engagements concerning financial markets, innovation, enterprise financing and commercial relations. Two institutional Memoranda of Understanding established mechanisms for industry collaboration and greater business engagement. Sector-specific interactions covered digital and frontier technologies, space, clean energy, bioeconomy, circular economy, infrastructure and advanced manufacturing, focusing on collaboration, investment and technology partnerships.
Codex spice standards harmonise quality benchmarks for cardamom, coriander and vanilla, supporting trade consistency, market access and export competitiveness. Codex standards for large cardamom, coriander and vanilla establish harmonised international quality benchmarks following review by relevant committees on analytical methods, food additives and food labelling. The standards are intended to promote consistent quality requirements, facilitate trade, improve market access and support export competitiveness. India was also accepted as Co-Chair of an Electronic Working Group developing policy guidance on risk analysis for new food products.
Export readiness for MSMEs strengthens global market access through trade intelligence, standards compliance, preferential origin rules and trade remedy awareness. Export readiness for Indian MSMEs is supported through practical guidance on identifying export opportunities, market-access requirements, trade intelligence tools, international standards, sustainability requirements and buyer identification. International expansion strategies include using preferential Rules of Origin and cooperation mechanisms under Free Trade Agreements, selecting export destinations, product positioning, diversification and value addition. Trade remedy awareness and guidance on unfair trade practices and import surges, together with institutional support, partnerships and trade-exhibition participation, can strengthen global competitiveness and integration into global value chains.
Reciprocal tariff measures and multilateral dispute settlement are pursued in response to contested import duties. Reciprocal tariff measures are proposed in response to a new tariff on specified Brazilian imports allegedly involving unfair trade practices. Brazil rejects those allegations and proposes to use its reciprocity-law mechanisms, including reciprocal tariffs and other trade-related countermeasures, while pursuing multilateral dispute settlement. It maintains that trade investigations must conform to multilateral international-trade rules and notes that the tariff may burden exports and increase commercial uncertainty.
Section 301 tariff authority offers a procedurally constrained route to replace temporary global import tariffs after emergency powers failed. Import-tariff authority is shifting from emergency-based measures to temporary and investigatory powers under the Trade Act of 1974. Section 122 supports a global tariff measure only for a limited period, whereas Section 301 permits tariffs or trade sanctions for unjustifiable, unreasonable, or discriminatory foreign trade practices after required public-comment and hearing procedures. Current Section 301 investigations concern forced-labour imports and alleged overproduction by trading partners. A more rule-bound tariff framework may reduce, but not eliminate, commercial uncertainty, and broad use of Section 301 for near-universal tariffs may face legal challenge.
International food-safety and phytosanitary compliance supports premium cherry and plum exports from Jammu and Kashmir to Singapore. Export of premium cherries and plums from Jammu and Kashmir to Singapore was facilitated to expand overseas market access for temperate fruits. The produce underwent scientific cultivation, optimum-maturity harvesting, grading, sorting, packing and cold-chain handling in compliance with international food-safety and phytosanitary standards. The initiative highlights quality enhancement, market development, logistics, export-oriented production and improved post-harvest management for horticultural exports.
Electricity bill recovery and prepaid departmental billing are presented alongside independent tariff regulation and rooftop solar promotion. Electricity-payment arrears were reported against government departments and non-government consumers. Tariffs are determined independently by the State Electricity Regulatory Commission on factors including power-purchase costs, regulatory assets, the distribution company's financial position and public hearings. Recovery from non-government consumers is undertaken under the Electricity Supply Code, while a pre-paid billing system is being implemented for government departments to improve payment compliance. Rooftop solar installations are also being promoted to reduce household electricity bills.
Rupee depreciation pressures intensify as elevated crude prices, foreign capital outflows and geopolitical tensions weigh on exchange markets. The rupee weakened for a fourth consecutive session amid elevated crude oil prices, a stronger dollar index and foreign capital outflows, with rising oil import costs adding to balance-of-payments pressures. Reserve Bank of India data showed an overall balance-of-payments deficit during the first two months of the fiscal year, although the current account recorded a surplus for April-May 2026. Geopolitical tensions and Strait of Hormuz risks were cited as supporting high crude prices, while possible Reserve Bank intervention could support the rupee.
Zero-duty India-UK trade under CETA begins with jewellery and coffee consignments, supported by exporter compliance guidance. India-UK CETA introduced a low- or zero-tariff regime covering about 99 per cent of tariff lines for Indian exports to the United Kingdom. Initial zero-duty jewellery and coffee consignments reached the UK under the agreement. CETA is intended to improve market competitiveness, strengthen supply chains and support businesses, exporters, importers and investors. A dedicated facilitation forum and a guide to UK import standards and regulatory requirements support Indian exporters, particularly small and medium enterprises, in navigating the post-CETA trading regime.
Foreign investor tax exemptions on government securities are proposed to continue, supporting sovereign debt market liquidity and capital inflows. Income-tax exemption for foreign investors in government securities is proposed to continue through the Income-tax (Amendment) Bill, 2026, replacing the corresponding ordinance. The ordinance exempted interest income and capital gains from the sale, exchange or transfer of government securities by foreign investors, effective from 1 April. The measure seeks to attract foreign capital, deepen the sovereign debt market and improve liquidity amid global economic volatility. The legislative agenda also includes MSME reforms concerning delayed-payment redressal, enforcement of arbitral awards and State flexibility in constituting facilitation councils.
Foreign asset reporting requires complete Schedule FA and Schedule FSI disclosures despite limited information displayed in the Annual Information Statement. Annual Information Statement records for eligible taxpayers include foreign assets and foreign-source income information received through the Automatic Exchange of Information framework. The information is intended to facilitate accurate tax compliance and is not a scrutiny or investigation mechanism. As the displayed data is limited to information received from partner jurisdictions and is not exhaustive, taxpayers must correctly and completely disclose all foreign assets and foreign-source income in Schedule FA and Schedule FSI, whether or not such information appears in the Annual Information Statement.
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh announced India's Duty Free Tariff Preference (DFTP) Scheme for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) on the occasion of the India-Africa Forum Summit of African Heads of States/Governments and their official representatives in New Delhi on April 8, 2008.
The DFTP Scheme grants duty free access on 94% of India's total tariff lines to be implemented over a period of five years. Specifically it will provide preferential market access on tariff lines that comprise 92.5% of global exports of all LDCs. Products of immediate interest to Africa which are covered include cotton, cocoa, aluminium ores, copper ores, cashew nuts, cane-sugar, ready-made garments, fish fillets and non-industrial diamonds.
The Scheme is open to all 49 LDC members including 33 LDCs in Africa. The Scheme provides that in order to avail benefits under this Scheme, individual LDC members submit a Letter of Intent to the Government of India. The Scheme further provides that in order to enjoy tariff preference, the beneficiary country submits a Certificate of Origin along with the consignment.
As of today, the Department of Commerce has received Letters of Intent from 10 LDCs, out of which Customs Notifications No. 96 and No. 99 have already been issued on 13.8.2008 and 28.8.2008 in respect of 7 LDCs, namely Cambodia, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Samoa, Malawi and Lao PDR. The Letters of Intent received from 3 other LDCs, namely Madagascar, Rwanda and Uganda, are under process.
Duty free tariff preference: preferential market access granted to eligible least developed countries subject to origin documentation.
The Duty Free Tariff Preference Scheme grants duty free access on the majority of India's tariff lines to eligible Least Developed Countries, covering tariff lines representing the bulk of LDC exports and including specified commodities and manufactures. Eligibility requires each beneficiary LDC to submit a Letter of Intent and to furnish a Certificate of Origin with consignments; implementation proceeds via Customs notifications, with several LDCs having submitted intent and certain notifications already issued.
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