Listing regulations amended to replace "share transfer agent" with "Registrar to an Issue and Share Transfer Agent".
Regulations amend the Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements, 2015 by substituting the term "share transfer agent" with "Registrar to an Issue and Share Transfer Agent" across regulation 7 and multiple schedules and parts to standardise nomenclature; changes include the heading of regulation 7, sub regulation text, provisos and corresponding entries in Schedules I, II, III, VI and VII, with the amendment effective on publication in the Official Gazette.

Registrars to an issue and share transfer agents must obtain Board registration, meet net worth, compliance, fees and operational obligations.
Establishes mandatory registration by the Board for registrars to an issue and share transfer agents, with applications in prescribed Form A, payment of specified fees, and Board assessment of corporate status, infrastructure, experience, compliance arrangements, audit oversight and a minimum net worth of fifty lakh rupees. Registration is granted in Form B and is subject to conditions including Board approval for change in control, maintenance of net worth, grievance redressal within twenty-one days, segregation of services to unlisted companies into separate business units, retention of records, appointment of a compliance officer, adherence to a detailed Code of Conduct, and submission to Board inspections and enforcement under the intermediaries regime.

Tariff values set for edible oils, brass scrap, areca nut, gold and silver, effective 16 December 2025.
Substitution of TABLES 1-3 in the principal customs notification fixes dollar-denominated tariff values for specified imported goods: edible oils (various palm and soybean oil products), brass scrap (all grades), areca nut, and unit values for gold and silver in defined forms. The entries distinguish covered forms, provide explanatory scope (including exclusions), and reference related notification benefits; the amendment is effective from the stated operative date.

Faced Glass Wool in Rolls: anti-dumping duty extended to 17 June 2026, unless revoked earlier.
The Central Government has amended Notification No. 14/2021-Customs (ADD) to insert a paragraph providing that the anti-dumping duty on imports of Faced Glass Wool in Rolls originating in or exported from the People's Republic of China shall remain in force up to and inclusive of 17th June, 2026, unless revoked, superseded or amended earlier.

Punjab Urban Planning And Development Authority granted income tax exemption from assessment year 2024 25, subject to statutory conditions.
Notification designates Punjab Urban Planning And Development Authority (PAN AAALP0045J) as an authority under clause (46A)(b) of section 10, making specified income eligible for tax exemption from assessment year 2024 25, conditional on its continued constitution under the Punjab Regional and Town Planning and Development Act, 1995 and maintenance of one or more purposes set out in clause (46A)(a); explanatory memorandum states no person is adversely affected by retrospective effect.

New Okhla Industrial Development Authority tax exemption covers grants, land proceeds, rents, interest, and fees subject to conditions.
Notification designates New Okhla Industrial Development Authority as exempt under clause (46) of section 10 for specified income: State grants; disposal proceeds of land, buildings and other properties; rental receipts; interest and dividend; and fees, tolls and charges under the Uttar Pradesh Industrial Area Development Act, 1976. The exemption is subject to conditions: no commercial activity, unchanged activities and income nature across the relevant financial years, and filing returns under clause (g) of sub-section (4C) of section 139. The notification is applied retrospectively to specified assessment and financial years.

Income-tax appeals jurisdiction assigned to specified Commissioners for search, seizure, survey-related assessments and penalties.
The Board directs specified Commissioners of Income-tax (Appeals), as listed in the Schedule with their headquarters, to hear appeals arising from assessments made after search, requisition or survey, appeals based on additions or changes to income founded on seized or impounded material from such operations, and appeals against penalty orders in those categories, with jurisdiction aligned to the Income-tax authorities identified in the Schedule.

Tariff values for edible oils, brass scrap, areca nut, gold and silver fixed, effective 12 December 2025.
Fixes tariff values by substituting TABLE-1, TABLE-2 and TABLE-3 of the principal customs notification, specifying US dollar values for edible oils, brass scrap, areca nuts, and specified forms of gold and silver; issued under the statutory authority of the Customs Act and effective from 12 December 2025.

Manipur GST amendments introduce a track and trace mechanism, unique identification marking and penalties for noncompliance with specified goods.
The Act inserts a statutory track and trace mechanism empowering the Government to notify specified goods and persons, prescribe and require affixation and electronic storage of a unique identification marking, mandate recordkeeping and disclosure of manufacturing machinery details, and require payment for the system; contravention attracts a penalty of one lakh rupees or ten per cent. of tax on such goods, whichever is higher, in addition to other penalties.

GSTR-3B filing deadline extended to 25 October 2025 for September 2025 and July-September quarter returns.
The time limit for electronically furnishing FORM GSTR-3B through the common portal by registered persons is extended to the twenty-fifth day of October, 2025 for the monthly return for September 2025 and for the quarterly return covering July-September 2025, pursuant to the Commissioner's exercise of statutory powers on the Council's recommendations.

GST return filing deadline extended for GSTR-3B (September 2025 and July-September 2025) to October 25, 2025.
The Commissioner extends the time for electronic furnishing of FORM GSTR-3B through the common portal: the monthly return for September 2025 and the quarterly return for July-September 2025 are each now due on the twenty-fifth day of October, 2025, pursuant to powers conferred by the Act and on the Council's recommendation.

REIT regulations expand investor definitions to include institutional investors, link QIB meaning, and broaden strategic investor criteria.
The Regulations define institutional investor as a qualified institutional buyer or a family trust/intermediary with net worth over five hundred crore rupees, substitute the definition of qualified institutional buyer to align with the Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements regulations, and expand strategic investor to include institutional investors, certain foreign portfolio investors, specified NBFC layers, and other Board-specified entities investing at least five per cent. of the total offer size, subject to foreign exchange compliance and prior consultation with relevant financial-sector regulators.

Infrastructure investment trusts: amended definitions require higher net worth, cross-referenced QIB definition, and expanded strategic investor criteria.
Amendments to regulation 2 revise definitions: a family trust or registered intermediary must have net worth over five hundred crore rupees; "qualified institutional buyer" is defined by cross-reference to the 2018 ICDR Regulations; and "strategic investor" is defined to include institutional investors, certain foreign portfolio investors, specified NBFC layers and other Board-specified entities, each required to invest not less than five per cent of the InvIT offer size (or an amount specified by the Board), subject to foreign exchange law compliance and consultation with other financial regulators where applicable.

Diamond imports under DIA now exempt from integrated tax and compensation cess; customs duty exemptions retained.
The revised Paragraph 4.63 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2023 continues to exempt imports under Diamond Imprest Authorisation from Basic Customs Duty, Additional Customs Duty, Education Cess, Anti-dumping Duty, Countervailing Duty, Safeguard Duty and Transition Product Specific Safeguard Duty, and additionally exempts such imports from the whole of the Integrated Tax and Compensation Cess leviable under sub-section (7) and sub-section (9) respectively of section 3 of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975.

Industrial Relations Code transition: existing labour courts and tribunals continue to adjudicate until new bodies are appointed.
The Order, effective 8 December 2025 and issued under section 103 of the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, clarifies that existing Labour Courts, Industrial Tribunals and National Industrial Tribunals constituted under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 will continue to adjudicate existing and new cases until corresponding tribunals under the Code are constituted, and that existing statutory authorities under the Trade Unions Act, 1926, the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946 and the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 will continue to function pending appointment of authorities under the Code.

Textured Tempered Glass imports will remain subject to countervailing duty inclusive of 8 June 2026.
A continuation review under section 9 and rule 24 was initiated for countervailing duty on textured tempered glass (tariff item 7007 19 00) from Malaysia; the Central Government amended Notification No. 3/2021-Customs(CVD) to insert that the countervailing duty shall remain in force up to and inclusive of 8 June 2026 unless revoked, superseded or amended earlier.

Nominated Agency definition updated to reference specified appended lists in a customs notification, altering agency identification under GST.
Substitution of Explanation clause (c) redefines Nominated Agency to mean entities specified in Lists 13, 14 and 15 appended to Table 1 of notification No. 45/2025 Customs dated 24th October 2025; amendment made under sub section (1) of Section 11 of the Madhya Pradesh GST Act on Council recommendation and deemed effective from 1st November 2025.

Nil return submission by SMS allowed; registered mobile OTP verification enables furnishing of nil GSTR returns and outward-supply details.
Substituted rule 67A allows a registered person required to furnish a Nil return in FORM GSTR-3B or Nil details of outward supplies in FORM GSTR-1 to do so via short messaging service from the registered mobile number, with the filing verified by a registered mobile number-based One Time Password; a Nil return or Nil details means a tax period with no entries in any tables of the respective forms.

Electronic registration option for small taxpayers requires Aadhaar authentication and permits portal grant or withdrawal under prescribed procedures.
Rule 9A requires electronic grant of registration within three working days based on portal data analysis and risk parameters. Rule 14A provides an optional electronic registration for taxpayers below a prescribed monthly output tax threshold, conditional on Aadhaar authentication, prohibits duplicate registrations against the same PAN in the same State/UT, and prescribes withdrawal by filing FORM GST REG-32 with specified authentication, verification, return-filing and amendment preconditions; the amendment also revises and inserts registration-related forms and portal instructions.

GST notification updates 'Nominated Agency' definition to refer to Lists 13-15 of Customs notification, effective 1 November 2025.
Substitutes clause (c) of the Explanation to redefine "Nominated Agency" as the entities mentioned in Lists 13, 14 and 15 appended to Table I of notification No. 45/2025 Customs, aligning the state GST notification with those Customs lists and declaring the amendment effective from the 1st day of November, 2025.