Ethanol blended petrol exemption expands to specified BIS-compliant fuel blends with nil excise entries.
Exemption notification inserts additional entries for ethanol blended petrol conforming to BIS specification IS 19850. The specified blends cover 22%, 25%, 27% and 30% ethanol by volume, with corresponding petrol content of 78%, 75%, 73% and 70%, subject to payment of the appropriate duties of excise on the motor spirit and the relevant Central, State, Union territory or Integrated tax on the ethanol component. The amendment also defines appropriate duties of excise and the relevant GST taxes by reference to the applicable enactments. The table entries are marked nil.

Ethanol blended petrol exemption expands to cover higher blend ratios, subject to duty-paid inputs and BIS specification compliance.
Central Excise exemption is extended to specified ethanol blended petrol by inserting new tariff entries for 22%, 25%, 27% and 30% ethanol blended petrol under heading 2710 12. Each blend must consist of the stated proportions of motor spirit and ethanol, comply with Bureau of Indian Standards specification IS 19850, and satisfy the requirement that the relevant duties or taxes have already been paid on the constituent components. The exemption for each inserted entry is nil, and the explanation is updated accordingly.

Anti-dumping duty on aluminium foil imports is extended until 15 December 2026, unless earlier revoked or amended.
Anti-dumping duty on imports of aluminium foil from China PR, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia is amended by inserting a validity clause extending the duty up to and inclusive of 15 December 2026, unless revoked, superseded or amended earlier. The amendment is issued under the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 and the Anti-dumping Duty Rules, 1995 as part of the existing customs duty framework for the notified product and countries of origin or export.

Countervailing duty extension keeps levy on aluminium wire and wire rod from Malaysia in force until March 2027.
Countervailing duty on Aluminium Wire/Wire Rod (9-13 mm) originating in or exported from Malaysia is continued by amendment to the principal customs notification. A new paragraph provides that the duty shall remain in force up to and inclusive of 23 March 2027, unless revoked, superseded, or amended earlier, operating as an extension of the existing duty period under the Customs Tariff framework.

Common adjudicating authority appointed for consolidated customs adjudication of multiple show cause notices against one importer.
Common adjudicating authority appointed for consolidated adjudication of multiple show cause notices issued to M/s. Koinone Polytech India Pvt. Ltd. under the Customs Act, 1962. The notification designates a single officer to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the officers who issued the notices, so that the proceedings arising from the different notices may be handled together. The appointment covers notices issued by different customs formations and transfers adjudicatory responsibility to the designated Commissioner of Customs, Chennai-II (Import).

Customs exemption entry expanded to cover tariff item 26020010 for all goods at nil customs duty.
Customs exemption entry is amended by inserting a new item in Table I of Notification No. 62/2022-Customs. The inserted entry covers tariff item 26020010 for all goods and prescribes nil customs duty against the new serial number 825A.

Commencement of amendments under the Jan Vishwas framework brings the Works of Defence Act changes into force by notification.
Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2026 brought into force the amendments to the Works of Defence Act, 1903 specified against serial number 5 of the Schedule to that Act. The Central Government exercised the power under section 1(2) of the 2026 Act to appoint commencement from the date of publication of the notification in the Official Gazette.

Managing General Agent regulation tightens registration, fiduciary segregation, underwriting limits and disclosure duties for IFSC operations.
Regulates the registration, eligibility, governance and operational framework for Managing General Agents (MGAs) in IFSCs. An MGA may act only under a Binding Authority Agreement with a foreign insurer and is limited to delegated solicitation, underwriting, claims processing and authorised claims settlement, subject to registration, financial strength, fit and proper standards, fiduciary segregation of funds, professional indemnity, conduct obligations and ongoing disclosure, audit and compliance requirements.

Insolvency resolution process costs and creditor participation rules are tightened through new committee approval and disclosure requirements.
The amendment requires that the eighteen largest operational creditors be unrelated operational creditors, includes all such creditors where fewer than eighteen exist, and provides for observer participation by specified unrelated operational creditors where non-bank and non-public financial institution creditors hold more than sixty-six per cent voting share. It also tightens approval of insolvency resolution process costs through first-meeting approval, a Going Concern Assessment Report, and prior committee approval for later costs. The committee must further record reasons on feasibility, viability, realisable value, and market discovery when approving resolution plans.

Copyright Act commencement notified as the Jan Vishwas amendment provisions linked to the schedule entry take effect.
The Central Government appointed 15 June 2026 as the commencement date for the provisions of the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2026 insofar as they relate to serial number 23 and the corresponding entry in the Schedule concerning the Copyright Act, 1957.

Financial intelligence sharing expands with inclusion of the Directorate of Naval Intelligence as a specified recipient agency.
Financial intelligence may be furnished by the Financial Intelligence Unit to specified agencies notified by the Central Government under the Prevention of Money-laundering Act, 2002, where such disclosure is considered necessary in the public interest for enabling those agencies to perform their functions. The notification amends the earlier list of authorised recipients by inserting the Directorate of Naval Intelligence as an additional specified agency entitled to receive such information.

Export realisation period shortened as the regulation reduces the time limit for goods, software and services to nine months.
The amendment shortens the export realisation period under the principal regulations by substituting nine months for fifteen months in regulation 9, including sub-regulation (1) and sub-regulation (2)(a). It applies to the realisation of export value of goods, software and services and takes effect on publication in the Official Gazette.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointment for customs show cause notice adjudication under the Customs Act, 1962.
Common Adjudicating Authority appointed for adjudication of specified customs show cause notices issued to View Sonic Technologies India Pvt. Ltd. under the Customs Act, 1962. The named Principal Commissioner/Commissioner of Customs, Import Commissionerate, Chennai, is authorised to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the officers originally listed in relation to the identified noticee and show cause notices. The appointment is limited to adjudication of the stated notices and records the original adjudicating authorities and the designated common authority.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointed for consolidated customs adjudication of multiple show cause notices against Hewlett Packard Enterprise India Private Limited.
Common Adjudicating Authority is appointed for consolidated adjudication of multiple show cause notices issued to Hewlett Packard Enterprise India Private Limited arising from SVB Investigation Report No. 18/2024. The notification exercises powers under the Customs Act, 1962 to designate a specified officer to perform the functions and discharge the duties of the officers named in the table for adjudication of the listed notices. The appointment covers the show cause notices issued by customs formations at Bengaluru, Mumbai, New Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Nhava Sheva.

SGST rate-schedule classification revises beverage tariff entries under concessional and higher tax schedules with effect from May 2026.
Madhya Pradesh SGST rate-schedule classification is amended to substitute specified beverage tariff entries in the schedules attracting 2.5% and 20% tax rates. Schedule I entries 150 and 151 are revised for tariff headings 2202 99 21, 2202 99 29, 2202 99 31 and 2202 99 39. Schedule III entries 2 and 3 are revised for specified headings including 2202 91 00, 2202 99 91 and 2202 99 99. The amendments operate from 1 May 2026.

Textual correction in central excise notification substitutes one figure in the published notification.
A corrigendum to Notification No. 05/2025-Central Excise (N.T.) corrects a textual error in the published notification. In line 12 at page 24, the figure "23" is substituted with "24". The correction is limited to this specific amendment and does not indicate any broader change in the notification's substance.

GST rate schedule amendments revise tariff classification entries for specified goods and apply retrospectively from May 2026.
Amendment notification under the West Bengal Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 revises the classification entries in the rate schedules of an earlier notification on GST rates for specified goods. In Schedule I at 2.5%, the existing tariff entries against serial numbers 150 and 151 are substituted to expand the covered headings, and in Schedule III at 20%, the entries against serial numbers 2 and 3 are similarly substituted to revise the tariff coverage for the relevant goods descriptions. The notification gives retrospective effect from 1 May 2026.

Commencement of scheduled amendments under the Jan Vishwas Act brings specified pipeline law provisions into force.
The Central Government has appointed 2 June 2026 as the commencement date for the relevant provisions of the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2026, limited to serial number 30 and the corresponding Schedule entries relating to the Petroleum and Minerals Pipelines (Acquisition of Right of User in Land) Act, 1962. The notification operates under the power to fix the date of commencement for the specified provisions only.

Statutory commencement notification brings into force amendments relating to the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board Act.
Brings into force, from 2 June 2026, the provisions of the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2026 relating to serial number 61 and the corresponding Schedule entries concerning the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board Act, 2006.

Quality Control Orders exemption for SEZ imports is broadened, while Domestic Tariff Area clearances remain subject to compliance.
Exemption from applicability of Quality Control Orders (QCOs) issued under the BIS Act, 2016 is extended to SEZ Units and SEZ Developers for import of all permissible goods, including raw materials, components, consumables, spares and capital goods, for authorised operations within Special Economic Zones. The exemption applies only to use within the SEZ, and any removal, transfer or clearance into the Domestic Tariff Area must comply with applicable QCOs, BIS requirements and other laws in force. An undertaking must be submitted at importation.