Electronic trading platform registration imposes governance, market-integrity, risk-management, clearing, data-retention, and supervisory compliance obligations in IFSCs.
Electronic trading platforms in an IFSC require registration unless an express exemption applies. Registration depends on financial soundness, governance, risk controls, business viability, net worth and continuing fit and proper status. Operators must maintain fair trading rules, participant due diligence, surveillance, market-abuse controls, resilient systems, algorithmic-trading safeguards, approved clearing and settlement arrangements, business continuity, cyber resilience and a compliance officer. They must preserve secure platform data, submit required returns and audited financial statements, and cooperate with supervisory inspection, inquiry, investigation and audit.

Fund management compliance now strengthens liquidity deployment, NAV disclosures, sponsor contributions, fiduciary oversight and governance controls for IFSC schemes.
Fund-management requirements in IFSC are amended to require pre-close or pre-threshold contributor monies to be invested only in permissible investments preserving capital and providing adequate liquidity. NAV computation, NAV disclosure and portfolio disclosure obligations are revised across Venture Capital, Restricted and Retail schemes from the commencement of investment activity. FME contribution rules, exemptions for relocated and specified passive structures, placement memorandum extensions, NAV methodology and conflict disclosures, policy approvals, record retention, and fiduciary pre-investor-agreement checks are also revised.

Re-insurance premium definition now covers consideration paid or payable under contracts to cover risk within the financial services framework.
Premium is redefined by adopting the meaning assigned under the Insurance Act, 1938. For re-insurance business, premium means the consideration paid or payable under a re-insurance contract to cover risk. The amendment takes effect from its publication in the Official Gazette and updates the premium-definition provision governing the manner of payment and receipt of premium.

Tribunal reforms commencement activates all statutory provisions from the appointed date under the enabling commencement power.
The Tribunals Reforms Act, 2026 enters into force in its entirety on 25 August 2026. The commencement power under the Act appoints that date for simultaneous operation of every provision, rather than staged commencement. A single effective date therefore applies to the statutory tribunal-reform framework and the Act's complete set of provisions.

Market-abuse compliance prohibits insider trading, fraud and manipulation while requiring listed entities to maintain disclosures and internal controls.
Insiders are prohibited from communicating, procuring or trading on material non-public information except for legitimate purposes, duties or legal obligations. Trading while in possession of such information is presumed to be based on it, subject to specified explanations, including informed inter-se transfers, bona fide statutory transactions, pre-priced stock-option exercises, effective information barriers and disclosed irrevocable trading plans. Listed entities must maintain transaction-disclosure policies for designated persons and internal controls that protect confidential information, restrict access, identify informed employees and undergo periodic review.

Rating under approved policy may extend to certain situations within capital market intermediary regulatory requirements.
Regulation 28(5), first proviso, is amended by inserting the words "certain situations as per its approved policy, including but not limited to" after "a rating in" and before "the". The insertion connects the relevant rating-related requirement with situations covered by an approved policy and clarifies that those situations are not exhaustive. The amendment takes effect from publication in the Official Gazette.

Commencement of public premises eviction provisions notified under the Jan Vishwas amendment framework for scheduled amendments.
Commencement of the provisions at serial number 36 in the Schedule to the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2026 is notified for the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1971. The Central Government appoints 1 July 2026 as the date on which those scheduled amendments relating to the Public Premises legislation come into force.

Commencement of Tea Act amendments under the Jan Vishwas framework takes effect from 24 June 2026.
The Central Government has appointed 24 June 2026 as the commencement date for the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2026, insofar as it relates to serial number 17 and the corresponding Schedule entries concerning the Tea Act, 1953. The notification is a commencement instrument bringing the specified Tea Act-related amendment provisions into force from that date.

Commencement notification brings into force specified amendments affecting the marine products export regulatory framework from 23 June 2026.
The Central Government appoints 23 June 2026 as the date on which the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2026 comes into force insofar as it relates to serial number 37 and the corresponding Schedule entries concerning the Marine Products Export Development Authority Act, 1972. The notification gives effect only to the specified provisions within the marine products export regulatory framework.

Commencement of Offshore Areas Mineral law amendments set in force under the Jan Vishwas framework.
The Central Government appoints 1 August 2026 as the date on which the relevant provisions of the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2026, relating to serial number 57 and the corresponding Schedule entries concerning the Offshore Areas Mineral (Development and Regulation) Act, 2002, come into force.

Commencement of amendment provisions brings into force the Mines and Minerals Act-related entry from the specified date.
The Central Government appointed 1 August 2026 as the commencement date for the provisions of the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2026 relating to serial number 27 and the corresponding Schedule entry concerning the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957. The notification is issued under sub-section (2) of section 1 and brings the identified amendment provisions into force from the specified date.

Commencement notification brings into force Jan Vishwas amendments relating to the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act.
Central Government notification brings into force, from 23 June 2026, the provisions of the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2026 relating to serial number 50 and the corresponding Schedule entries concerning the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act, 1985. The notification is issued under the commencement power in sub-section (2) of section 1 of the 2026 Amendment Act.

Commencement of provisions under the Jan Vishwas amendment brings selected Coal Mines Provident Fund entries into force from publication.
The Central Government appoints the date of publication of the notification as the date on which the provisions of the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2026, relating to serial number 12 and the corresponding Schedule entries for the Coal Mines Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1948, come into force. The notification is issued by the Ministry of Coal and takes effect from its publication in the Official Gazette on 23 June 2026.

Commencement of amendment provisions brings the Oil Industry (Development) Act entries into force under the Jan Vishwas framework.
The Central Government appointed 23 June 2026 as the commencement date for the provisions of the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2026 relating to serial number 40 and the corresponding Schedule entries concerning the Oil Industry (Development) Act, 1974. The notification was issued under section 1(2) of the 2026 Amendment Act and functions as a commencement instrument bringing the identified provisions into force.

Commencement of amendment provisions under the Jan Vishwas Act brings specified pension regulatory changes into force from the notified date.
The Central Government has appointed 23 June 2026 as the commencement date for the provisions of the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2026 relating to serial number 68 and the corresponding Schedule entries concerning the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 2013. The notification is issued under the commencement power in sub-section (2) of section 1 of the 2026 Amendment Act and brings the specified provisions into force from the notified date.

Commencement notification brings specified provisions into force for the General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Act amendment.
The Central Government appoints 23 June 2026 as the commencement date for the specified provisions of the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2026, insofar as they relate to serial number 38 and the corresponding Schedule entries concerning the General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Act, 1972. The notification is issued under sub-section (2) of section 1 of the 2026 Amendment Act and functions as the commencement notification for the identified amendment.

Commencement notification brings into force Jan Vishwas amendment provisions relating to the Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956.
Bringing into force specified provisions of the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2026 in relation to serial number 20 and the corresponding Schedule entries concerning the Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956. The notification appoints 23 June 2026 as the date on which those provisions come into force under the enabling power in sub-section (2) of section 1 of the 2026 Act.

Commencement notification brings into force Jan Vishwas amendment provisions relating to the Reserve Bank of India Act.
The Central Government appointed 23 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 7 and the corresponding Schedule entries concerning the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.

Commencement notification for Central Silk Board Act amendments brings specified Jan Vishwas provisions into force from 22 June 2026.
The Central Government appoints 22 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 13 and the corresponding Schedule entries concerning the Central Silk Board Act, 1948. The notification operates as a commencement instrument and gives effect only to the specified amendment entries linked to that Act.

Drugs and Cosmetics Act provisions brought into force under the Jan Vishwas Amendment on the appointed commencement date.
The Central Government has appointed 30 June 2027 as the date on which the provisions of the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2026, so far as they relate to serial number 8 and the corresponding Schedule entries concerning the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, shall come into force. The notification operates under sub-section (2) of section 1 of the Amendment Act and applies only to the identified provisions.