Securitised debt trustee registration centralised; trustees must annually disclose litigations and servicing defaults to exchanges.
For securitised debt instruments, SCORES registration may be taken at the trustee level for the trustee's special purpose distinct entities. Special purpose distinct entities or their trustees must annually disclose to the stock exchange: outstanding litigations and material developments related to the originator, servicer or other transaction parties that could be prejudicial to investors; and defaults in connection with servicing obligations undertaken by the servicer.

Foreign currency account duration extended for Diamond Dollar accounts, increasing the required period in the application form.
The Reserve Bank of India amends Schedule II of the principal regulations by substituting the words and figures "2 Years" with the words "Three Years" in the first paragraph of the Annex titled 'Application For Opening Diamond Dollar Account/s', effective from publication in the Official Gazette.

Track and trace mechanism for specified goods creates unique identification marking obligations and new compliance and penalty duties.
The Act inserts a defined unique identification marking, introduces a track and trace scheme (Section 148A) empowering notification of goods and persons, mandating affixation of unique markings, electronic storage and reporting of specified information, and requires payment for the system; it adds a dedicated penalty (122B) for contravention in addition to existing penalties. It clarifies "plant and machinery", modifies statement and return language, tightens input tax credit reversal and credit-note provisos, imposes appeal pre-deposit conditions for penalty-only orders, and amends Schedule III to address SEZ/FTWZ warehouse supplies.

Income-tax rules amended: ITR-1 and ITR-4 replaced; Form 10BA must be furnished with the income tax return.
Amendments to the Income tax Rules, 1962 effective 1 April 2025 revise Rule 12 to expand and clarify eligibility for the simplified SUGAM (ITR 4) return-permitting certain assessees with presumptive business/professional income and only limited long term capital gains subject to specified loss conditions-and update a sub rule date. Rule 11B is amended to require furnishing Form 10BA with the return. Appendix II substitutes new ITR 1 and ITR 4 forms reflecting the revised eligibility and reporting requirements.

Waiver of interest and penalties: payment deadline set to qualify registered persons for relief upon notices or redetermination orders.
Notification fixes final dates by which specified classes of registered persons may pay tax to qualify for a waiver of interest and penalties under the interest and penalty waiver mechanism: one date for persons issued a notice, statement, or order and a separate cutoff of six months from the redetermination order for persons whose tax is redetermined following appellate directions.

Commencement of Mizoram GST Amendment provisions notified with staggered commencement for identified sections under the Amendment Act.
Notification appoints staggered commencement dates for provisions of the Mizoram Goods & Services Tax (First Amendment) Act, 2025: the date of Gazette publication for a subset of provisions, and an earlier calendar date for the remaining specified provisions, effected under the Act's power to appoint commencement dates.

Partial appeal withdrawal permits trimming appeals to a specified period, allowing orders on remaining tax demands while limiting refunds.
The rules limit refunds by specifying that no refund is available for tax, interest or penalty already discharged in full prior to the amendment where a demand covers both the transitional period and other periods. They also permit applicants to intimate partial non-pursuit of appeals for the specified period, enabling the appellate authority to decide the appeal for the remaining period and treating the intimation as a deemed withdrawal to that extent.

Regulatory amendment to infrastructure investment trusts expands proviso categories in regulation 18(4), broadening applicable items.
The amendment substitutes the proviso to regulation 18(4) of the Infrastructure Investment Trusts Regulations to read as including ", (v), (vi), (vii) and (viii)", thereby adding items (vi)-(viii) to the listed categories; the regulation is deemed effective from April 2, 2025 and is issued under the Board's statutory rulemaking powers.

Cooperation and mutual administrative assistance in customs expanded to include New Zealand and Madagascar under section 151B.
Amends the table to Notification No. 58/2021-Customs (N.T.) to add New Zealand and the Republic of Madagascar as contracting States covered by Agreements or Arrangements on Cooperation and Mutual Administrative Assistance (CMAA) in Customs matters, thereby bringing those instruments within the scope of section 151B of the Customs Act.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointment for finalisation of provisional SVB assessment in M/s Murrplastik customs proceedings.
Appointment of a Common Adjudicating Authority under sub section (1) of section 4 read with section 3 and sub sections (1) and (1A) of the Customs Act, 1962 to exercise the powers and duties of the officers originally named, for adjudication of specified show cause notices issued to M/s Murrplastik India Private Limited, as recorded in the notification and Table.

Amendment to Nil Duty Bank List: Revised eligible banks authorized for import of gold and silver under customs notification.
The Central Government substitutes List 34A and List 34B in Notification No. 50/2017 Customs to revise the list of banks eligible to facilitate import of gold and silver at nil customs duty (see S. No. 359A of the Table). List 34A names thirteen specified banks and List 34B names two specified banks. The substitution is given effect for the stated fiscal period and the notification references the principal notification and the immediately preceding amendment.

Information sharing under PMLA expanded to include the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre for FIU India disclosures.
The Central Government amends the PMLA information sharing notification to add the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) as an additional designated recipient for information shared by the Director, Financial Intelligence Unit India, thereby extending the interagency information exchange framework under section 66(1)(ii).

Appeal Procedure: mandatory electronic filing and standardized rules streamline institution, service, hearings and record-keeping before the appellate tribunal.
The Rules institute a detailed procedure for appeals to the Goods and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal, mandating electronic filing on the GSTAT portal in prescribed Forms with specified contents, verification and certified or attested supporting documents; provide for scrutiny, return for defects, registration and cause-listing; require service of copies on respondents and Commissioners; regulate interlocutory applications, translation into English, and limits on new grounds without leave; and empower the Registrar and the Bench to manage filings, call records, order reproduction of documents at party cost, and direct hybrid or electronic hearings.

Tax exemption under section 10(46): specified Mysore Palace Board incomes exempted subject to non-commerciality and filing.
Notification under clause (46) of section 10 grants tax exemption to Mysore Palace Board for specified receipts: income from the Palace or proceeds of vested property; fees and charges under the Mysore Palace (Acquisition and Transfer) Act forming part of the Board fund; rent from shops/stalls let to Government agencies; and interest on bank deposits. The exemption is conditional on the Board not engaging in commercial activity, maintaining unchanged activities and income character across the relevant years, and filing returns as required under the Act; the notification applies retrospectively to certain assessment years and prospectively to specified future assessment years.

Fee-free transshipment applications for imported goods now apply uniformly across all customs stations from official publication.
Transshipment applications for imported goods are exempt from fees at all customs stations. Regulation 5 of the Goods Imported (Conditions of Transshipment) Regulations, 1995 is substituted to establish uniform fee-free treatment, effective from publication in the Official Gazette.

Delegation of Adjudication Powers: appointed officers to adjudicate specified show cause notices in place of the Commissioner.
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs appoints specified Principal Commissioners or Commissioners to exercise the powers and duties of the Commissioner of Customs, Nhava Sheva V, Mumbai Customs Zone II, for adjudicating the show cause notices listed in Annexures I-VII of the Schedule; each Table entry designates the adjudicating authority for particular sets of notices, and the delegation takes effect on publication in the Official Gazette.

No deduction for settlement expenditure: payments resolving regulatory contraventions are not allowable as business deductions.
The Central Government notifies that any expenditure incurred to settle proceedings in relation to contraventions or defaults shall not be deemed to have been incurred for the purpose of business or profession and no deduction or allowance shall be made in respect of such expenditure, with that disallowance applying to settlements connected with securities market regulation, securities contracts regulation, depository legislation and competition law; the notification is effective on publication in the Official Gazette.

Tariff value fixation establishes prescribed import valuation for edible oils, metals, and areca nut effective in late April.
The Central Board substitutes TABLE-1, TABLE-2 and TABLE-3 in Notification No. 36/2001-Customs (N.T.), fixing tariff value in US dollars for specified edible oils, brass scrap, areca nut, and defined forms of gold and silver, with explanatory clarifications for certain entries; the amendment is effective from 24th April 2025.

Synthetic knitted fabrics import policy: free if CIF $3.5/kg, otherwise restricted; exemptions for exporters and SEZs.
Four synthetic knitted fabric tariff lines (60019200, 60053600, 60053790, 60053900) are designated as Restricted with a Minimum Import Price (MIP) condition; imports are free if CIF value is at least 3.5 US Dollar per kilogram and specified 60053600 fabrics (28-48 gsm) are exempt from MIP. MIP does not apply to inputs imported by Advance Authorisation holders, Export Oriented Units, and Special Economic Zone units provided the inputs are not sold into the Domestic Tariff Area.

Subscriber-pays business model requires ESG ratings from public information and specified disclosure, conflict and reporting safeguards.
Amendments add a defined subscriber-pays business model and impose duties on ESG rating providers using that model: base ratings only on publicly available information; ensure fees charged to a rated entity or its group/associate are the lowest among subscribers; restrict subscribers to regulated group companies/associates without conflicts; state on the website the regulator governing each ESG rating; and share rating reports simultaneously with subscribers and the rated entity, allowing two working days for comments which must be included in an addendum or lead to revision, with publication of the provider's report sharing policy and a facility for clarifications.