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October 2026
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CustomsICEGATE now verifies AD Code and incentive bank accounts directly with banks through API; no document upload for API-integrated banks
Bank verification by APINew facilityICEGATE has integrated with participating banks to verify AD Code and incentive bank account details electronically. For API-integrated banks, the user need not select a document type or upload a document with IRN. The advisory of 1 October 2026 lists what must match across ICEGATE, DGFT and bank records, and the common reasons a verification fails.
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Trademark & IPDraft guidelines on design registration of GUIs and icons: registrable only when applied to an article; comments invited within 30 days
Comments within 30 daysComments invitedThe Patent Office has published draft Guidelines for Registration of Designs relating to GUI & Icon under the Designs Act, 2000. A GUI or icon shown on its own will not be registrable; it must be applied to an article such as a mobile phone or monitor. Stakeholders can send comments by e-mail within 30 days of the public notice.
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InsolvencyIBBI releases “Shaping the Next Decade of IBC: The Road Ahead” — 19 research papers, from crypto insolvency to group insolvency
19 papers on IBC’s next decadeNew facilityThe Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India has published its 2026 research volume, a collection of 19 papers by outside authors. The preface records the Code’s ten-year numbers till June 2026: 4,227 distressed entities rescued, 3,074 liquidation orders and over ₹4.35 lakh crore realised for creditors through resolution.
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InsolvencyIBBI marks ten years: Minister of State says IBC has strengthened credit discipline; NCLT President flags admission thresholds and mediation as reform areas
IBBI 10th Annual DayThe Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India held its 10th Annual Day at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi on 1 October 2026. Speakers pointed to faster, value-maximising resolution as the task for the next decade. IBBI’s Chairperson said the ecosystem now has over 4,400 Insolvency Professionals and over 6,000 Registered Valuers.
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SEBISEBI revamps its Document Number Verification System: subject matter of the letter now a mandatory field
Verify a SEBI letter onlineNew facilitySEBI has modified the system that lets a recipient check whether a letter or notice was really issued by SEBI. The ‘Subject Matter’ of the letter is now one of the mandatory fields, and the system follows the outward number format of SEBI’s E-Office. Letters issued before the revamped system went live in September 2026 can be verified by e-mail to dnvs@sebi.gov.in.
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SEBIStock brokers must display SEBI’s investor awareness messages on websites from 5 October and on trading apps from 1 November 2026
Websites from 5 Oct 2026Action neededUnder Project Jagrook, SEBI has directed all stock brokers to prominently display the investor awareness messages it shares. Websites must carry them from 5 October 2026 and on the landing page from 1 November 2026. On trading apps the display is voluntary till 31 October and mandatory from 1 November 2026, on alternate days with the Risk disclosures.
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FEMA & RBIRBI issues Master Circular on credit facilities to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes: what banks must do
Master Circular, 1 Oct 2026RBI has issued its Master Circular consolidating instructions to banks on credit facilities to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. It covers credit planning, help with applications, no insistence on deposits, rejection of loan applications only at the next higher level, the 40 per cent share under the DRI scheme, the credit guarantee scheme for SC entrepreneurs, and monitoring through a special cell at Head Office.
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FEMA & RBIRBI withdraws 268 currency-management circulars issued between 1976 and 2025 after consolidating them into Master Directions
268 circulars withdrawnRule changeRBI has withdrawn 268 circulars and guidelines on currency management, dated from 9 August 1976 to 24 April 2025. Some have been consolidated into function-wise Master Directions and subject-specific instructions; others have become obsolete or redundant. A separate circular of the same day lets a bank’s Board delegate monitoring of ATM cassette swaps to a Committee of Executives.
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FEMA & RBIRBI allows one-time approval for mutual funds, insurers and pension funds to re-acquire major shareholding in a bank, up to 10 per cent
One-time approval, up to 10%ReliefRBI has amended its directions on acquisition and holding of shares or voting rights in banks. SEBI-registered mutual funds, IRDAI-registered insurers and PFRDA-registered pension funds outside the bank’s promoter group can get a one-time approval, through PRAVAAH, for subsequent acquisitions of major shareholding up to 10 per cent. Prior approval for the initial acquisition stays mandatory.
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FEMA & RBINRD-CSR return on non-resident deposits to be filed on RBI’s CIMS Sankalan portal as return R012; 2013 XBRL circular superseded
File by 10th of next monthAction neededRBI has issued a fresh circular on the monthly Non-Resident Deposits – Comprehensive Single Return (NRD-CSR). The return, code R012, is filed on the CIMS Sankalan portal through one of three channels, on or before the 10th of the following month. The circular supersedes A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 19 of 7 August 2013, which provided for filing on the XBRL platform.
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FEMA & RBIForm A2 remittances: authorised dealers’ internal guidelines can now be approved by a Board committee or management committee, says RBI
A.P. (DIR) Circular 23ReliefRBI has modified its July 2024 circular on online submission of Form A2. Authorised dealers may now frame their internal guidelines for outward remittances with the approval of the Board or of any Board Committee / Management Committee to which the Board has delegated powers. All other instructions of the 2024 circular remain unchanged.
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CustomsImport permit now a statutory requirement for insecticides imported for non-insecticidal use, including acrylonitrile: CBIC Instruction 18/2026-Customs
Form IA, fee ₹5,000Action neededCBIC has told Customs field formations that an import permit from the Registration Committee is a statutory requirement for importing any substance in the Schedule to the Insecticides Act, 1968 for non-insecticidal use. The requirement comes from the Insecticides Third (Amendment) Rules, 2026 (G.S.R. 597(E) of 8 July 2026): application in Form IA with a fee of ₹5,000.
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GSTGST portal opens “Multistate Registration”: apply for several States under one PAN in one go
One PAN, many StatesNew facilityGSTN has added a Multistate Registration tab on the portal home page. Common details are entered once through a Master TRN and flow into each State application. For now it is only for normal taxpayers.
September 2026
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Foreign TradeRaw-sugar TRQ holders get till 15 October to surrender unused quantity
15 OctExtendedHolders of the tariff rate quota for raw sugar may surrender any unused quantity up to 15 October 2026, on paying 0.5% of the CIF value of what they surrender.
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Foreign TradeMinimum Import Price on Sulfadiazine API extended to 30 November 2026
₹1,774ExtendedThe ₹1,774 per kg floor on the CIF value of imported Sulfadiazine API continues up to 30 November 2026 on the same terms.
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Foreign TradeMinimum Import Price on ATS-8 extended to 30 November 2026
USD 111ExtendedThe USD 111 per kg floor on the CIF value of imported ATS-8, a Chapter 29 chemical, continues up to 30 November 2026 on the same terms.
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Foreign TradeMinimum Import Price on virgin multi-layer paper board extended to 31 March 2027
₹67,220ExtendedThe ₹67,220 per MT floor on the CIF value of imported virgin multi-layer paper board continues for another six months. All other terms stay the same.
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Foreign TradeRELIEF Component II window for exporters extended to 31 March 2027
31 March 2027ExtendedThe eligibility and validity criteria under Component II of the RELIEF intervention now run up to 31 March 2027, for shipments meant for delivery or transshipment under the intervention.
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Foreign TradeRoDTEP continues till 31 December 2026. Rates and caps stay as they are.
31 December 2026ExtendedDGFT has kept the export remission scheme open for another three months. It covers DTA units, Advance Authorisation holders, SEZ units and EOUs, at the Appendix 4R and 4RE rates that applied on 30 September.
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Accounting & AuditNFRA lists 35 questions an audit committee may put to the statutory auditor on going concern under SA 570 (Revised)
Going concern: 35 questionsNew facilitySeries 6 of NFRA’s Auditor–Audit Committee Interaction papers deals with the going concern assessment. It sets out six situations under SA 570 (Revised) with the reporting outcome of each, explains why the CARO 2020 clause 3(xix) answer can differ from the SA 570 conclusion, and lists 35 questions an auditor may expect.
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