FSSAI’s 2025 amendment standardizes imported food testing methods, allowing internationally recognized standards when FSSAI manuals lack a method, and mandates a 5-day reporting limit.
IBBI’s First Appellate Authority dismissed an RTI appeal for data on cross-border insolvency cases, noting no formal statutory framework is currently notified under the IBC.
SEBI mandates prior approval and specific conditions for Portfolio Managers transferring PMS business. Transfers between non-group entities must involve the complete business.
Notification implements the India-Qatar Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) and Protocol, effective from the next fiscal year, outlining rules for income tax, business profits, dividends, and interest to prevent fiscal evasion.
India’s Ministry of Finance supersedes 31 past Customs notifications with a single one, streamlining import duty and IGST exemptions for specified goods from Nov 1, 2025.
DoPPW clarifies that gratuity under CCS (Payment of Gratuity under NPS) Rules, 2021 is payable only upon retirement/absorption, not standard resignation, which forfeits past service.
DoPPW clarified that enhanced gratuity ceiling of ₹25 lakh under CCS (Pension) Rules, 2021 applies solely to Central Government civil servants, not to PSUs, Banks, or Autonomous Bodies.
New guidelines from DoPPW mandate thorough internal examination of pension cases before referral. Submissions must be comprehensive, cite specific rules, and include Administrative Secretary approval.
ROC Chandigarh penalised TSC India Limited and its directors for failing to prepare and approve consolidated financial statements under Section 134(8) of Companies Act, 2013.
Finance Ministry revises IGST rules; new notification updates the definition of “Nominated Agency” effective from November 1, 2025.
