Monday to Sunday
Week of 17-23 August 2026
What changed at each regulator this week, in a few points per source. Every point links to the official records it was written from.
CBDT
Online filing of ITR-6 for assessment year 2026-27 is live on the e-filing portal for companies required to use that return.
CBIC / GST
Circular 36/2026-Customs lets all seaports and international airports tranship FCL and LCL cargo, and allows case-by-case temporary unloading of liquid, break-bulk and dry bulk cargo diverted by maritime disruption around the Strait of Hormuz.
Notification 30/2026-Customs exempts 10 lakh MT of raw sugar under heading 1701 from the whole of the duty in the First Schedule, until 31 October 2026, when imported against a DGFT TRQ authorisation on ICES.
RBI
Three Section 51A notifications updated the UNSC ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida sanctions list, first amending four entries and then 21 more. Regulated entities must not keep accounts for listed persons and must refresh screening files.
SEBI
From 20 August, FPIs may give custodians a Power of Attorney signed under the Information Technology Act, 2000. Notarisation, apostille or consularisation is no longer required for that digital form.
IFSCA is specified under KRA Regulation 16A(1), so IFSCA-regulated entities may use SEBI KRAs for client KYC, including FPI data-security rules in the FPI Master Circular.
BSE
BSE updated Long-Term and Short-Term ASM, ESM and GSM stage lists on successive sessions, with 100 percent margins, tighter price bands and Trade-to-Trade shifts, and added an unusual-price-movement measure from 24 August.
NSE
NSE Clearing imposed an extra 15 percent exposure margin in equity derivatives where the top 10 clients hold more than 20 percent of a security's Market Wide Position Limit.
Daily Long-Term ASM, Short-Term ASM and ESM circulars moved named scrips into 50 or 100 percent margins and Trade-for-Trade where the framework requires it.
CCI
The Commitment Amendment Regulations, 2026 raise the filing window from 45 to 60 days, give 10 working days to cure a defective application, and extend the Commission's order clock from 130 to 180 days.
In the Haryana transport tyre reference, CCI found Section 3(3)(d) bid-rigging by dealer firms Rekha Agencies and SS Marketing and recorded no contravention by JK Tyre or CEAT. It fined Rekha Agencies ₹1,29,901, SS Marketing ₹2,13,274 and Vidya Sagar Gadhok ₹6,40,240, and ordered them to cease and desist.
DGFT
Notification 31 and Public Notice 27 create a 10 lakh MT duty-free raw sugar TRQ until 31 October 2026. Millers and refiners apply online from 21 to 28 August; existing SION E52 Advance Authorisations get a one-time conversion option.
e-Gazette
The Telecommunications (User Identification) Rules, 2026 require authorised entities to run Aadhaar e-KYC or D-KYC on notified services, keep secure subscriber records, and build the needed systems within three months of commencement.
The Citizenship (Third Amendment) Rules, 2026 make the Collector the competent authority to receive, verify and dispose of registration or naturalisation applications under section 6B of the Citizenship Act, 1955 for specified applicants.
ESIC
Regional offices must run ESI outreach among mine workers and check medical facilities in mining areas after coverage under the Code on Social Security, 2020. ESIC also recirculated the Code commencement notification (appointed date 21 November 2025).
IRDAI
Order IRDAI/F&I/ORD/MISC/108/8/2026 cancels the 12 June 2017 appointment of Shri R.K. Sharma as administrator of Sahara India Life Insurance Company Limited. From 17 August 2026 the insurer again runs its own affairs, including shareholders' investments. Past administrator acts stay valid, and other proceedings are untouched.
MoLE
Regional Labour Commissioner (Central), Kanpur, closed a conciliation that the ministry says benefits 423 contract workers at Ordnance Factory, Kanpur.
EPFO asked establishments to use the Employees' Enrolment Campaign, 2026 to bring employees still outside EPF coverage onto the scheme.
PFRDA
Circular PFRDA/2026/43/P&DCORP/02 extends the NPS e-shramik (Platform Service Partner) incentive of up to ₹100 per new account for Points of Presence through FY 2026-27, for enrolments until 31 March 2027.
The Whole Time Member (Economics) final order in Alankit Assignments Ltd. and others imposes no penalty and directs refund of penalty collected earlier within 15 days of the order.