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TREND | 07 May 2025

Sitharaman calls for global AI regulation modelled on cryptocurrency

Business Standard

Speaking in Milan, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said a single-country approach to AI regulation risks failure as technology transcends national boundaries

India aims to build sustainable global supply chain links: FM Sitharaman

Business Standard | 06 May 2025 3 more

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TREND | 07 May 2025

J&K Bank Eyes 15% CAGR In Loan Book Over Three To Five Years

NDTV Profit

Diversification is a priority, but this doesn't mean that the private sector lender will halt its business activities in Jammu and Kashmir, says CEO Amitava Chatterjee.

India Policy and Reforms

TREND | 06 May 2025

Sebi proposes easier delisting rules for low-float PSUs with 90% govt stake

Business Standard

Sebi proposes fixed price delisting and exemptions from minimum public shareholding rules for PSUs with over 90 per cent government holding and thin public float

Sebi may allow colocation in commodity bourses to boost efficiency

Business Standard | 06 May 2025

India Policy and Reforms

TREND | 06 May 2025

Colgate distributors in Maharashtra to stop purchases from 12 May

Business Standard

Co in a bind over issuing credit notes without GST and offering deep discounts to quick commerce platforms, as distributors threaten a nationwide suspension

Central GST formulation with lower no of assesses edges over States in per GSTIN collection

Business Line | 06 May 2025

India Policy and Reforms

TREND | 05 May 2025

NSE issues compliance standards to regulate algo trading from August

Business Standard

Standards align with Sebi's February norms mandating API rules and registration to close regulatory gaps and protect retail investors in algorithmic trading

India Policy and Reforms

TREND | 05 May 2025

SME migration to mainboard slows as tighter Sebi norms take effect

Business Standard

Migration from SME platform to mainboard has dropped sharply in 2024-25, with SEBI's tighter financial and governance norms expected to slow movement further

India Policy and Reforms

TREND | 05 May 2025

GSTAT must be operationalised quickly

Business Line

Delay in constituting GST Appellate Tribunal has created legal uncertainty, administrative burdens, and economic distortions

India Policy and Reforms

TREND | 05 May 2025

SEBI Tightens Governance Rules For Market Infrastructure Institutions

NDTV Profit

The moves are aimed at strengthening governance at MIIs while safeguarding market integrity through effective cooling-off policies.

India Policy and Reforms

TREND | 05 May 2025

Sebi mandates cooling-off period for directors at market infra institutions

Business Standard

Markets regulator Sebi has strengthened the governance framework of market infrastructure institutions -- stock exchanges, clearing corporations and depositories -- by prescribing a mandatory cooling-off period for directors before they can join a competing institution. To give this effect, Sebi has amended Securities Contracts (Regulation) (Stock Exchanges and Clearing Corporations) Regulations, 2018 or SECC Regulations as well as Depositories and Participants norms 2018. In two separate notifications dated April 30, Sebi said that a non-independent director serving on the board of a market infrastructure institution will be eligible for direct appointment to the board of a competing institution after meeting two conditions -- a cooling-off period and prior approval of the appointment from the regulator. "Non-independent director on the governing board of a recognised stock exchange or a recognised clearing corporation may be appointed in another recognised stock exchange or a...

India Policy and Reforms

TREND | 05 May 2025

Monarch Networth Capital IFSC gets nod to manage retail funds at Gift City

Business Line

MNCL Group currently operates a domestic AIF platform under Monarch AIF, managing about 900 crore of long-only equity AUM across two schemes