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Welcome back to our blog series on regulatory assessment experiences. Or, audits, as they are called in common parlance. This four-part series is designed to equip both businesses and auditors...

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles have rapidly evolved from a niche compliance requirement to an essential strategic priority in the Indian...

Our paper sets out an overview of the waste management landscape in India – capturing the regulatory framework, analysing the recent updates and industry developments, and tracing the growth of the waste management sector.

India is third largest e-waste generator in the world.

MoEFCC publishes the draft notification to seek comments on Construction and Demolition Waste Management Rules...

The need for addressing Environmental, Social and Governance ("ESG") related aspects, has never had more prominence than now. There is growing recognition of the financial and economic impacts of ESG risks across the globe.

SEBI extends the deadline for complying with enhanced investment adviser qualification by 2 years.

Southeast Asia has come upon a crossroads of sustainability.

Efficient management of Biomedical Waste ("BMW") is essential for protecting the environment and human health. The growing use of plastic disposables has led to the problem of BMW disposal and management.

The increased dependence on plastic and thermocol products has resulted in the menace of environmental degradation.

The increased dependence on high quantities of energy sources for meeting the needs of the modern man has resulted in exploitation of mother nature by suffocating the nearby ecosystem with dangerous effluents...

This April newsletter covers categories of updates relating to labour, environment and industry related laws.

The Prime Minister's Independence Day speech on 15 August, 2019 highlighted the growing menace of plastic pollution in India and gave a clarion call to free India from single-use plastics by 2022.

The rapidly changing modern life has made the mankind dependent on fulfilment of various needs.

The introduction of the erstwhile Plastic Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011 (‘PWMH Rules, 2011') marks the first attempt of the government to address the plastic...

The May 2025 edition of Fox & Mandal's newsletter examines RBI's guidelines on digital lending; validity of retrospective environmental clearance for infrastructure projects; using input tax credit as GST appeal pre-deposit; Singapore's recognition of CIRP under the Model Law; co-investment vehicle in alternative investing; UGC's framework for recognising foreign qualifications; and other regulatory changes in India's corporate, capital markets, real estate, insolvency, and banking sectors.

The Central Pollution Control Board (“CPCB”) has issued guidelines under the Battery Waste Management Rules, 2022 (“BWM Rules”) governing the collection, handling, storage and transportation of waste batteries across the country. The guidelines anchor compliance to the hazardous waste regime, prescribe chemistry-specific storage and transport protocols, and restrict who may operate collection centres, thereby seeking to prevent mishandling and illegal operations in the handling of waste batteries.

In 2019, the Prime Minster of India had expressed the Government's resolve to phase out all single-use plastics in India by 2022.