Released alongside the government's review of ECB policy and external debt, the draft signals a move towards a more liberal, market linked and risk based approach.

RBI's Draft Foreign Exchange Management (Borrowing and Lending) (Fourth Amendment) Regulations, 2025, issued under FEMA, propose a major redesign of India's external commercial borrowing (ECB) framework.

India’s banking regulatory framework is evolving towards more uniformity, prudential discipline, and supervisory transparency. The Reserve Bank of India’s (“RBI”) Prudential Norms on Dividend Declaration and Remittance of Profit Directions, 2026, are an important step in this regard.

RBI published its Draft Second Amendment Directions 2026 to the "Commercial Banks - Credit Facilities" framework on February 2026 which introduces a systematized approach for banks to provide credit to Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and establishes unified standards for Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs).

At the same time, modern deal making especially private equity and venture capital investment routinely seeks robust contractual protections and veto rights that, if drafted too aggressively, can be characterised as de facto control rather than mere investor protection.

India’s alternative investment ecosystem has undergone a structural shift with the introduction of the accredited investor (“AI”) framework under the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Alternative Investment Funds) Regulations, 2012 (“AIF Regulations”).

On November 5, 2025, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology ("MeitY") formally released the India AI Governance Guidelines under the IndiaAI Mission.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now deeply embedded in India's digital economy, from banking, logistics, healthcare, education, retail, recruitment, and consumer services to enterprise software, cybersecurity, and public administration.

India is rapidly becoming a digital-first economy. UPI transactions, e-commerce, digital lending, OTT content, online gaming and platform work have placed millions of individuals and businesses inside always-on digital ecosystems.

The Ministry of Finance has notified the Central Goods and Services Tax (Fourth Amendment) Rules, 2025 through Notification No. 18/2025 dated 31 October 2025, effective 1 November 2025.

In December 2024, the Ministry of Steel introduced the Green Steel Taxonomy Framework (GSTF), India's first comprehensive system for defining, verifying, and classifying "green" steel based on emission thresholds of crude steel.

MeitY’s latest proposal on AI-generated content appears to be a straightforward tightening of disclosure norms. The language “ensure that users are informed when content is artificially generated” suggests a familiar regulatory instinct. However, a closer reading reveals something far more structural. This is not merely about telling users that content is AI-generated. It is about ensuring that such disclosure is inseparable from the content itself. In doing so, MeitY is not just prescribing what platforms must say rather it is beginning to influence how platforms must be build.

India's mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market has evolved into a high-velocity ecosystem shaped by private equity, strategic buyouts, promoter exits, cross-border transactions and platform-led consolidation across technology, manufacturing, healthcare, financial services, logistics, and consumer businesses.

The Draft Regulations represent a significant regulatory shift towards a capacity-based access model aligned with evolving electricity market structures, increasing renewable energy penetration, growth of green open access transactions and the emergence of energy storage systems.

India's labour law reforms, consolidated into four Labour Codes, have significantly restructured the regulatory framework governing wages, social security, industrial relations, and workplace conditions.

With the notification of the Income-tax Rules, 2026 (“the Rules”) under the Income-tax Act, 2025,(“the Act”) India’s direct tax framework has moved from legislative intent to operational reality. Effective 1 April 2026, these Rules will shape how taxpayers, employers and advisors approach compliance, structuring and reporting.

India's insolvency regime is entering a decisive phase of reform. Nearly a decade after the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 ("IBC") came into force, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill, 2026, reportedly passed by the Lok Sabha on 30 March 2026, introduces a series of targeted changes aimed at improving the efficiency and predictability of the framework.

Issued by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (“DPIIT”) in April 2020, Press Note 3 required prior Government approval for investments coming from countries sharing a land border with India, as well as investments where the beneficial owner was connected to such jurisdictions.

Here's how forward-thinking organizations can leverage rule changes for advantage, drawing fresh lessons from policy, technology, and market integration.

In a transformative and long-anticipated development in India's employment law landscape, the Government of India has, through a series of notifications dated 21 November 2025, operationalised all four of the country's consolidated labour codes, ...