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SEBI's 22-Oct-2026 circular (HO/(320)2026-MRD-POD2/I/24141/2026) waives margin on subsequent cash-segment buy/sell positions up to the accepted Early Pay-In value, freeing brokers' capital. Effective 22 Feb 2027.
SEBI Official Circular (sebi.gov.in)
22 October 20269 min
RBI has barred Puducherry Co-operative Urban Bank from fresh lending and capped depositor withdrawals at ₹5,000 for six months from 21 Oct 2026 under Section 35A directions. What depositors must do.
RBI Official Press Release 2026-2027/1362 — Directions under Section 35A/56, Puducherry Co-operative Urban Bank Ltd
22 October 202611 min
RBI's 21 Oct minutes show a unanimous 6-0 vote to hike the repo rate to 5.50% — the first hike since Feb 2023 — and a 4-2 vote shifting stance to 'calibrated tightening', putting rate cuts off the table.
RBI Official Press Release 2026-2027/1361 — Minutes of the Monetary Policy Committee Meeting, October 5 to 7, 2026
22 October 202615 min
CBDT Notification 136/2026 exempts TDS on interest paid by the New Development Bank on Maharajah INR Bonds issued from tax year 2026-27, for resident and FII holders.
e-Gazette of India — CBDT Notification No. 136/2026 (S.O. 5694(E))
21 October 202612 min
New Form 173A is now mandatory to claim tax exemption on interest and capital gains from government securities under Schedule IV (13D/13E) of the Income-tax Act, 2025.
Gazette of India (Extraordinary) — Income-tax (Seventh Amendment) Rules, 2026 (CBDT Notification No. 137/2026)
20 October 20264 min
IFSCA has published the stakeholder comments on its blended-finance consultation for GIFT City funds — showing how industry feedback lifted the ESG grant cap from 20% to 49%.
IFSCA — Public Comments on Consultation Paper on Differential Distribution and Blended Finance
20 October 2026Eff. 19 October 202612 min
RBI has deleted paragraph 37 of the Miscellaneous Directions, 2025 for commercial banks (RBI/2026-27/294) and small finance banks (RBI/2026-27/295), removing the 0.25%-of-net-worth cap on gross PV01 of non-option rupee derivative contracts. Effective 19 October 2026.
RBI Official Notifications
19 October 2026Eff. 19 October 20268 min
CBIC Notification 32/2026-Customs grants first-tranche duty concessions on 8,546 tariff lines for New Zealand-origin goods from 20 Oct 2026 (notified 16 Oct 2026).
CBIC Notification No. 32/2026-Customs — official PDF (taxinformation.cbic.gov.in)
19 October 2026Eff. 20 October 202611 min
Finance Ministry's 17 Oct 2026 PIB clarification says no legal bar on reducing the Centre's IDBI Bank stake — the 2003 dilution-restriction amendment was rejected by Parliament, and the Delhi HC's 17 Dec 2018 judgment upheld the Government's right to dilute.
PIB Press Release — Clarification on Legislative Developments concerning Government's shareholding in IDBI (Ministry of Finance, Release ID 2324612)
17 October 202613 min
IFSCA has released IGDS Responsible Sourcing Version 3.0 for gold delivered through GIFT IFSC, tightening environmental, disclosure, due-diligence, governance and assurance norms for refineries on the India Good Delivery Standard list.
IFSCA Press Release — IGDS Responsible Sourcing Version 3.0
17 October 2026Eff. 16 October 202610 min