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Moneylife Digital Team 25 March 2026
The ongoing liquified petroleum gas (LPG) crisis triggered by the West Asia conflict has prompted the Indian government to issue what may be its most significant energy infrastructure reform in years. The Natural Gas and Petroleum Products Distribution (Through Laying, Building, Operation and...

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Moneylife Digital Team 25 March 2026
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has imposed penalties totalling ₹23 lakh on four individuals in a front-running case linked to Sarvottam Securities Pvt Ltd, while also flagging unlawful gains of about ₹2.65 crore made through misuse of non-public...

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Moneylife Digital Team 24 March 2026
The Supreme Court has refused to interfere with an order of securities appellate tribunal (SAT) directing Avadhut Sathe Trading Academy Pvt Ltd (ASTA) to deposit ₹100 crore in connection with proceedings initiated by Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) over alleged unregistered...

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Moneylife Digital Team 24 March 2026
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a penalty of ₹3.60 lakh on five cooperative banks and Vedvyas Finance Pvt Ltd, a non-banking financial company (NBFC) from Odisha, for non-compliance with the directions issued by the banking regulator. The highest penalty of ₹1 lakh has been imposed on...

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Moneylife Digital Team 23 March 2026
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)'s board has finally approved a wide-ranging set of reforms to its own conflict of interest framework, accepting most recommendations of a high-level committee (HLC) chaired by former chief vigilance commissioner Pratyush Sinha, a...

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Moneylife Digital Team 23 March 2026
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a penalty of ₹31.80 lakh on Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd (HSBC) for failing to comply with its directions on inoperative accounts and unclaimed deposits, as per the revised instructions issued to banks.   RBI statutory inspection found...

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Moneylife Digital Team 23 March 2026
Sixteenth Street Asian GEMS Fund has settled proceedings with the market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) by paying a settlement amount of ₹72.87 lakh, in a case involving multiple violations of foreign portfolio investor (FPI) regulations, including failure to disclose...

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Moneylife Digital Team 23 March 2026
JP Morgan Chase Bank has settled proceedings with the market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) by paying a settlement amount of ₹34.42 lakh for alleged violations of foreign portfolio investor (FPI) regulations.   According to the settlement order, JP Morgan Chase Bank...

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KBS Sidhu 20 March 2026
With its proposed 2026 amendments to the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA), the Indian government is no longer content with merely tracking foreign contributions. By seeking control over assets created from such funds when licences lapse, it signals a deeper shift in the balance...

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Moneylife Digital Team 19 March 2026
The insurance regulatory and development authority of India (IRDAI) has asked insurers to sharply reduce commissions on policies sold through the upcoming BimaSugam platform, with companies committing to offering 'zero commission' products and charging only a nominal platform fee, according to...

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Moneylife Digital Team 19 March 2026
Urging the directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA) to provide urgent clarifications and roll back recent relaxations in duty norms, the Airline Pilots' Association of India (ALPA) has raised serious concerns over flight safety, crew fatigue and insurance coverage for Indian pilots...

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Moneylife Digital Team 19 March 2026
India's consumer dispute redressal system, built on the promise of quick, affordable justice for ordinary buyers, is in a state of deep institutional crisis, with half of all state consumer commissions functioning without a president, nearly 90 of the country's 775 districts entirely without a...

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Moneylife Digital Team 18 March 2026
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has proposed a sweeping overhaul of nomination rules for demat accounts and mutual fund (MF) folios, including making nomination the default option for investors, as part of efforts to simplify account opening and reduce unclaimed...

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Moneylife Digital Team 18 March 2026
Accuracap Prime Opportunities Fund, its manager Accuracap Technologies LLP and key officials Naresh Chand Gupta, Raman Nagpal, Prateek Gupta and Divya Singha have settled a case with the market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) by paying ₹21.75 lakh over alleged violations...

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Moneylife Digital Team 18 March 2026
As many as 111 brokers have settled enforcement proceedings initiated by market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) over their association with certain algorithmic (algo) trading platforms that allegedly offered assured or guaranteed returns to investors. Each of these...

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Moneylife Digital Team 18 March 2026
The Indian government has clarified that there is no legal definition for 'bike taxis' under existing law, leaving their regulation to state governments under the newly-issued Motor Vehicle Aggregator Guidelines, 2025, even as data shows a sharp rise in fatalities involving two-wheelers across...

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Moneylife Digital Team 18 March 2026
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has imposed a total penalty of ₹2.80 crore on 18 entities and barred them from the securities market for three to five years. It has also directed Sanjay Arunkumar Choksi and Western Agrotech Innovative Ltd to disgorge unlawful...

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Moneylife Digital Team 18 March 2026
The central consumer protection authority (CCPA) has issued notices to six e-commerce platforms for listing and selling restricted wireless devices such as drone jammers and GPS (global positioning system) jammers without proper disclosures and regulatory approvals, flagging potential...

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Moneylife Digital Team 17 March 2026
The Supreme Court on Tuesday has sought fresh affidavits from the Union government and Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by Moneylife's managing editor Sucheta Dalal seeking a centralised, searchable database of over ₹1.08 lakh crore in unclaimed financial...

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Moneylife Digital Team 17 March 2026
DDP- Standard Chartered Bank has settled a case with market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) by paying ₹57.20 lakh, bringing to a close adjudication proceedings related to multiple alleged compliance lapses under foreign portfolio investor (FPI) regulations and depository...

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