Welcome to Carver's India Regulatory Updates.

This episode highlights SEBI’s launch of a Young Professional Program aimed at injecting fresh expertise into capital market regulation. It also covers the Reserve Bank of India’s new directions easing collateral requirements for MSME lending, designed to improve credit access for small businesses.

On the international front, India and Nepal are poised to sign a mutual legal assistance pact to boost cross-border criminal justice cooperation. Meanwhile, India and Malaysia have renewed their commitment to deepen defense, trade, and energy collaboration through eleven new agreements.

The podcast also discusses ASEAN and India’s adoption of a new Plan of Action for 2026-2030, focusing on political-security, economic, and socio-cultural cooperation to strengthen regional partnerships.

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Articles mentioned:

1. Master Circular for Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements
2. Policy Environment and Regulatory Reforms for Private and Foreign Investment in Developing Countries: A Case of the Indian Power Sector
3. Lending to Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) Sector (Amendment) Directions, 2026
4. Nepal-India mutual legal assistance pact ready for signing
5. In the hands of innovators from the Global South, AI can transform lives
6. Edge AI in action: Accelerating development across the Global South
7. ASEAN and India reinforce Comprehensive Strategic Partnership priorities - 13.02.2026
8. Seafood Expo Bharat (SEB 2026)
9. India: Retail inflation at 2.75% in January; what's new in CPI series
10. Prioritizing Early Education Is Key to Long-Term Growth
11. Prioritizing Early Education Is Key to Long-Term Growth
12. Prioritizing Early Education Is Key to Long-Term Growth
13. ADB approves $182 million loan to scale up flood and erosion management along Brahmaputra in Assam[, India]
14. Prioritizing Early Education Is Key to Long-Term Growth
15. India, Malaysia agree to bolster defense, trade, energy cooperation
16. India, Malaysia renew pledges to boost trade, collaboration
17. Foreign Direct Investment in South Asia: Policy, Trends, Impact and Determinants
18. World Entrepreneurs and Investment Forum puts women at the heart of economic transformation
19. Master Circular for Investment Advisers
20. Master Circular for Registrars to an Issue and Share Transfer Agents