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Customs · 1 Oct 2026

Import permit is now a must for importing insecticides for non-insecticidal use

The Insecticides Third Amendment Rules, 2026 wrote the import-permit requirement into the Insecticides Rules, 1971. CBIC has asked customs officers to enforce it, and it names acrylonitrile.

Action needed

Customs · 21 Sep 2026

Scrip fraud cases under section 28AAA: Customs must first adjudicate the misdeclaration, then ask DGFT to cancel

Instruction 17/2026-Customs tells field formations how to decide show cause notices that were held up because DGFT had not cancelled the instrument — in three situations the wait is no longer the rule.

Clarified

Customs · 9 Sep 2026

Customs to accept one-year EPR certificates of plastic-packaging importers as one-time registration

Importers were stuck at clearance because their EPR certificates showed a one-year validity. CBIC has told officers to treat those certificates as one-time registrations that need no renewal, and to clear the consignments.

Relief

GST · 3 Aug 2026

CBIC asks CGST zones to take illegal-mining data from State Mining Departments and examine it for GST evasion

Instruction 01/2026-GST follows a draft C&AG performance audit on GST on minerals, which found no structured mechanism for State Mining Authorities to share cases of illegal mining and transport with the GST formations.

Rule change

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