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On 23 July 2026, the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) issued Press Note No. 3 (2026 Series) (PN3), introducing a significant but targeted relaxation to India’s foreign direct investment (FDI) framework for the e-commerce sector. Under the existing framework, FDI is permitted in business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce and the marketplace model of e-commerce. However, it is not permitted in the inventory-based business-to-consumer (B2C) model, where the e-commerce entity owns the inventory and sells directly to consumers.

On 21 July 2026, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released the draft Foreign Exchange Management (Foreign Investment) Rules, 2026 (Draft FI Rules) for public consultation, proposing a comprehensive overhaul of the existing Foreign Exchange Management (Non-debt Instruments) Rules, 2019 (NDI Rules).

Trademark classification looks, on paper, like some administrative formality, like a checkbox thing tucked somewhere in between the process of filing a trademark application. But in real life, it can be one of the most consequential choices a business makes when it is building its brand. Things can show up months or years later, as an opposition, a blocked expansion, or a competitor running a near identical brand in a space the original owner thought was already safely covered.