October 2025

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This edition brings you the latest updates from India on key policy and market developments, highlighting new initiatives, evolving trends, and major legislative and regulatory actions in the fields of Digitalization and Clean & Green Technologies including Market Access. These updates reflect India’s dynamic progress toward innovation, sustainability, and global collaboration—creating new opportunities for EU–India partnerships in technology, standards, and sustainable growth.

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Headlines
Telecom Department (DoT) Notifies Cybersecurity Rules for Telcos to Tighten Security
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has notified amended cybersecurity rules which include provisions to bolster telecom network security, curb identity misuse and enhance traceability of equipment.
A key feature of the amendments to the...

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Govt Notifies First Legally Binding Emission Cut Targets For 4 Sectors
The Centre has notified the first legally binding Greenhouse Gas Emission Intensity (GEI) Target Rules, 2025, for four high-emission sectors—aluminium, cement, chlor-alkali, and pulp and paper.
The Rules set targets on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per unit of product output—for example, the gases released...

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New Strategic EU-India Agenda: Council Approves Conclusions
The Council approved conclusions on a new strategic EU-India agenda, in which it welcomes the strong impetus in relations between the European Union and India.
The conclusions endorse the Joint Communication on a “New Strategic EU-India Agenda” by the High Representative and the European Commission, and its...

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Govt's AI Framework Set to Seek Mandatory AI Content Labelling
The Centre's upcoming artificial intelligence (AI) governance framework will push for setting up comprehensive mechanisms to mandatorily label all Al content on the internet, a move aimed at establishing control and sovereignty over it.
The government is studying recent laws in China mandating such labelling,...

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Government Finalizes Framework for Transfer of M2M SIM Ownership
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Ministry of Communications, has issued an Office Memorandum (O.M.) notifying the Framework for Transfer of M2M SIM Ownership from one M2M Service Provider (M2M SP)/Licensee to another M2M Service Provider (M2M SP)/Licensee. Currently, there is no provision for...

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Insights

Project SESEI released its Sector Profile Report on “Digitalisation”

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ETSI-India Cooperation Bridging Europe and India Through Standardisation

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Centre’s DLI Tag Helping Semicon Cos Win Over Venture Capital Companies

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EFTA-India Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement Enters into Force - Joint Communiqué

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Centre Releases Guidelines for Rs 2,000-Crore (approx. €195 million) EV Charging Network

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