The Reserve Bank of India issued a circular on 19 October 2026 drawing regulated financial institutions' attention to amendments to three entries in the United Nations Security Council's ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List. The underlying UN Security Council communication is dated 15 October 2026.
The changes relate to two individual entries, Mounir El Motassadeq (QDi.082) and Noor Wali Mehsud (QDi.427), and one entity entry, Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (QDe.132). They update existing sanctions-list information rather than announcing three newly listed persons or entities.
The RBI communication is addressed to commercial banks, small finance banks, payments banks, urban and rural co-operative banks, regional rural banks, local area banks, non-banking financial companies, asset reconstruction companies and all-India financial institutions.
Under Chapter IX of the RBI Know Your Customer Directions, 2025, regulated entities must comply with obligations under Section 51A of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. They must ensure that accounts are not maintained in the names of persons or entities covered by the applicable UN sanctions lists and must follow the procedure in the UAPA Order referred to in the RBI circular.
For compliance teams, the immediate implication is to check that sanctions-screening data and related name-matching processes reflect the amended UN entries, and to follow the prescribed escalation and action procedures where a relevant match arises. The circular also reiterates the route for forwarding delisting requests received by banks to the Ministry of Home Affairs.
This is a sanctions-list compliance update, not a general change to income-tax, GST or company-filing deadlines. The RBI circular does not prescribe a separate new filing deadline. Covered institutions should review the original circular and the current sanctions lists while applying their existing KYC and anti-money-laundering controls.