• By Soumyaroop Mukherjee
  • Sat, 30 Aug 2025 02:59 PM (IST)
  • Source:JND
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Rules Changing From September 1: The month of September will bring a host of important changes that directly impact the daily lives of the common man. Starting September 1, several key rules and regulations will come into effect, ranging from the last date for filing Income Tax Returns (ITR), updates linked to Aadhaar Cards, modifications in postal services, to banking and financial norms. These shifts are expected to influence how people manage their money, access essential services, and comply with government requirements.

The following changes are set to take place from September 1:

  1. Date for Income Tax Return extended: The IT Department has extended this year’s tax return from July 30 to September 15, 2025, for the Assessment Year 2025-26. This gives the taxpayers an additional 46 days to meet the return filing obligation. The extension has been given to those taxpayers whose accounts are not required to be audited. However, the taxpayers whose accounts need to be audited have to file their ITR before October 31, 2025.

  1. Deadline extended to switch from UPS to NPS: The new rule changes also give relief to the central government employees who have time till September 30 to choose the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS), which is a pension system introduced for the central government employees. Earlier, the date was June 30, which was then extended by another 90 days, keeping in view the muted responses.

  1. SBI card rule: State Bank of India (SBI) has also announced new rules for its select cardholders from September 1, 2025. According to these new rules, there would not be any reward points for a few of its cards if the customers plan to use them for transactions related to digital gaming and government websites. The cards falling under this category are:

  • Lifestyle Home Centre SBI Card

  • Lifestyle Home Centre SBI Card SELECT

  • Lifestyle Home Centre SBI Card PRIME

  1. Changes in fixed deposit (FD) plans: The deadline for several banks that have been running special tenors for FD plans ends on September 30, 2025. For eg, the deadline to invest in Indian Bank’s 444-day and 555-day plans is September 30. Similarly, IDBI’s plans for fixed deposits are also due on September 30. 

  1. Merger of postal services with Speed Post: For ease of work, the Indian Postal Service has decided to merge the domestic postal services of the Department of Posts (DoP) with its Speed Post services. The merger will be effective from September 1, 2025. This means that if any person wants to send any registered post through the India Post, it will be a Speed Post delivery by default.

  1. Free Aadhaar details update: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), overseeing the Aadhaar services in the country, has extended the facility of document update for three months. People can update their Aadhar details for free by 14 September 2025, where they have to provide their documents related to identity and address will have to be uploaded on the website of UIDAI. According to the authorities, to timely update of the Aadhar information is required for proper demographic information.