SEBI Posts August 20 Update to UNSC 1267 Sanctions List, Amending 21 Entries

The Securities and Exchange Board of India has published a fresh update for implementation of Section 51A of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, reflecting amendments to 21 entries in the United Nations Security Council's 1267 sanctions list.

What SEBI published

The update appears in SEBI's Media and Notifications section under the UNSC Sanctions Committee List category and is dated 20 August 2026. The regulator's page identifies the development as an update to the UNSC's 1267(1999) sanctions list and specifically states that 21 entries have been amended.

For securities-market intermediaries and compliance teams, the immediate relevance is operational rather than interpretive: sanctions-screening controls depend on current list data. Firms that maintain customer, beneficial-owner, counterparty or transaction screening processes should ensure that their reference data and screening workflows are aligned with the latest official list information used by Indian regulators.

Why compliance teams should review the update

Sanctions-list changes can affect name-screening and escalation workflows even when a firm has seen no change in its own customer base. An amendment may involve identifying information attached to an existing listed person or entity, so relying on an older locally stored list can create avoidable screening gaps.

Compliance functions should use SEBI's official notice and the linked underlying document as the source for the precise amended entries. Teams should avoid relying on summaries for names, aliases or identifying particulars because the regulator's source document is the authoritative operational reference for this update.

Practical action point

Regulated entities and professional teams supporting them should confirm that sanctions-screening datasets, vendor feeds and internal watch-list procedures have captured the 20 August 2026 update. Any potential match should continue to be handled under the entity's applicable legal and internal escalation framework.

Useful official links

SEBI: UNSC 1267 sanctions-list update

Key takeaway

SEBI's August 20 notice is a sanctions-compliance update: it records amendments to 21 entries in the UNSC 1267(1999) sanctions list. The safest next step is to review the exact official attachment and ensure screening systems use current data.