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SEBI (ICDR) Regulations 2022
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA (ISSUE OF CAPITAL AND DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS) REGULATIONS, 2018

CHAPTER II - INITIAL PUBLIC OFFER ON MAIN BOARD
In Regulation 32
Sub Regulation 3A is inserted

CHAPTER IV - FURTHER PUBLIC OFFER
In Regulation 129
Sub Regulation 3A is inserted

Both these Sub Regulation splits the HNI into 2 Category

Category I - Rs 2 L to 10 L
Category II - Above Rs 10L

So these new HNI Rules apply only to IPO on Main Board and FPO and involves book building process.

These Rules not applicable to SME IPO as it is dealt by
CHAPTER IX - INITIAL PUBLIC OFFER BY SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

These new HNI rules does not apply to SME IPO both on Book Building Process and Fixed Price Method. (Not applicable to SME IPO at any case)

Reg 32(3A) and Reg 129(3A) are same and produced below for reference:
(3A) In an issue made through book building process, the allocation in the non-institutional investors’ category shall be as follows:
(a) one third of the portion available to non-institutional investors shall be reserved for applicants with application size of more than two lakh rupees and up to ten lakh rupees;
(b) two third of the portion available to non-institutional investors shall be reserved for applicants with application size of more than ten lakh rupees:
Provided that the unsubscribed portion in either of the sub-categories specified in clauses (a) or (b) may be allocated to applicants in the other sub-category of non-institutional investors.