Standard Input Output Norms prescribed for propylene exports, specifying permissible input material and corresponding import entitlement under FTP.
Adds SION A-3639 to the Handbook of Procedures (Vol. II) prescribing Propylene as the export product and identifying Naphtha as the permissible input material linked to the export quantity, under powers conferred by the Foreign Trade Policy and the Handbook of Procedures.

Focus Product Scheme inclusion expands eligible exports to finished leather products and corrects product codes for Instant Tea and Cardanol.
The Focus Product Scheme is amended to add finished leather categories to Appendix 37D for exports effective 1 April 2010, listing finished bovine/equine leather (ITC (HS) 4107), finished sheep/lamb leather (ITC (HS) 4112), and finished leather of other animals with outer wool/hair on (ITC (HS) 4113). Additionally, Appendix 37A entries are corrected to update the sequence and VKGUY product codes for Instant Tea and CSNL Cardanol.

Call auction pre-open session: unmatched market orders matched at last traded price or shifted to normal market accordingly.
Where an equilibrium price is not discovered in the pre-open call auction, if only market orders exist they shall be matched at the last traded price and unmatched orders moved to the normal market order book at that price following price time priority, with the last traded price as the opening price. If no market orders exist, all unmatched orders shall be shifted to the normal market order book following price time priority, and the price of the first trade in the normal market shall be the opening price.

Smart Order Routing permitted with neutrality, audit, disclosure and operational safeguards for brokers and exchanges.
Permits Smart Order Routing subject to conditions: brokers must apply to exchanges, obtain third party system audits, maintain logs and audit trails, enter specific client agreements describing features and opt out instructions, validate risk parameters, ensure neutral routing and best execution, and provide alternate trading modes on failure. Exchanges must decide applications within thirty days, publish approved auditors, assign unique identifiers, maintain Smart Order Routing data, implement surveillance and grievance mechanisms, synchronise clocks with an atomic clock, time stamp market data feeds within three months if required, and ensure broker routing servers are located in India.

Securities trading using wireless technology authorised with mandatory security, authentication, disclosure, audit and server-localisation requirements.
SEBI permits SEBI-registered brokers offering Internet-based trading to provide securities trading using wireless technology, subject to all Internet trading requirements and specified safeguards: secure access and encryption per DOT policy, user identification and authentication, unique client IDs, fallback communication for network failures, broker-client risk disclosures and concurrence, order confirmations and trade history, prohibition on storing session login details on devices, industry-standard network security and audit trails, broker servers located in India, periodic systems audits, investor education, and reporting of implementation to SEBI.

Computer Assisted Selection of Cases (CASS) controls require system-generated assessment notices before PAN migration and centralized run.
Second-cycle CASS will be run centrally; section 143(2) notices selected by CASS must be generated from the system by the Assessing Officer with PAN jurisdiction, with a new AST field to record notice service dates. PAN migration for selected cases is held until system-generated notices are printed to allow migration. Manual selections per CBDT guidelines must be entered into the CASS system, and agriculture-income selections may be disapproved by the CCIT per user-manual procedure.

Computerized Bill of Entry processing under EDI system enables electronic filing, automated assessment and integrated licence and bond debiting for imports.
Computerized processing under ICES 1.5 mandates electronic filing and automated online processing of Bills of Entry and manifests with prerequisites including valid IE Code transmission, registration of CHAs, shipping agents and DGFT licences, standardized codes for currencies, units, countries and ports, and use of ICEGATE for remote filing. The system computes assessable value and duty using maintained directories, routes B/Es to Appraising Groups, supports System Appraisal, first/second check assessment, concurrent audit, and integrates licence/DEPB and Bond/BG ledger debiting; goods registration, examination and out of charge are contingent on required payments and debits.

Electronic Data Interchange enables centralized online filing and processing of export shipping bills and regulatory validations.
Launches a centralized Electronic Data Interchange (ICES 1.5) at ICD Sachin and ICD Valvada, requiring electronic filing and online processing of all categories of shipping bills with prerequisites including validated IE Codes, registrations of CHAs, shipping lines and banks, specified code usage, and bank account registration for direct credit of drawback. The system prescribes service centre and Remote EDI procedures for data entry, checklist confirmation, centralized shipping bill number generation, amendment and query protocols, customs examination workflows leading to electronic "Let Export" orders, and automated integration with DGFT and banks for DEPB, EPCG/DES and drawback processing.

Package marking requirement: unmarked export packages barred from examination and shipping bill registration; penalties for noncompliance.
Export consignments presented at Container Freight Stations must bear distinct stencil or printed package markings and sequential numbering corresponding to the shipping bill; handwritten marks and paper stickers are unacceptable except where stencil marking is infeasible and specified exemptions apply. Entry to the export shed, shipping bill registration, and cargo examination are permitted only on production of carting permission, an exporter-signed checklist with custodian endorsement of quantities, and after custodian verification of package numbers and counts. Noncompliance will invite enforcement against exporters, CHAs, or CFS operators.

Constitution of Dispute Resolution Panel under section 144C: three members appointed for Mumbai DRP-II effective immediately.
Constitution of a three-member Dispute Resolution Panel (DRP-II, Mumbai) under section 144C of the Income-tax Act, 1961 is established, superseding the prior order. The order specifies Mumbai as the place of the DRP, names three Commissioners/Directors of Income-tax as members drawn from Transfer Pricing and International Tax, takes effect immediately and continues until further orders, and is issued with the approval of the Chairman of the Board.

Jurisdiction for appeals and objections assigned to tax officers, defining zone-wise appellate and objection hearing responsibilities.
Order reallocates jurisdictional responsibilities among named Additional and Joint Commissioners, assigning zone-specific administrative oversight and delineating appellate and revisionary authority under the DST Act and CST Act by pecuniary thresholds. It also allocates objection-hearing jurisdiction under the DVAT Act, 2004 across specified zones and cells, and assigns enforcement, internal audit, recovery and support functions including GST Implementation, EXIM Cell, Border Control, Refund Branch, System & TPS and Training.

Accredited Clients Programme extended to export/trading house status holders with clarified disqualification criteria and reporting powers.
Recognition of Foreign Trade Policy status holders (Export Houses/Trading Houses) is added as an eligible category for Accredited Clients Programme, subject to satisfaction of all other ACP criteria. The amendment narrows disqualifying cases in the prior three years to specified categories of deliberate duty evasion, clandestine removal warranting confiscation, fraudulent claims for tax credits or export benefits, non-deposit of collected taxes, and non-registration with intent to evade. The ACP form is amended to record FTP status and Chief Commissioners may report such disqualifying cases to the Risk Management Division for exclusion even absent a Show Cause Notice.

Customs EDI migration: centralized ICES 1.5 rollout requires ICEGATE filings, PAN registration, and pre migration submission.
Migration of New Custom House EDI operations to centrally hosted ICES 1.5 requires users to file via ICEGATE or Service Centres in prescribed message formats, complete PAN based registration and CHA Directory verification, submit pending entries before cutover, accept centrally assigned document numbering, and use electronic bank messaging for duty challans; legacy floppy filing and certain manual processes will be phased out and helpdesk contacts are provided for support.

PAN-based registration required for dealers; failure to intimate PAN attracts statutory penalty and enforcement measures.
Mandate for Permanent Account Number (PAN)-based registration requires existing dealers to intimate PAN via Form DVAT-52 and new registrants to state PAN in Form DVAT-04 or notify within fifteen days of obtaining PAN; non-compliance attracts a penalty and ward officers must verify compliance. Administrative steps include entering DVAT-52 data into the Dealer Information System, cancelling registrations filed in Form DVAT-09, and considering cancellation of non-functioning dealers.

Additional customs duty refund procedure simplified, enabling accredited importers faster sanction and direct bank credit options.
Refunds of the 4% Additional Duty of Customs (4% CVD) are to be sanctioned in full for Accredited Clients on preliminary production of TR-6 CVD challans, VAT/ST challans, sale invoice summaries (electronic), and a statutory auditor/chartered accountant certificate confirming VAT/ST payment correlation and that the CVD burden was not passed on; pre-audit is waived in favour of post-audit, claims to be cleared within thirty days. Direct bank credit by electronic transfer is optionally permitted with authorisation; CA certificate and importer self-declaration suffice without requiring audited financial statements.

Online scheduling of factory stuffing inspections lets trade request examinations via range e-mail, with commissionerates required to monitor responses.
Provision for online scheduling of factory stuffing examinations enables trade to send inspection requests to Range-wise official e-mail addresses; Commissionerates must publish these e-mails, intimate assessees of examination timing by e-mail, monitor each request for timely response, and publicise the arrangements by Public Notice or Standing Order while all other conditions remain unchanged.

Importer representative identity proof requirement mandated; authorization required for filing under EDI import clearance procedures.
Amendment requires presentation of identity proof of the importer's representative and company-issued authorization when filing documents for registration in the Examination section under the Indian Customs EDI system, added after serial no. xiii of the existing document docket list; applies to all EDI ports of the Ahmedabad Customs Commissionerate and trade is asked to report implementation difficulties to the Commissioner.

Filing of revised returns: allow omission of closing stock ITC and delayed annexure submission procedure
Directs dealers to file July returns without calculating the carry forward of input tax credit on closing stock and permits omission of Annexure 2A and Annexure 2B from the initial return; hard copies of those annexures may be filed later with revised returns, implementing a temporary procedural adjustment following amendments to the return form and related provisions.

Line of Credit for export financing mandates majority India-sourced supplies, specified LC timelines, and FEMA compliance.
Exim Bank made a Line of Credit available to Suriname to finance eligible India-sourced goods and services for helicopter purchase, requiring at least 85% of contract value to be supplied from India and permitting up to 15% of non-consultancy inputs from abroad. The Credit is effective from July 28, 2010, with LC/disbursement timelines of 48 months for project exports and 72 months for supply contracts. Shipments must be declared on GR/SDF forms. No agency commission is payable under the LOC, though exporters may use own funds or EEFC balances for commission remittances subject to AD Category-I bank approval and prevailing rules. Directions issued under FEMA sections 10(4) and 11(1).

Works contract classification change applies to post-effective performance; composition scheme eligibility depends on prior service-tax payments.
Classification of long-term contracts shifts to Works Contract for services performed after 01.06.2007. Eligibility for the composition scheme depends on having validly exercised the option before payment of service tax for the contract; prior payment under earlier taxable service heads before the scheme's effective date precludes use of the composition scheme, whereas absence of such prior payment allows opting after the scheme came into effect. Option, once exercised, applies to the entire contract and is irrevocable.