Tariff value fixation amends the customs notification to set specified tariff values for edible oils, brass scrap and poppy seeds.
Amendment substitutes a revised tariff-value Table in Notification No. 36/2001-Cus (N.T.) by exercising powers under section 14(2) of the Customs Act, 1962, fixing specific tariff values per metric tonne for specified imports including edible oils, brass scrap (all grades), and poppy seeds, and records that most edible-oil values remain unchanged.

Anti-dumping duty on cathode ray television picture tubes imposed; imports priced below normal value subject to duty.
Anti-dumping duty is imposed on cathode ray colour television picture tubes under sub-heading 8540 11 from Malaysia, Thailand, China PR and Republic of Korea, following designated authority findings of dumped prices and material injury. Definitive duties equal the difference between specified benchmark amounts and the landed value per unit, payable in Indian currency, and apply from the date of provisional imposition.

Anti-dumping duty continuation on imported measuring tapes from China imposed to prevent recurrence of dumped imports.
Continuation of definitive anti dumping duties is imposed on steel and fibreglass measuring tapes and their parts originating in or exported from the People's Republic of China, based on findings that imports were and would likely be dumped with substantial margins and that domestic industry remained fragile; the notification prescribes per unit duty amounts in US dollars per kilogram for specified tariff items and origin/export permutations, and applies regardless of individual producers or exporters.

Appeals committee composition amended: entries substituting Pune region with Kolhapur for specified appellate areas under service tax.
Amendment to the service tax notification replaces the expression "Pune-II" with "Kolhapur" in Sl. No. 39, and substitutes "Pune-II" with "Kolhapur" at both occurrences in Sl. No. 40 of the Table to Notification No. 19/2007-Service Tax, effecting a jurisdictional reassignment for the committee of Chief Commissioners constituted for appeals to the appellate tribunal under the Finance Act.

Constitution of committee of chief commissioners amended to substitute an area designation in the appeals notification framework.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs amends the principal service tax notification by substituting the area name in the Table: the entry against the specified serial number in column (3) is replaced with a different area designation, thereby altering the administrative mapping used for constitution of the committee of chief commissioners handling appeals under the statutory appeals provision.

NOC issuance by designated STEs: uniform service charge applied to onion exports under amended FTP.
Designated State Trading Enterprises (STEs) are authorised to issue NOC to associate shippers for export of onion and may levy a uniform service charge of 1% of the invoice value for issuing the NOC; this substitutes Paragraph 3(ii) of Notification No. 27(RE-2008)/2004-09 with immediate effect while all other conditions of that notification remain unchanged.

Approval Committee for SEZ constituted under SEZ Act to govern IT/ITES zone, specifying ex officio members and developer invitee.
Constitutes an Approval Committee for the IT and ITES Special Economic Zone at Gandhinagar under sub section (1) of section 13 of the SEZ Act, 2005, for the SEZ proposed to be developed by M/s. Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation. The Committee is chaired by the Development Commissioner (ex officio) and comprises specified ex officio members from the Department of Commerce, Foreign Trade, Customs/Central Excise, Income Tax, Ministry of Finance (Banking), two Joint Secretary rank nominees of the State, and a developer representative as Special Invitee.

Designation as Inland Container Depot makes the Gandhinagar IT SEZ subject to Customs Act treatment and procedures.
The Central Government appointed 13th May, 2009 as the date from which the sector specific SEZ for information technology and IT enabled services at Gandhinagar Sarkhej Highway, proposed to be developed by M/s. Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation, shall be deemed to be an Inland Container Depot under section 7 of the Customs Act, 1962, pursuant to sub section (2) of section 53 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005.

Special Economic Zone designation for IT/ITES formalises a sector-specific SEZ at Gandhinagar and its notified area.
Notification establishes a Special Economic Zone for the information technology and information technology enabled services sector at Gandhinagar, proposed by Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation; having satisfied statutory prerequisites and granted prior approval for development, operation and maintenance, the Central Government notifies the area set out in the Table (Plot No. 2 to 25 and the stated area) as the sector specific SEZ under the SEZ statutory framework and rules.

Mandatory certification requirement: approved users and sales personnel must hold Series-I currency derivatives certification before engagement.
The Board approves NISM's Series-I: Currency Derivatives Certification Examination (Series-I: CD) as the prescribed qualification for approved users and sales personnel in the Currency Derivatives Segment, requiring trading members to ensure such persons obtain the Series-I: CD certification and prohibiting engagement or employment of any approved user or sales personnel who does not hold a valid Series-I: CD certification.

Anti-dumping duty on caustic soda imposed where imports are priced below normal value, extending trade remedy protection.
The Central Government continues anti-dumping duty on Sodium Hydroxide (caustic soda) for imports from Indonesia and the European Union (excluding France) by imposing a duty equal to the difference between a prescribed reference amount and the landed value of the imported goods as specified in the notification table. The duty applies to enumerated tariff headings, producers, exporters and origin-country combinations, is payable in Indian currency, and remains effective for five years. Landed value is defined by Customs assessment rules and exchange rates are those notified by the Government with the relevant date being presentation of the bill of entry.

Research funding approval requires use for social science research and audited accounts with donor statement for tax benefit.
Approval under Section 35 is subject to conditions: receipts must be used for social science research conducted by faculty or students; separate books of account must record sums received and applied for research and be audited by a qualified accountant; the audit report must be furnished to the tax authorities by the return due date; and a certified statement of donations received and amounts applied to research must accompany the audit report.

Scientific research association approval: conditional recognition requires direct research activity, audited accounts, and certified donation statements.
Approval of Tea Research Association, Kolkata as a scientific research association is granted subject to conditions: sole objective of undertaking scientific research; conduct research activity directly; maintain books of account and submit an auditor-signed audit report to the tax authority by the return due date; and keep a separate auditor-certified statement of donations and amounts applied for scientific research. Approval may be withdrawn for failure to maintain books, furnish audit report or donation statement, cessation or lack of genuine research activity, or non-compliance with recognition conditions.

Special Economic Zone designation deems the biotechnology SEZ to be an Inland Container Depot, enabling customs regulatory treatment.
The Central Government's notification designates a sector-specific Special Economic Zone for biotechnology proposed by M/s. TCG Urban Infrastructure Holdings Limited as attaining statutory effect from the appointed date and deems that SEZ to be an Inland Container Depot for purposes of the Customs Act, thereby placing the zone within the customs regulatory framework.

Approval Committee for biotechnology SEZ established, prescribing ex officio members and developer invitee under SEZ Act.
Constitution of an Approval Committee for a sector-specific Special Economic Zone for the biotechnology sector at Thrikkakara North Village, Kerala, under the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005, to consider the SEZ proposed by M/s. TCG Urban Infrastructure Holdings Limited. The Committee comprises the Development Commissioner as Chairperson, specified ex officio central and state officers, and a developer representative as special invitee, with a rule that an officer not below the rank of Joint Development Commissioner will represent the Development Commissioner in his absence.

Special Economic Zone designation for biotechnology enables development, operation and maintenance of sector specific SEZ land.
Notification designates part of survey no. 321 in Thrikkakara North Village, Kanayannur Taluk, Ernakulam District as a Special Economic Zone for the biotechnology sector, following a proposal by M/s. TCG Urban Infrastructure Holdings Limited under section 3 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 and the Central Government's grant of a letter of approval for development, operation and maintenance; the notification is issued under section 4(1) of the Special Economic Zones Rules, 2006.

Safeguard measures: suspend or raise customs duties under the India Singapore pact to address injury from preferential imports.
These rules empower the Director General (Safeguard) to investigate whether increased imports from Singapore, due to preferential tariff reduction or elimination under the India Singapore Trade Agreement, have caused or threaten to cause serious injury to the domestic industry; investigations require evidence of increased imports, injury, and a significant causal contribution from preferential treatment, provide for public notices, exchange of information with interested parties, confidentiality protections, and permit provisional suspension of tariff concessions or increases in customs duty up to specified MFN applied rates, subject to time limits, review and requirements for positive adjustment.

Anti-dumping duty imposed on plastic processing machines, differentiated by producer and country of origin, to counter dumped imports.
Provisional anti-dumping duty is imposed on imports of plastic processing and injection moulding machines (clamping force 40 tonnes) originating in or exported from the People's Republic of China, following preliminary findings of dumping, significant dumping margins and material injury to domestic industry; duties are specified as percentages of CIF value, differentiated by named producers and exporters, with default rates for other producer-exporter combinations and for alternative country-of-export or origin scenarios, and CIF value defined as assessable value under the Customs Act.

Anti-dumping duty rescission on plastic ophthalmic lenses removes continuing measures after review termination and preserves prior actions.
The Central Government rescinds the notification imposing anti-dumping duty on plastic ophthalmic lenses originating in or exported from specified foreign origins, except as respects acts or omissions done before the rescission. The rescission follows initiation and termination of a statutory review, a temporary extension pending review, and is undertaken under powers granted by the Customs Tariff Act and applicable anti-dumping rules.

Jurisdiction specification: amends territorial coverage for Central Excise table entries affecting specified districts and areas.
Amendment substitutes the Table II entries for serial numbers 23 and 77 to redefine Central Excise jurisdiction boundaries: entry 23 is replaced with a revised Coimbatore description listing district areas with explicit village and taluk exclusions and including a specified tea factory area in Trichur, Kerala; entry 77 is replaced with a revised Salem description listing districts, taluks and specified inclusions and exclusions within Tamil Nadu and adjoining district areas for administrative excise coverage.