Tax exemption for specified legal services authority income is conditional on non-commercial activity, return filing, and unchanged activities.
Tax exemption under Schedule III read with section 11 of the Income-tax Act, 2025 applies to specified income of the District Legal Service Authority, Panchkula, for the tax year 2026-27. Covered income includes institutional and government grants, court-ordered receipts, recruitment application fees, and bank-deposit interest. The Authority must not undertake commercial activity, must file its income-tax return as prescribed, and must maintain unchanged activities and specified income; non-compliance leads to withdrawal of exemption and proceedings.

Specified income exemption for legal services authority depends on non-commercial operations, unchanged income sources, and mandatory return filing.
Specified income of the District Legal Service Authority, Panchkula is exempt under section 10(46) of the Income-tax Act, 1961, preserved through repeal-saving provisions of the Income-tax Act, 2025. Exempt income includes statutory grants, government grants or donations, court-ordered amounts, recruitment application fees and bank-deposit interest. The Authority must not undertake commercial activity, must maintain unchanged activities and income nature, and must file returns as required. Non-compliance may result in penal action and withdrawal of exemption.

Customs tariff valuation for edible oils, metals and areca nuts updates specified import values while retaining several existing values.
Tariff values for specified imported edible oils, brass scrap, gold, silver and areca nuts are substituted under the customs valuation framework. Values for crude palm oil, refined and other palm oil, crude soybean oil, brass scrap and areca nuts remain unchanged. Gold and silver in specified concessional and other qualifying forms are assigned tariff values per prescribed unit of weight. The substituted tables take effect from 11 August 2026.

Scientific research approval requires annual donation reporting and donor certificates for eligible tax treatment.
Scientific research approval is granted to Sir Ganga Ram Trust Society, Delhi, for donation-related tax treatment under the Income-tax Act, 2025, for tax years 2026-2027 through 2030-2031. The institution must comply with prescribed conditions, file an annual donation statement in Form No. 15 by 31 May following the relevant tax year, and provide each donor a Form No. 16 certificate specifying the donation amount.

Scientific research approval grants eligible status for five tax years under the income-tax framework.
Approval for scientific research is granted to M/s Center for Incubation Innovation Research and Consultancy under section 45(3)(b) of the Income-tax Act, 2025 read with Rule 35 of the Income-tax Rules, 2026. The approval applies for five tax years, from Tax Year 2026-27 through Tax Year 2030-31.

Halal certification transition for specified meat exports to Egypt extends to support certification body onboarding and accreditation.
Halal certification requirements for exports of specified meat and meat products to Egypt are amended by extending the transition period for mandatory implementation of the India Conformity Assessment Scheme (i-CAS)-Halal to nine months from the earlier notification date. The extension facilitates system readiness and the onboarding and accreditation of Egyptian Halal certification bodies, while all other export requirements remain unchanged.

Inventory-based e-commerce exports permit registered exporters to hold export-only stock, pay sellers promptly, and distribute eligible export benefits.
Inventory-based cross-border e-commerce exports may be undertaken through a DGFT-registered Exporter-on-Record holding export-only inventory procured from Indian GST-registered Sellers-on-Record against confirmed overseas buyer orders. Export Inventory must be separately identified, segregated and digitally traceable. The Exporter-on-Record must pay sellers within seven days of acceptance, may claim eligible Export Rebates and Refunds, and must distribute seller-attributable benefits proportionately after any administrative charge. It must manage and bear reverse-logistics costs, while returned or rejected consignments cannot enter the domestic market.

Anti-dumping duty on phthalic anhydride continues for five years following a sunset review of continuing dumping.
Anti-dumping duty on Phthalic Anhydride is continued for imports originating in or exported from China and Korea following findings of continuing dumping and likely injury to domestic industry if the duty ceases. The duty applies to specified origin-export combinations and all producers, at separate rates for Chinese and Korean goods. It remains effective for five years unless earlier revoked, superseded or amended, is payable in Indian currency, and uses the notified exchange rate applicable on presentation of the bill of entry.

Employees' Pension Scheme corrigenda correct social security terminology, wage references, employer damages wording, internal cross-references and numerical entries.
Corrigenda to the Employees' Pension Scheme, 2026 correct textual, terminological, numerical and cross-reference errors. They replace "security agreement" with "social security agreement", "pay" with "wages", and remove "by way of penalty" from the expression concerning employer damages. The corrections also revise the wage-ceiling terminology, aggregation wording, internal paragraph references, a reference to funds, and specified numerical entries.

Employees' Provident Funds Scheme corrigenda clarify membership, contribution, exemption, investment-loss and reporting terminology across the published scheme text.
The Employees' Provident Funds Scheme, 2026 is corrected through textual, terminological and cross-reference amendments. The corrigenda standardise references to Employees' Provident Funds, clarify provisions concerning excluded employees, members, international workers, exempted provident funds, nominees and contributions, and correct references to the Provident Fund Act, 1925, the Code on Wages, 2019 and Rule 65. They also revise investment-loss terminology, account nomenclature, numbering, dates, campaign references and security classifications in Form-II.

Tax exemption for examination-related income applies subject to non-commercial activity, return filing, and unchanged operations and income.
Tax exemption is notified for the Odisha Joint Entrance Examination Committee in respect of examination fees, counselling and application-processing fees, and interest on bank deposits under Schedule III read with section 11 of the Income-tax Act, 2025. The exemption is conditional on the absence of commercial activity, prescribed income-tax return filing, and continuation of unchanged activities and specified income. Non-compliance results in withdrawal of the exemption and commencement of proceedings under the Act.

Tax exemption for specified entrance examination income applies subject to non-commercial activity, unchanged income sources, and return-filing compliance.
Tax exemption under section 10(46) of the repealed Income-tax Act, 1961 is notified for specified examination, counselling, application-processing and bank-deposit interest income of the Odisha Joint Entrance Examination Committee. The exemption requires absence of commercial activity, unchanged activities and income nature, and prescribed return filing. Non-compliance may lead to penal action and withdrawal of exemption.

Tax exemption for specified authority income applies subject to non-commercial activity, prescribed return filing, and unchanged income conditions.
Tax exemption is notified for the Noida Special Economic Zone Authority under Schedule III read with section 11 of the Income-tax Act, 2025, for specified receipts including lease rent, bank interest, fees, allotment and transfer charges, auction receipts, site-usage charges, and scrap-sale proceeds. Applicable for tax years 2026-27 and 2027-28, the exemption requires the Authority to avoid commercial activity, file its return in the prescribed manner, and maintain unchanged activities and specified income. Non-compliance leads to withdrawal of exemption and proceedings under the Act.

Specified-income tax exemption for a special economic zone authority depends on non-commercial activity, unchanged income sources, and return filing.
Specified-income exemption is granted to Noida Special Economic Zone Authority under section 10(46) of the Income-tax Act, 1961, as preserved by the Income-tax Act, 2025. Covered income includes lease rent, bank interest on fixed deposits, designated fees and charges, proceeds from vacant-property allotments, and scrap or waste sales. The Authority must not engage in commercial activity, must maintain unchanged activities and income nature, and must file returns under the 1961 Act. Non-compliance may result in penal action and withdrawal of exemption.

Tax exemption for specified non-commercial income applies subject to unchanged activities, return filing, and compliance conditions.
Tax exemption under section 10(46) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 is notified for specified income of the Noida Special Economic Zone Authority, including lease rent, bank interest, permit and allotment fees, transfer charges, building-plan fees, site-usage charges, and scrap-sale receipts. The exemption requires that the Authority not engage in commercial activity, that its activities and specified income remain unchanged, and that it file the prescribed income-tax return. Non-compliance may result in penal action and withdrawal of exemption.

Road and Infrastructure Cess on exported petrol and diesel is revised through amendment to the Central Excise exemption framework.
Road and Infrastructure Cess applicable to petrol and diesel cleared for export is amended under the Central Excise exemption framework. The rate specified against serial number 2 of Notification No. 11/2026-Central Excise is substituted with Rs. 1.5 per litre. The amendment takes effect from its publication in the Official Gazette on 3 August 2026.

Special Additional Excise Duty on exported Aviation Turbine Fuel is revised through amendment of the applicable exemption notification.
Special Additional Excise Duty on Aviation Turbine Fuel cleared for export is amended by substituting the applicable rate with Rs. 22 per litre in the relevant exemption notification. Issued under the Central Excise Act, 1944 read with the Finance Act, 2002, the amendment takes effect from its publication in the Official Gazette and modifies Notification No. 08/2026-Central Excise.

Special additional excise duty on petrol and diesel exports is revised through substituted rates effective upon Gazette publication.
Special additional excise duty on exports of petrol and diesel is amended under the Central Excise exemption framework. The rate against serial number 1 is substituted with Rs. 3.5 per litre, while the rate against serial number 2 is substituted with Rs. 24 per litre. The amendments take effect from publication in the Official Gazette on 3 August 2026.

Tax exemption for legal services authority applies to specified income, subject to non-commercial activity, return filing, and continuity conditions.
Tax exemption under Schedule III read with section 11 of the Income-tax Act, 2025 is notified for the District Legal Services Authority, Charkhi Dadri in respect of specified grants, government grants or donations, court-ordered amounts, recruitment application fees and bank-deposit interest. The exemption for tax year 2026-27 requires that the authority undertake no commercial activity, file its income-tax return as prescribed, and keep its activities and specified-income nature unchanged. Non-compliance results in withdrawal of exemption and proceedings under the Act.

Tax exemption for legal services authority income applies conditionally to grants, court receipts, recruitment fees and bank interest.
Tax exemption is granted to the District Legal Services Authority, Charkhi Dadri, for specified grants, government donations, court-ordered receipts, recruitment application fees and bank-deposit interest. The exemption operates under the saving and transitional framework preserving application of the repealed Income-tax Act, 1961. It is conditional on absence of commercial activity, continuity in the Authority's activities and specified income, and filing of income-tax returns as required. Non-compliance may result in penal action and withdrawal of exemption, with retrospective application to the stated assessment years.