Appointment of Tribunal Member: Ms Anita Kapur appointed under Competition Act with tenure until age sixty-five.
The Central Government, under section 53C read with section 53F of the Competition Act, 2002, appoints Ms. Anita Kapur as Member of the Competition Appellate Tribunal effective from the afternoon of 10th May, 2016; the appointment is until she attains the age of 65 years or until further orders, and her service terms are governed by the Competition Appellate Tribunal Rules, 2009.

Adjustment of asset and turnover thresholds via wholesale price index increases values for application of section 5 merger provisions.
Central Government, in consultation with the Competition Commission of India and under sub-section (3) of Section 20 of the Competition Act, 2002, enhances the value of assets and value of turnover on the basis of the Wholesale Price Index for the purposes of Section 5 of the Act, effective from the date of publication of the notification in the Official Gazette.

Combination exemption for small target enterprises, temporarily relieving certain acquisitions from merger provisions under notification.
Notification exempts enterprises being acquired from section 5 of the Competition Act, 2002 where the target has either assets up to rupees three hundred and fifty crores in India or turnover up to rupees one thousand crores in India; the exemption covers acquisitions of control, shares, voting rights or assets and was granted for five years from publication, and was later rescinded by a subsequent statutory order.

Exemption for groups with minority voting control from Section 5 obligations, temporarily removing combination scrutiny.
The Central Government exempts a Group exercising less than fifty per cent of voting rights in another enterprise from the provisions of section 5 of the Competition Act, 2002, under clause (a) of section 54, effective from publication in the Official Gazette for a period of five years.

Vessels Sharing Agreements exemption permits liner shipping cooperation temporarily, subject to bans on price fixing and required filings.
The Central Government temporarily exempts Vessels Sharing Agreements in the liner shipping industry from section 3 of the Competition Act, subject to prohibitions on price fixing, capacity limitation, and market or customer allocation; the Director General, Shipping will monitor such agreements and operators must file copies and related documents within the notification's specified timeframes.

Appointment of Chairperson under Competition Act: office begins with a fixed tenure and rule governed service conditions.
The Central Government appoints the Chairperson of the Competition Commission of India under section 8(1) read with section 10(1) of the Competition Act, 2002, effective from the specified afternoon of January eleventh, two thousand sixteen for a tenure of five years, subject to earlier cessation on reaching the prescribed age limit or until further orders; terms and conditions are governed by the Competition Commission of India (Salary, Allowances and other Terms and Conditions of Service of Chairperson and other Members) Rules, 2003.

Remuneration and deputation eligibility updated for Private Secretary and stenographer posts, clarifying service requirements under Commission rules.
The amendment revises Schedule I by increasing the grade pay for the Private Secretary post within Pay Band-2 and replacing the previous general deputation/absorption provision with role-specific eligibility: deputation/absorption is limited to officers holding the post of stenographer in government, PSUs, autonomous or regulatory bodies who either hold analogous posts on a regular basis or are stenographers Grade I in Pay Band-2 with the requisite regular service in the grade.

Public announcement deemed 'other document' alters combination filing verification and notice validity procedures under Competition Act regulatory framework.
Regulations amend combination procedure by removing specified verification language and substituting attestation-style declarations in Forms I-III; deeming SEBI takeover public announcements to be the "other document" for notification; substituting "company" for prior board-specific references; deleting inter-dependence language and a prior regulation; clarifying that certain minority acquisitions are treated solely as investment subject to non-participation and non-nomination conditions; and providing that the Commission may hear parties before invalidating a notice and exclude the validity-proceedings period from statutory timelines.

Combination filing procedures updated: verification removed, takeover announcements treated as supporting documents, and hearing rights clarified.
Procedural amendments remove specified verification wording, deem certain securities takeover public announcements as acceptable supporting documents, allow the Commission to hear parties before invalidating a notice and exclude that period from statutory decision timelines, omit one regulation, treat small share acquisitions as investments subject to limits on board participation and control rights, delete a prior gross acquisition cap, and replace form verification blocks with a standard declaration acknowledging truthfulness and awareness of statutory provisions.