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.

Tax exemption for technical education board covers specified receipts, subject to non-commercial activity, unchanged income sources, and return filing.
Tax exemption is notified for the Haryana State Board of Technical Education, Panchkula, in respect of specified governmental receipts, educational fees, royalties and charges, donations, property-related income, securities sale proceeds, and bank-deposit interest. The exemption operates under section 10(46) of the repealed Income-tax Act, 1961, preserved through transitional provisions of the Income-tax Act, 2025. It requires absence of commercial activity, continuity in activities and specified income, and filing of the required income-tax return; non-compliance may result in penal action and withdrawal of exemption.

Appellate Tribunal filing timelines extend for specified earlier GST orders, while later appeals and applications follow statutory limitation periods.
Appellate Tribunal filing timelines under the Odisha Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 are revised. Appeals for orders communicated before 1 May 2026 and applications for orders passed before 1 February 2026 may be filed up to 31 July 2026. Appeals and applications relating to later orders remain governed by the statutory periods of three months from communication and six months from the order date, respectively. The earlier notification is superseded, subject to actions already taken or omitted, and the revision is deemed effective from 30 June 2026.

Central Excise notification correction replaces specified month references in the miscellaneous exemptions framework.
The corrigendum corrects Notification No. 12/2026-Central Excise by replacing "March" with "July" in lines 29 and 30. It operates within the Central Excise miscellaneous exemptions framework and is limited to rectifying those specified references in the earlier notification.

Customs tariff values for edible oils, brass scrap, gold and silver are revised, while areca nut value remains unchanged.
Customs tariff values are revised for specified edible oils, brass scrap, gold and silver through substituted tariff-value tables. The gold and silver entries cover specified forms, concessional-entry goods and defined gold findings, while excluding particular silver forms and certain imports through post, courier or baggage. The tariff value for areca nuts remains unchanged. The substituted tables take effect from 1 August 2026.

Customs loading and unloading facilities are notified for Umarwada, Ankleshwar and Bharuch for imported and export goods operations.
Customs facilities for loading and unloading are extended to Umarwada, Ankleshwar and Bharuch in Gujarat. These notified locations may be used for unloading imported goods and loading export goods, or specified classes of such goods, under the Customs Act framework for appointing places for customs operations.

Anti-dumping duty on untreated fumed silica imports from China PR continues unless earlier revoked, superseded, or amended.
Anti-dumping duty on imports of untreated fumed silica originating in or exported from China PR is continued through an amendment to the existing customs notification. The duty remains effective up to and including 10 February 2027, unless earlier revoked, superseded or amended.

Tax exemption for regulatory authority income applies subject to non-commercial activity, return filing, and unchanged specified income.
Tax exemption is notified for the Kerala Real Estate Regulatory Authority under Schedule III read with section 11 of the Income-tax Act, 2025, covering registration fees, fees for compensation claims and complaints, and government grants. The exemption for the tax year 2026-27 requires that the Authority not undertake commercial activity, file its return of income as required, and maintain unchanged activities and specified income. Non-compliance results in withdrawal of exemption and initiation of proceedings under the Act.

Tax exemption for regulatory authority income covers registration fees, complaint fees and grants, subject to non-commercial activity and return compliance.
Tax exemption under section 10(46) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 applies to specified income of the Kerala Real Estate Regulatory Authority, including registration fees, fees for compensation claims and complaints, and government grants. The Authority must not engage in commercial activity, must maintain the same activities and nature of specified income, and must comply with applicable income-tax return filing requirements. Failure to meet these conditions may result in penal action and withdrawal of exemption. The notification operates retrospectively for the stated relevant assessment years.

Customs notification corrigendum corrects the Gazette reference in the English version of the relevant exemption notification.
The corrigendum corrects the Gazette reference in the English version of Notification No. 28/2026-Customs dated 10 July 2026. The reference "G.S.R. 615(E)" is to be read as "G.S.R. 613(E)".

Specified income exemption for the Fees Regulating Authority depends on non-commercial activity, unchanged income sources, and return filing.
Tax exemption is notified for the Fees Regulating Authority in respect of processing fees, related charges, government reimbursements or grants, and interest from deposits and investments. The exemption requires that the Authority not engage in commercial activity, retain unchanged activities and specified income, and file its income-tax return as prescribed. Failure to meet these conditions may result in penal action and withdrawal of the exemption. The notification applies retrospectively for the stated assessment years.

Export classification harmonisation updates ITC tariff entries, preserving conditional controls, state trading treatment, restricted authorisation and prohibited exports.
Schedule-II (Export Policy) of ITC (HS) 2022 is amended with immediate effect to align export classifications, notes and policy entries with the Finance Act, 2026. Broad tariff entries are deleted or replaced with product-specific classifications across agricultural products, foods, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, minerals, leather, machinery, metals and transport equipment. Specified controlled chemicals remain freely exportable only subject to a No Objection Certificate from the Narcotics Commissioner. Deoxy nucleotide triphosphates require restricted export authorisation, zirconium ores remain subject to State Trading Enterprise treatment through Indian Rare Earths Limited, and dissolving-grade chemical wood pulp is prohibited for export.

Anti-dumping duty on Low Ash Metallurgical Coke addresses injurious dumped imports, with conditional end-use exclusions for specified products.
Anti-dumping duty is imposed on Low Ash Metallurgical Coke, being metallurgical coke with ash content below 18 per cent, imported from specified subject countries. The measure addresses dumping-related material injury to domestic industry. Exclusions apply to specified ultra-low phosphorous coke for ferroalloy manufacture, semi-coke or soft coke, and specified-sized coke for eligible pig iron manufacture, subject to applicable end-use undertakings and certification. The duty applies for five years from provisional-duty imposition unless earlier changed and is calculated in Indian currency at the notified exchange rate applicable on the bill-of-entry date.

Specified income exemption for a real estate regulatory authority depends on non-commercial activity, return filing, and unchanged income sources.
Specified income exemption is notified for the Chhattisgarh Real Estate Regulatory Authority under Schedule III read with section 11 of the Income-tax Act, 2025. Eligible income includes government grants, loans or advances, regulatory fees and penalties, and interest earned on such receipts. The exemption is conditional on no commercial activity, required income-tax return filing, and continuity of the Authority's activities and specified income. Non-compliance results in withdrawal of the exemption and initiation of proceedings.