IFSC fund exemption: units as alternate investment or mutual funds exempted from specified net foreign exchange compliance.
A new rule exempts Units in an IFSC established as Alternate Investment Funds or Mutual Funds from the prior rule with respect to investor inflows, investments from those funds and returns, with net foreign exchange determined together with the Fund Manager; similarly, IFSC Insurance Office Units are exempted for the portion of premium income above permitted management expense retention, investments from that portion and returns including amounts paid on claims.

Special Economic Zone notification establishes IT/ITES SEZ at Indore and constitutes statutory Approval Committee and ICD status.
Notification establishes a Special Economic Zone for IT/ITES at Plot No. 02 A, Indore comprising 2.183 hectares, following grant of a letter of approval for its development, operation and maintenance; it also constitutes an Approval Committee composed of specified ex officio members and a developer representative, and declares the SEZ to be deemed an Inland Container Depot under the Customs statutory regime.

De-notification of SEZ land removes specified parcels, reducing the notified SEZ extent under SEZ Act powers.
The Central Government, exercising the second proviso to sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 read with rule 8 of the Special Economic Zones Rules, 2006, hereby de-notifies an identified aggregate land area comprising specified survey numbers in the listed villages following developer proposal, State Government approval and Development Commissioner recommendation, thereby reducing the SEZ's notified extent and recording the resultant total area.

Special Economic Zone area requirements updated, adjusting minimum sizes, built-up processing area and approval mechanisms.
The amendments set differentiated area norms: non-IT/ITeS, biotech and health SEZs require contiguous land area thresholds with exceptions for specified states and territories; IT/ITeS, biotech and health SEZs have no minimum land area but must meet minimum built-up processing area by city category. Minimum processing area must be at least fifty percent of total SEZ area, existing SEZs are deemed multi-sector, and approval procedures permit the Board of Approval to grant one-year extension increments and the Approval Committee to endorse services broad-banded with IT/ITeS.

Special Economic Zone designation enables area to be deemed an Inland Container Depot and establishes an Approval Committee.
Notification designates a 16.35 hectare area at Paschim Jalefa, Sabroom, South Tripura as a Special Economic Zone for Sector Specific Agro Based Food Processing proposed by M/s. Tripura Industrial Development Corporation Ltd., records satisfaction with statutory requirements and grants approval; constitutes an Approval Committee consisting of specified ex officio members and a developer representative as special invitee; and declares the SEZ to be deemed an Inland Container Depot under the Customs Act from the appointed commencement date.

Special Economic Zone designation enables Free Trade Warehousing Zone approval and grants Inland Container Depot status.
Central Government notifies 50.491 hectares at Vallur and Edayanchavadi villages in Ponneri Taluk as a Special Economic Zone for a Free Trade Warehousing Zone, identifying land by specific survey numbers and citing approval under section 3 of the SEZ Act and rule 8 of the SEZ Rules. The Government constitutes an Approval Committee with specified ex officio members and State nominees for functions under section 14. The SEZ is also deemed to be an Inland Container Depot under the Customs Act by exercise of powers under section 53(2) of the SEZ Act.

Special Economic Zone expansion: additional land parcels notified under SEZ Act, increasing zone footprint and incorporating specified survey plots.
Central Government notification under the SEZ Act and SEZ Rules approves and notifies inclusion of additional survey parcels at Hinjewadi, Pune into the sector specific IT/ITES SEZ, specifies the survey numbers and incremental area added, and records the revised total area of the SEZ together with administrative file reference.

Denotification of Special Economic Zone area revoked under proviso to SEZ Rules, restoring prior notification boundaries.
Rescission is made under the first proviso to rule 8 of the SEZ Rules 2006 following the developer's proposal to denotify the entire residual notified area of 13.92 hectares in the sector specific IT/ITeS SEZ at Trans Thane Creek, with the State's No Objection and the Development Commissioner SEEPZ's recommendation; the Central Government rescinds the cited notification except as to things done or omitted before rescission.

Special Economic Zone area extension approved, adding additional notified land to expand SEZ's total territorial extent.
Central Government notifies inclusion of an additional 1.965 hectares to the sector specific IT/ITeS SEZ proposed by M/s. Highland Valley Corporation Private Limited at Kadayam Perumpathu Village, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu, pursuant to the SEZ Act and SEZ Rules 2006; specified survey numbers and hectareages are listed, and the total notified SEZ area is increased to 29.39 hectares.

De-notification of Special Economic Zone rescinded under rule 8 after developer proposal and state no-objection recommendation.
The Central Government rescinds the notification establishing the sector-specific Special Economic Zone for IT/ITES at Noida under the first proviso to rule 8 of the SEZ Rules, following the developer's proposal to de-notify the entire notified area, the State Government's no-objection and the Development Commissioner's recommendation; the rescission is subject to saving prior acts and omissions.

Sector Specific SEZ for Power notified; approval committee constituted and zone deemed an Inland Container Depot.
Notification establishes a Sector Specific Special Economic Zone for Power proposed by M/s. Adani Power (Jharkhand) Limited, notifying 222.668 hectares across enumerated plots in Motia, Mali, Gayeghat and adjacent villages in Godda District, Jharkhand; records fulfilment of approval requirements under section 3 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 and a letter of approval; constitutes an Approval Committee with specified ex officio members and state nominees for purposes of section 14; and declares the SEZ to be deemed an Inland Container Depot under the Customs Act from the notified date.

De-notification of Special Economic Zone after proponent request, state no-objection and administrative rescission under SEZ rules.
The Central Government rescinds the earlier notification that had notified a 10.09 hectare area as a sector-specific Special Economic Zone for IT and IT-enabled services, exercising powers under the Special Economic Zone Rules, 2006, except as to acts done or omitted before rescission; the action follows a joint proponent request, the State Government's no-objection, and a recommendation by the Development Commissioner.

De-notification of SEZ land reduces the notified SEZ area after statutory approvals and administrative recommendation.
De-notification of part of the Greater Noida Special Economic Zone is authorised under the SEZ statutory framework, following a developer proposal, State Government approval and Development Commissioner recommendation; the Central Government, satisfied that SEZ procedural and eligibility requirements were met, exercised its statutory power to de-notify the specified plot and recalculated the SEZ's total notified area accordingly.

SEZ amendment narrows notified sector description to information technology and IT enabled services for Greater Noida SEZ.
The Central Government, under section 4(1) of the Special Economic Zones Act and rule 8 of the SEZ Rules, amends the Ministry of Commerce notification for the sector specific SEZ at Greater Noida by substituting in paragraph 1 the words "Electronic Hardware and Software including information technology and information technology enabled services" with "information technology and information technology enabled services", thereby narrowing the notified sectoral description.

De-notification of SEZ land alters the notified zone boundary following statutory procedure with state approval and recommendation.
De-notification of 2.023 hectares from the Ayiroopara Special Economic Zone reduces the SEZ area to 8.098 hectares, effected under the powers conferred by the Special Economic Zones Act and rule 8 of the Special Economic Zones Rules, 2006, on a proposal by M/s Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation, after State Government approval and recommendation by the Development Commissioner, Cochin SEZ, with the Central Government satisfied that statutory requirements have been fulfilled.

De-notification of Special Economic Zone area reduces notified SEZ land following statutory powers under SEZ Act and Rules.
Central Government de-notifies 53.5295 hectares from the Textile sector Special Economic Zone at Vadamugam Kangeyampalayam Village, Erode District, under the second proviso to sub section (1) of section 4 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 and rule 8 of the Special Economic Zones Rules, 2006, reducing the resultant notified SEZ area to 50.1162 hectares.

SEZ sector designation updated to include IT/ITES and electronic components, broadening permitted activities for the zone.
The Central Government amends the sector description for the Special Economic Zone at Sandavellur 'C' Village by substituting "Electronic Hardware and related services" with "IT/ITES Electronic components & Hardware manufacturing & related services" for the SEZ authorized to M/s. Flextronics Technologies (India) Private Limited, updating the scope of permitted sectoral activities in the original Gazette notifications.

De-notification of SEZ land reduces designated SEZ area under the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005.
Central Government, on proposal of M/s. Mindspace Business Parks Pvt. Ltd., and following State Government approval and Development Commissioner recommendation, hereby de-notifies 14.162 hectares from the sector-specific SEZ for IT/ITES at Pocharam Village, Hyderabad, identifying affected survey numbers and areas and thereby making the resultant SEZ area 12.733 hectares, pursuant to the Central Government's powers under the Special Economic Zones legislative framework and the SEZ rules.

De-notification of Special Economic Zone rescinds prior SEZ notification, removing designated IT/ITES zone after state no-objection.
Central Government rescinds the notification that had designated a sector specific IT/ITES Special Economic Zone proposed by M/s. Mahaveer Skyscrapers Limited at Chevella, de notifying the entire previously notified area. The rescission follows the developer's proposal, a State Government no objection, and the Development Commissioner's recommendation, and is made under the proviso to the relevant SEZ rule while preserving effects of prior acts or omissions.

Special Economic Zone notification designates an IT/ITES zone and establishes an Approval Committee; SEZ deemed an inland container depot.
Notification declares a 2.746 hectare area at Plot No.1, Scheme No.166, Indore, Madhya Pradesh as a Special Economic Zone for IT/ITES approved under section 3 of the SEZ Act, 2005. It constitutes an Approval Committee comprising specified ex officio members and a developer representative for purposes of section 14, and appoints 5 August 2019 as the date from which the SEZ is deemed an Inland Container Depot under section 7 of the Customs Act, 1962.