Insider trading scope expanded: relatives and associated persons now included as connected persons with access to UPSI.
The amendment broadens connected person to include anyone associated with a company in the six months prior whose relationships or position reasonably allow access to unpublished price sensitive information, expressly adds firms, partners, employees and household members, defines "relative" to include spouse, parents, siblings, children and their spouses, and clarifies that possession or access to UPSI makes one an "insider" while preserving specified exonerating circumstances and placing initial onus on the person alleging access.

Input tax credit and tax-determination rules under Assam GST were overhauled with new section 74A and targeted waiver provisions.
Assam GST law was amended to revise the Input Service Distributor definition, expand tax and credit provisions, and introduce section 74A for determining tax not paid, short paid, erroneously refunded, or input tax credit wrongly availed or utilised from Financial Year 2024-25 onwards. The ordinance also limits sections 73 and 74 to periods up to Financial Year 2023-24, inserts a waiver mechanism under section 128A for specified earlier demands, aligns appeal and penalty provisions with the new regime, and adds Schedule III entries for specified co-insurance and reinsurance services.

Anti-dumping duty on textured tempered glass imports from specified countries provisionally targets dumped prices and injury.
Provisional anti-dumping duty is prescribed on textured tempered coated and uncoated glass imported from China PR and Vietnam after preliminary findings of dumping, increased imports and material injury. The notification lists producer- and country-specific duty amounts in USD per metric ton and provides that the payable rate equals the difference between the landed value and the specified duty amount where landed value is lower. The measure is effective for six months and payable in Indian currency, with exchange rate determined by Government notifications and bill of entry date.

Aadhaar authentication permitted for a mutual fund to enable identity verification under anti money laundering compliance requirements.
Central Government permits Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund to perform Aadhaar authentication for the purposes of section 11A of the Prevention of Money laundering Act, 2002, under the power of sub section (1) of section 11A, on being satisfied that the reporting entity will comply with the privacy and security standards under the Aadhaar Act and after consultation with the Unique Identification Authority and the appropriate regulator.

Aadhaar authentication requirement governs GST registration: biometric and photograph capture plus original-document verification at facilitation centres complete registration.
Amendment to Rule 8 makes Aadhaar authentication determinative for GST registration where opted for, fixing the submission date as the date of Aadhaar authentication or fifteen days from Part B submission of FORM GST REG 01, whichever is earlier. Applications identified by portal risk analysis must undergo biometric Aadhaar authentication, photograph capture of relevant individuals, and in person verification of original documents at a Commissioner notified Facilitation Centre; an application is complete only after these steps. Sub rule (4B) is amended by replacing "provisions of" with "proviso to". The rules are deemed effective from 26th December, 2022.

Rescission of exemption for imports of petroleum crude and ATF now effective immediately, subject to prior actions saved.
Rescission removes the exemption that had excluded imports of petroleum crude and ATF from the additional customs duty equivalent to the Special Additional Excise Duty under the Finance Act; the Central Government invokes customs and general clauses statutory powers, declares the rescission necessary in the public interest, makes it effective immediately, and preserves actions or omissions done before rescission.

Rescission of duty exemption on exported fuels withdraws prior excise relief and takes effect immediately.
Rescinds Notification No. 08/2022-Central Excise that granted exemption for certain duties on petrol, diesel and aviation turbine fuel cleared for export, withdrawing that exemption for future clearances. The rescission is made under statutory excise and finance powers, takes effect immediately, and contains a savings clause preserving actions done or omitted before the rescission.

Central excise amendment: omission of provisos affecting duty rebate and export without payment procedures framework.
The Central Excise (Amendment) Rules, 2024 omit the first proviso before the explanation in Rule 18 (Rebate of duty) and omit the proviso to Rule 19 (Export without payment of duty), with immediate effect under the Central Excise Act, 1944.

Rescission of excise notifications withdraws prior exemption from road and infrastructure cess on petrol and diesel exports.
The Central Government, exercising powers under the Finance Act, the Central Excise Act and the General Clauses Act, rescinds Notification No. 10/2022-Central Excise and Notification No. 11/2022-Central Excise, thereby withdrawing the prior excise treatment related to Road and Infrastructure Cess on exports of motor spirit and high speed diesel; the rescission is subject to actions already done or omitted and takes immediate effect.

Rescission of Special Additional Excise Duty exemptions reinstates excise treatment for petroleum products, effective immediately with savings.
Rescinds prior notifications granting relief under Special Additional Excise Duty for production of petroleum crude and for exports of aviation turbine fuel, motor spirit and high speed diesel oil, effective immediately, while saving acts or omissions done before rescission.

Scope of notification on supplies of metal scrap revised; supplies between specified persons excluded, with one exception.
The notification is amended by inserting a clause covering any registered person receiving supplies of metal scrap (as classified in the Customs Tariff) from another registered person, and by substituting the third proviso to state that the notification does not apply to supplies between persons falling within the specified categories of the controlling provision, except that the exclusion does not apply to the person defined in the newly inserted clause.

Scientific Research approval under Section 35 grants university-category tax recognition for research activities at IIIT Hyderabad.
Central Government approves International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad as an institution engaged in Scientific Research under the category 'University, college or other institution' for the purposes of clause (ii) of sub section (1) of section 35 of the Income tax Act read with the Income tax Rules, with effect from publication and applicable to the specified assessment years; the explanatory memorandum states no person is adversely affected by the retrospective effect.

Immovable property clarification narrows prior reference from 'any property' to 'any immovable property' in notification.
The Government has issued an errata directing that the phrase "any property" wherever it occurs in the notification published as S.R.O. No. 911/2024 and in its explanatory note shall be read as "any immovable property"; the correction is issued to rectify drafting errors and to align the published text with the intended terminology.

GST rate amendment under Assam tax law substitutes half per cent with 0.25 percent in the notification's operative formula.
The Assam Government amended an earlier GST notification issued under section 52 of the Assam Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 by substituting "half per cent." with "0.25 percent." in the relevant wording of the notification. The amendment alters the prescribed rate applied in the notification's operative formula, while leaving the remaining text intact.

Specified actionable claims added to Assam GST Schedule IV, with related entries omitted and definitions aligned to GST law.
Amendment to the Assam GST rate notification inserts a new entry in Schedule IV for specified actionable claims, covering betting, casinos, gambling, horse racing, lottery, and online money gaming. The amendment also omits the existing entries at serial numbers 228 and 229 and adds an interpretative clause adopting definitions from the Assam Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 and the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017. The amendment is deemed effective from 1 October 2023.

Composition levy exclusion for specified actionable claims is inserted into the Assam GST notification with retrospective effect.
The Assam Goods and Services Tax composition levy notification is amended to exclude a registered person making supply of specified actionable claims from the composition levy framework. The exclusion is inserted into the existing notification under the Act's power to issue special procedure notifications, and it applies retrospectively from 29 September 2023 as a targeted modification to the earlier notification.

Online gaming taxation notification identifies covered supplies including money gaming, other online gaming, and casino actionable claims.
The Assam GST notification identifies three notified supplies for section 15(5): online money gaming, online gaming other than online money gaming, and actionable claims in casinos. It is stated to operate from 1 October 2023.

GST amendment commencement date fixed for Assam, with the notification deemed to take effect from an earlier date.
The Governor of Assam appoints 1 October 2023 as the date on which the Assam Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Act, 2023 comes into force, and the notification is deemed to have come into force on 29 September 2023, thereby fixing the commencement date for the amended GST framework in Assam.

Online gaming and casino valuation rules define taxable supply value by player payments, with refunds excluded from deduction.
The Assam Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 are amended to insert special valuation rules for online gaming, including online money gaming, and casino supplies. The value of supply is tied to the total amount paid, payable or deposited by or on behalf of the player, including money's worth and virtual digital assets, and refunds or returned amounts are not deductible. Winnings reused for further play without withdrawal are not treated as amount paid or deposited.

E-invoicing threshold reduced for Assam GST taxpayers as aggregate turnover limit is lowered to five crore rupees.
E-invoicing applicability under the Assam Goods and Services Tax framework was expanded by reducing the aggregate turnover threshold for taxpayers covered by the notification. With effect from 1 August 2023, the prescribed turnover limit was substituted from ten crore rupees to five crore rupees in the earlier notification issued under rule 48(4) of the Assam GST rules. The amendment was made by the Assam Government in exercise of delegated rule-making powers on the recommendations of the Council, and the notification was stated to come into force from 10 May 2023.