Special Economic Zone designation enables inland container depot status and establishes approval committee for IT/ITES zone.
Notification establishes a sector-specific Special Economic Zone for information technology and IT enabled services at Plot TZ-09, Greater Noida (10 hectares), noting prior approval for development, operation and maintenance. It constitutionally creates an Approval Committee comprising specified ex officio central and state representatives and a developer invitee, and appoints the notified date as the date from which the SEZ is deemed an Inland Container Depot under the Customs Act.

Special Economic Zone expansion: additional Gurgaon land included for information technology and IT enabled services under SEZ rules.
The Central Government notifies the inclusion of an additional land parcel totaling 3.2829 hectares at Village Ghamroj, Tehsil Sohna, Gurgaon, to be included as part of the sector specific Special Economic Zone for information technology and information technology enabled services. The notification lists the specific survey and plot numbers with their areas and is issued under the powers conferred by the Special Economic Zones Act and the Special Economic Zones Rules, 2006.

Special Economic Zone for IT/ITES notified in Gurgaon, with an approval committee and inland container depot designation.
Notification establishes a sector specific SEZ for IT/ITES at Villages Beharampur, Balola and Bandhwari in Gurgaon, listing individual land parcels and total area, constituting an Approval Committee with specified ex officio members and a developer invitee, and declaring a commencement date on which the SEZ is deemed an inland container depot/port under the Customs Act.

Deemed Inland Container Depot status for Special Economic Zones establishes Customs Act applicability and mandates Approval Committee composition.
An Approval Committee is constituted for specified Special Economic Zones with ex officio membership including the Development Commissioner (Chairperson), Ministry of Commerce representative, Zonal Joint Director General of Foreign Trade, Commissioner of Customs or Central Excise, Commissioner of Income Tax, Director (Banking) in the Ministry of Finance, two State-nominated officers, and a developer representative as Special Invitee. The main notification date of each such SEZ is appointed as the date from which it is deemed to be an Inland Container Depot under the Customs Act.

Special Economic Zone notified for electronic hardware and IT, constituting an Approval Committee and deeming it an Inland Container Depot.
Notification designates a sector specific Special Economic Zone for electronic hardware, software, information technology and IT-enabled services at Knowledge Park-V, Greater Noida, records prior approval for its development, operation and maintenance, constitutes an Approval Committee with specified ex officio members and special invitees for administration, and declares that the SEZ shall be deemed an Inland Container Depot under the Customs Act from the appointed date.

Special Economic Zone designation for gems and jewellery enables notified area, approval committee and customs depot status.
Notification designates a sector-specific Special Economic Zone for the Gems and Jewellery sector at Village Bhondsi, Tehsil Sohna, District Gurgaon, Haryana, identifying specific land parcels totaling 10.4550 hectares. The Central Government constitutes an Approval Committee composed of specified ex officio central officials, nominated state officers and a developer representative to oversee approvals for the SEZ. The notification also declares the SEZ area to be deemed an Inland Container Depot/Port under the Customs Act, conferring customs-related status on the notified zone from the appointed commencement date.

Rescission of appointment designating Director STPI as Development Commissioner ends prior IT/ITES SEZ notifications.
The central government, exercising its statutory power under Section 11 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005, has revoked all earlier notifications that had designated the Director, Software Technology Parks of India as Development Commissioner for Information Technology and Information Technology Enabled Special Economic Zones, thereby withdrawing that appointment designation.

Co-terminous validity of SEZ approvals tied to Letter of Approval, with biannual implementation progress reporting required.
Substitutes item (viii) in Form C (General Conditions) to provide that the approval's validity shall be co-terminous with the validity of the Letter of Approval issued to the Developer, and requires submission of implementation progress to the Government of India every six months.

De-notification of Special Economic Zone area reduces notified SEZ land and updates survey parcels under SEZ rules.
De-notification of 3.41 hectares from the Hebbal IT/ITES Special Economic Zone is approved under the second proviso to sub-section (1) of Section 4 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 and rule 8 of the SEZ Rules, 2006, reducing the originally notified area of 25.45 hectares to 22.04 hectares. The notification specifies affected survey and plot numbers and records Government satisfaction with compliance of conditions under sub-section (8) of Section 3.

SEZ denotification reduces zone area after governmental approval under Special Economic Zones Act and applicable rules.
The Central Government, having considered M/s. Mikado Realtors Private Limited's proposal and being satisfied that statutory prerequisites are met, denotifies a specified land parcel of the sector-specific Special Economic Zone for electronic hardware, information technology and IT-enabled services at Village Behrampur under the powers conferred by the SEZ Act and relevant rule, thereby recording a reduced resultant SEZ area and identifying the denotified parcel by record particulars.

Free Trade Warehousing Zone designated at Ibrahimpur; approval committee constituted and zone deemed an Inland Container Depot.
Central Government notifies specified survey parcels at Ibrahimpur, Junaidpur Urf Maujpur, Bulandshahar as a Free Trade Warehousing Zone under the SEZ Act on the basis of prior letter of approval to M/s. Arshiya Northern FTWZ Limited and land addition approval; constitutes an Approval Committee under Section 14 with named ex officio members and invites the developer's representative; and declares the zone to be deemed an Inland Container Depot under the Customs Act.

Extension of SEZ approvals: Board may grant further limited extensions on written request upon satisfaction of necessity.
Amendment to Rule 19(4) authorizes the Board of approval to grant further extensions of approval periods upon a written request by the entrepreneur, provided the Board is satisfied that the extension is necessary and expedient; each extension is limited in duration and granted one at a time.

Approval Committee constitution for Special Economic Zone creates governance structure and designates developer representation and ex officio members.
Constitution of an Approval Committee for the sector-specific Special Economic Zone at Kancha Imarat, designating the Development Commissioner as Chairperson ex officio and appointing specified ex officio members from Commerce, Foreign Trade, Customs/Central Excise, Income-tax, Banking, two State nominees and a developer representative as special invitee. The notification also deems the Special Economic Zone to be an Inland Container Depot under the Customs Act, aligning customs status and administration for the zone.

Special Economic Zone approval committee constituted; zone deemed Inland Container Depot under customs law, enabling ICD status.
The Central Government constituted an Approval Committee for the sector-specific SEZ for information technology, IT-enabled services and electronics hardware at Kancha Imarat, naming the Development Commissioner as Chairperson and specifying ex officio central and state official members, state nominees, and a developer representative as special invitee for approval and governance functions under the Special Economic Zones Act. The notification also deems the SEZ to be an Inland Container Depot for the purposes of the Customs Act, aligning its customs status with ICD classification.

SEZ appointment amendment removes a listed entity from the Director-to-Development Commissioner designation.
Amendment under Section 4(1) of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 and rule 8 of the SEZ Rules, 2006 deletes the entry at serial number five in notification S.O. 2004(E) dated 8th August, 2008 appointing the Director, Software Technology Parks of India to the Development Commissioner of the Special Economic Zones; the deleted row identified Gurgaon Infospace Ltd., Village Dundahera, District Gurgaon, Haryana, classified in Information Technology/Information Technology Enabled Services.

Rescission of appointment: Development Commissioner notifications for IT/ITES SEZs revoked under SEZ Act provisions, effective immediately.
The Central Government, exercising powers under Section 11(1) of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005, rescinds all earlier notifications appointing the Director of Software Technology Parks of India, Bangalore, as Development Commissioner for Information Technology and Information Technology Enabled Services Special Economic Zones in the State of Karnataka, thereby withdrawing that designation for the specified IT/ITES SEZs.

SEZ area adjustment: identical land inclusion and de notification implemented, retaining the original notified SEZ extent.
The Central Government, having accepted GIDC's proposal and being satisfied that statutory requirements are fulfilled, hereby notifies inclusion of 0.4526 hectares and de notifies 0.4526 hectares in the sector specific IT/ITES SEZ at Gandhinagar, resulting in the unchanged net SEZ area of 22.2585 hectares and identifying the affected survey/plot range.

Special Economic Zone expansion: inclusion of additional land at Kattupalli for Heavy Engineering sector under SEZ Act.
The Central Government, having granted approval to M/s L&T Shipbuilding Limited and satisfied statutory requirements under the Act and SEZ Rules, notifies inclusion of an additional 190.525 hectares at Village Kattupalli, Ponneri Taluk, District Tiruvallur, Tamil Nadu, as part of the sector specific Special Economic Zone for the Heavy Engineering sector; the notification incorporates the survey numbers and parcel areas listed in the accompanying table and cites prior SEZ notifications S.O.3118(E) and S.O.2071(E).

Special Economic Zone inclusion expands textile SEZ by notifying additional land area under SEZ Act and Rules.
The Central Government, exercising powers under the Special Economic Zone Act and rule 8 of the Special Economic Zones Rules, notifies inclusion of an additional area of 20.4423 hectares at Bans Hariya and Jhund Sarai Villages, District Gurgaon, Haryana, into the sector-specific textile SEZ earlier notified as 114.8318 hectares. The addition was proposed by M/s. Orient Craft Infrastructure Limited, approved after compliance with Section 3 requirements, and is effected by a table listing survey and khasra numbers for each parcel.

Special Economic Zone designation for IT/ITES and BPO triggers constitution of an approval committee and ICD status.
Notification designates a Special Economic Zone at Kundalahalli, Karnataka for IT, ITES, BPO and electronic hardware, detailing notified survey parcels totaling 10.72 hectares; records grant of a letter of approval for development, operation and maintenance under the Special Economic Zones Act; constitutes an Approval Committee with specified ex officio members and a developer special invitee; and declares the SEZ to be deemed an Inland Container Depot under the Customs Act from the appointed commencement date.