Job work restriction removal: match boxes brought within the general excise notification scope under tariff schedule substitution.
The government, invoking section 5A(1) of the Central Excise Act and related statutes, substitutes the TABLE entry in Notification No. 214/86 C.E. so that column (2) reads "All goods falling under the First Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985", thereby removing the prior restriction excluding match boxes from job work coverage under the notification.

Excise exemption validity extended for defence SAMYUKTA procurement, substituting earlier expiry with a later statutory date.
The notification amends notification No. 64/95-Central Excise by substituting the expiry date in the Explanation to S.No.18 of the Table, thereby extending the period of the excise exemption for defence supplies under the SAMYUKTA programme; the Central Government acts under powers conferred by the Central Excise Act and records that the amendment is necessary in the public interest.

Jurisdictional amendment reallocates appellate divisions for Commissioners of Central Excise in Vishakapatnam, redefining territorial lists.
The notification amends Table III of the principal Central Excise notification by substituting Sl. Nos. 71-74 to establish four appellate posts-Commissioner of Central Excise (Appeals), Vishakapatnam I to Vishakapatnam IV-each assigned the territorial units Guntur, the two Vishakapatnam subdivisions, and Tirupati, effected under sub rule (2) of rule 3 of the Central Excise Rules, 2002.