Power generation in SEZs: fiscal benefits for approved generation; distribution requires licence and tariffs follow the Electricity Act.
Guidelines regulate power generation, transmission and distribution in SEZs: developer/co developer plants in non processing areas receive fiscal benefits only for initial set up and need not meet NFE; units in processing areas (including captive or product generation and single stand alone plants) are entitled to full fiscal benefits under Section 26 and duty free inputs counted towards NFE. Distribution is a licensed activity under the Electricity Act, tariffs follow the Electricity Act and Rules, separate metering and quarterly reporting are required for processing to nonprocessing/DTA supplies, and distribution licences may be notified under Section 49 of the SEZ Act in consultation with the Ministry of Power.

Special Economic Zone notification: sector-specific Multi-Services SEZ designated and ICD/Port status conferred, governance committee constituted.
Central Government notification designates identified survey plots in Pargana Ralhupur, District Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh as a sector specific Special Economic Zone for Multi Services with a Free Trade Warehousing Zone. It records prior grant of approval to the developer (including a name change), constitutes an Approval Committee with specified ex officio members and a developer invitee to oversee approvals and administration, and appoints the notification date as the date from which the SEZ is deemed to be an Inland Container Depot/Port under the Customs Act, 1962.

De-notification of SEZ area: central government rescinds earlier SEZ notification under Section 4 and rule 8, ending SEZ status.
M/s. DLF Limited's previously notified 10.4813-hectare Special Economic Zone at Plot No. II-F.1, Rajarhat, Kolkata (S.O. 1523(E) dated 23rd June, 2008) has been rescinded following the company's proposal and approval for de-notification; the Central Government, invoking Section 4(1) of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 and rule 8 of the SEZ Rules, 2006, rescinded the earlier notification by S.O. 454(E) dated 23rd February, 2010, except as to things done or omitted before such rescission.

Special Economic Zone designation for IT/ITES enables approved area at Nellikode and establishes governance and customs status.
Notification designates a sector-specific Special Economic Zone for IT and ITES at Nellikode, Kozhikkode proposed by M/s. Uralungal Labour Contract Co-operative Society Limited, notifies specified survey-numbered land parcels totaling 10.162 hectares for the SEZ, constitutes an Approval Committee with listed ex officio and nominated members to administer the zone, and declares the SEZ to be deemed an Inland Container Depot with effect from 23 February 2010 for customs purposes.

De-notification of SEZ land reduces zone area, altering notified land composition and survey parcel boundaries.
The Central Government, exercising powers under the Special Economic Zones Act and Rule 8, hereby de-notifies an area of 0.807773279 hectares from the sector-specific SEZ for information technology and IT enabled services at Village Kadubeesanahalli as proposed by M/s. Cessna Garden Developers Private Limited, making the resultant SEZ area 17.990668037 hectares and amending the schedule by reference to specified survey numbers and their revised areas.

Special Economic Zone notification for IT/ITeS authorises developer, constitutes Approval Committee, and designates ICD/Port.
Authorization issued for a sector specific Special Economic Zone for IT/ITeS at Siruseri, Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu, to M/s. Xansa India SEZ Development Pvt. Ltd., with notified area comprising parts of survey numbers 75 and 76 totaling 10.02 hectares; an Approval Committee is constituted with specified ex officio members and a developer representative as special invitee; the zone is designated an Inland Container Depot/Port under the Customs Act, 1962 effective from a day in 2009.

Special Economic Zone designation establishes sector specific SEZ for electronic hardware and IT/ITES at Sohna and creates approval committee.
Notification designates a sector specific Special Economic Zone for Electronic Hardware and IT/ITES at Sohna, Gurgaon, specifying land parcels totaling 10.202 hectares and constituting an Approval Committee comprising SEZ administration, commerce/trade, customs/central excise, income tax, banking, two state nominees and the developer as special invitee; it also appoints a November 2009 date from which the SEZ is deemed to be an Inland Container Depot/Port for customs purposes.

Special Economic Zone area adjusted: additional parcel notified and specified parcels de notified to revise the SEZ boundary.
Notification under the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 adjusts the geographic extent of the sector specific Special Economic Zone for information technology and information technology enabled services at Hinjewadi by formally notifying an additional parcel and de notifying specified parcels. Exercising powers under section 4 and rule 8, the Central Government records approval of the developer's proposals and lists the affected survey numbers with originally notified area, area added, area de notified, and the resultant area for each parcel to effect the revised SEZ boundary.

De-notification of Special Economic Zone land for agro-processing reconfigures the SEZ territorial schedule and parcel listings.
The Central Government, exercising powers under the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 and rule 8 of the Special Economic Zone Rules, 2006, approved a proposal by the state development agency to de-notify specified land parcels within the Sector Specific SEZ for Agro Processing at Latur, and issued a notification listing the affected villages, survey and hissa numbers with original, de-notified and resultant area figures to amend the SEZ territorial schedule.

Establishment of Special Economic Zone: plot identification amended for IT/ITES SEZ at Navi Mumbai, altering developer's notified plot.
The Central Government, under Section 4 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 and the SEZ Rules, amends the earlier notification authorizing an IT/ITES SEZ at Navi Mumbai by M/s. K. Raheja Universal Private Limited by substituting in paragraph 1 the words "Raheja Infocity-II, Plot No. 2/1/C" with "Raheja Infocity- I, Plot No. 2/1/B", thereby revising the notified plot identification for the approved SEZ.

De-notification of Special Economic Zone: government rescinds SEZ status after developer approval, preserving prior acts.
The Central Government rescinds the earlier notification that had designated a 108.49 hectare area at Kondakal and Bhulkapur as a Sector Specific Special Economic Zone for services, following the developer's proposal and grant of approval for de-notification; the rescission is exercised under the statutory powers and preserves actions or omissions done prior to rescission.

Rescission of SEZ notification under Section 11 withdraws prior directorial designation for Software Technology Parks.
The Central Government, exercising powers under sub section (1) of Section 11 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005, rescinds Notification S.O. 78(E) dated 13th January, 2010, thereby withdrawing the prior designation of Directors associated with the Software Technology Parks regime created by that notification.

De-notification of Special Economic Zone reverses SEZ status for Raheja Infocity-II under statutory rescission, subject to prior acts.
The Central Government rescinds the earlier notification declaring the 13.07 hectare sector-specific Special Economic Zone for information technology at Raheja Infocity-II, following the developer's proposal and grant of letter of approval for de-notification, in exercise of its rescission powers under the enabling provision and rule 8 of the SEZ Rules, 2006; the rescission does not affect acts done or omitted before such rescission.

Rescission of appointment: Central government withdraws prior designations of Director, Software Technology Parks of India as Development Commissioner of SEZs.
Central Government rescinds earlier notifications appointing the Director, Software Technology Parks of India as Development Commissioner of Special Economic Zones under the power conferred by sub section (1) of Section 11 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005, by notification S.O. 78(E) dated 13 January 2010 issued by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

Notified offences under foreign trade law authorise the Development Commissioner as enforcement officer for violations within Special Economic Zones.
The Central Government specified certain acts and omissions under the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 as notified offences for purposes of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005, and authorised the Development Commissioner of the relevant Special Economic Zone to act as the Enforcement Officer for those notified offences within the zone.

Specified offences under foreign trade law now applicable to Special Economic Zones as notified for enforcement and regulatory purposes.
Specification by the Central Government designates acts and omissions punishable under the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act as notified offences for purposes of the Special Economic Zones Act, thereby aligning SEZ compliance and enforcement with the penal provisions of the foreign trade statute and enabling application of those punishability standards within SEZs.

Commencement of SEZ provisions: Sections 20-22 activated under the Act by Central Government notification.
The Central Government, invoking the enabling power in sub-section (3) of Section 1 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005, by notification appointed 13th January 2010 as the date on which Sections 20, 21 and 22 of the Act shall come into force, thereby commencing those provisions.

Establishment of Special Economic Zone: area notified, Approval Committee constituted and ICD/Port status declared for developer operation.
Notification establishes a sector specific Special Economic Zone for IT/ITES at Malumichampatti by notifying specified survey parcels; constitutes an Approval Committee composed of the Development Commissioner (Chairperson, ex officio), specified central ex officio members, two state nominated officers, and a developer representative as special invitee; and declares the SEZ to be deemed an Inland Container Depot/Port under the Customs Act from the appointed date.

Special Economic Zone amendment expands sector description to include pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals for specified SEZ.
Amendment substitutes the sector description in the SEZ notification for the Dishman Infrastructure Limited SEZ at Kalayangadh and Gangad, replacing the word "pharmaceutical" with "pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals", thereby broadening the industrial classification specified in the original notification under the SEZ statutory framework.

De-notification of Special Economic Zone area reduces notified zone coverage under the SEZ legal framework, specifying affected parcels.
De-notification of 10.13 hectares from the sector-specific Special Economic Zone for information technology and IT-enabled services at Raheja Infocity, Thane, reducing the originally notified 20.654 hectares to a resultant notified area of 10.52 hectares; the denotified parcels are specified by village survey numbers and aggregated as 10.13 hectares.