Project imports amendment adds pipeline projects for transportation of crude oil, petroleum products and natural gas under specified sponsorship.
The Project Imports (Amendment) Regulations, 2006 add a new Serial No. 3D to the Project Imports Regulations, 1986, designating pipeline projects for the transportation of crude oil, petroleum products or natural gas as project imports and naming the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas as the sponsoring authority. The amendment is made under section 157 of the Customs Act, 1962 and comes into force on 1 March 2006.

Education Cess Exemption: amendment revises customs tariff entries to narrow covered imported goods under the notification.
Amendment to Notification No. 69/2004-Customs substitutes a specified tariff code in the Table and omits multiple listed tariff entries, and deletes a serial entry and its related items, thereby modifying the set of imported goods covered by the Education Cess Exemption under the principal notification.

Customs duty rates revised for specified tariff items, substituting a new table to set standard and preferential rates.
The Central Government amends Notification No.15/2005 Customs by substituting its tariff Table to prescribe specified standard and preferential customs duty rates for enumerated chapter, heading and sub heading items, fixing the duty treatment for the listed tariff entries under the existing notification.

Customs duty cap for imported woven fabrics set by specified ad valorem or unit based higher of rate.
Prescribes a cap on basic customs duty for specified imported woven fabrics under Chapters 52, 54, 55 and 58 by exempting duty in excess of amounts calculated at rates specified in the Table. For each tariff entry the Table sets an ad valorem rate or a unit-specific amount per kilogram or per square metre, applying the higher of the two where indicated. The notification distinguishes upholstery fabrics from other fabrics, defines "Upholstery fabrics" for its purposes, and states the column (4) rate is ad valorem unless otherwise specified.

Customs duty exemption: specified tariff items relieved from duty above prescribed ad valorem or minimum unit rates.
The Central Government, invoking section 25(1) of the Customs Act, 1962, exempts specified imported goods from customs duty in excess of the rates set in the Table; the rate in each entry is the ad valorem rate unless otherwise noted. The Table assigns either an ad valorem percentage or an ad valorem percentage subject to a specified minimum per unit for listed Chapters, headings and tariff items, and identifies explicit exclusions for certain sub items.

Customs duty exemption amendments alter tariff table entries and add phenol and acetone with revised duty treatment.
Amendment to the principal customs notification revises the tariff table by omitting specified serial entries, substituting the column (4) duty entries for certain serial numbers, and adding new tariff lines identifying phenol and acetone with their tariff headings and specified duty treatment.

Customs duty schedule amendment revises tariff entries and exemption conditions to reallocate concessional import treatment for specified inputs.
Amendment revises the exemption notification by substituting preamble text, modifying provisos on effective dates, omitting multiple Table entries, and replacing or inserting numerous tariff lines with new duty treatments tied to use or grade. It deletes specified Annexure Conditions, omits selected Lists, and expands List 3 by inserting multiple pharmaceutical substances and diagnostic items, thereby realigning concessional import eligibility toward defined manufacturing and medical inputs under the amended exemption framework.

Commencement appointment for Finance Act provisions set by government notification, bringing specified statutory provisions into force.
The Central Government, invoking powers under section 133 of the Finance Act, 2003, has appointed the 1st day of March, 2006 as the date on which the provisions of the specified section of the Finance Act, 2003 shall come into force, issuing Notification No. 10/2006-Customs on public interest grounds within the Customs/Tariff miscellaneous exemption framework.

Rescission of additional customs duty on computers withdraws the earlier duty and associated rules.
The Central Government, exercising powers under section 3 of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975, rescinds Notification No. 75/2004-Customs and the Computers (Additional Duty) Rules, 2004 notified as No. 76/2004-Customs, thereby withdrawing the additional customs duty imposed on computers, subject to saving effects for acts or omissions prior to rescission.

Adjudication authority appointment designates Commissioner (Adjudication) New Delhi to act as specified Commissioners for adjudicating show cause notices.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs appoints the Commissioner of Customs (Adjudication), New Customs House, New Delhi to act in specified Commissioner roles for the sole purpose of adjudicating show cause notices issued by the revenue intelligence unit in relation to a named importer and others, with the designation limited to those proceedings and not extending beyond the specified matters.

Appointment under Customs Act: Commissioner designated to adjudicate a Directorate-issued show cause notice to specified parties.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs designates the Commissioner of Customs, Ahmedabad to act as the Commissioners of Customs for Kandla, Cochin, Chennai and Jamnagar to adjudicate a specified show cause notice issued to M/s M.K. Industries and others, conferring on the designated Commissioner authority to hear and determine matters arising from that notice under the statutory appointment power.

Adjudicating authority appointed under Customs Act to hear DRI-issued show cause notice against specified exporters.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, invoking section 4(1) of the Customs Act, 1962, appoints the Commissioner of Central Excise, Thane II Commissionerate to act as Commissioner of Customs (Export), Sahar, Mumbai for the purpose of adjudicating the show cause notice issued to M/s Prominent Exim Pvt. Ltd. and others by the Additional Director General, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence dated 27 September 2005.

Adjudication appointment: Commissioner of Customs (Imports), Mumbai designated to adjudicate specified show cause notices under Customs Act.
Appointment under section 4(1) of the Customs Act designates the Commissioner of Customs (Imports), Mumbai to act as the specified officer for adjudication and investigation of two listed show cause notices, identifying the parties and allocating responsibility to the Commissioner, Customs (Gujarat), Ahmedabad and the Commissioner, Customs (Preventive), Mumbai as set out in the notification's table.

Appointment of adjudicating authority under Customs Act to adjudicate a specified show cause notice issued by revenue intelligence.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, under powers of section 4 of the Customs Act, appoints the Additional Commissioner of Customs, Air Cargo (Import and General), New Custom House, New Delhi to act as Additional Commissioner of Customs at the Container Freight Station, Patparganj, for adjudication of matters relating to the show cause notice issued to M/s E.I. Dupont and others by the revenue intelligence directorate, limiting the designation to those specified proceedings.

Special adjudicator appointment: Commissioner to adjudicate revenue intelligence show cause notices concerning M/s S.Y. International and others.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs appoints the Commissioner of Customs, Air Cargo Complex, New Delhi to act as Commissioner of Customs, Inland Container Depot, Tughlakabad, New Delhi for the limited purpose of adjudicating show cause notices issued in respect of M/s S.Y. International and others by the revenue intelligence unit.

Exchange rate conversion for exported goods updated establishing specified foreign currencies' Indian rupee equivalents for customs valuation.
Notification prescribes the exchange rate for conversion applicable to exported goods under section 14(3)(a)(i) of the Customs Act, 1962, superseding an earlier notification and stating that the rupee equivalent for each foreign currency shall be the rate specified in the appended Schedule I (unit rates) and Schedule II (per one hundred units).

Exchange rate determination sets converted foreign currency rates for imported goods effective from the notified effective date.
The Board, under the Customs Act, determines conversion rates for specified foreign currencies into Indian rupees and vice versa, effective from 1 March 2006, superseding the earlier notification; two schedules set the operative rates - Schedule I for rates per one unit and Schedule II for the rate per one hundred units - to be used for customs valuation and related import procedures.

Adjudication authority appointment under Customs Act empowers designated Commissioners to adjudicate specified show cause notices in import matters.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, invoking section 4(1) of the Customs Act, appoints the Commissioner of Customs (Imports), Indira Gandhi International Air Cargo, New Delhi to act as specified Commissioners of Customs at Tughlakabad and Mumbai for the purpose of adjudicating matters arising from the show cause notice dated 28th October, 2005 concerning M/s Aryan Electronics, M/s S.T. Enterprises and others, thereby conferring adjudicatory authority over that SCN.

Adjudicating authority appointment assigns a Commissioner to hear show cause proceedings arising from a DRI investigation.
Pursuant to section 4(1) of the Customs Act, 1962, the Central Board of Excise and Customs appoints the Commissioner of Customs (Import), Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House, Mumbai to act as Commissioner of Customs, Mumbai Sea Port for adjudication of matters arising from a show cause notice issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Ahmedabad Zonal Unit concerning M/s Spectrum Fabrics and others; the notification transfers adjudicatory jurisdiction to the appointed Commissioner for the referenced investigation file.

Appointment of special adjudicator empowers a customs commissioner to adjudicate a DRI show cause notice in specified import matters.
Delegates adjudicatory authority to the Commissioner of Customs (Imports), Jawahar Custom House, Nhava Sheva, to act as Commissioner of Customs (Imports), Ballard Estate and Air Cargo Complex, for the limited purpose of adjudicating matters arising from a DRI show-cause notice concerning M/s Karan Enterprises and others, as recorded for administrative reference.