Exchange rate determination for customs under section 14: specified import and export currency rates prescribed for conversion.
Determination under section 14 of the Customs Act prescribing specific rupee conversion rates for listed foreign currencies for assessing imported and exported goods, effective from the stated date, as set out in Schedule I (unit rates) and Schedule II (rates per 100 units); supersedes the prior notification and records a later substitution affecting the Turkish Lira entry.

Customs amendment expands restricted categories to include hazardous items and explosive materials under customs law.
The Central Government, exercising powers under section 110(1A) of the Customs Act, amends Notification No. 31/86-Cus to insert "or hazardous" after "perishable" and to expand the Schedule by adding three entries: Ammunition; Explosives and other combustible materials and articles made thereof; and Hazardous goods, thereby extending the notification's regulatory coverage to these categories.

Common Adjudicating Authority assigned to adjudicate specified show cause notices against the named importer.
Appointment of a Common Adjudicating Authority to substitute designated customs adjudicators for the purpose of adjudicating specified show cause notices against M/s Signet Chemical Corporation Pvt. Ltd.; the Board designates a named officer to exercise the powers and duties of the originally named adjudicating authorities in relation to the listed notice, effecting a procedural reassignment confined to that adjudication and preserving the notice's substantive content.

Anti-dumping duty extension: ADD on plain medium density fibre board imports continued for a limited period pending review.
The Central Government amended the principal notification to extend the anti-dumping duty on "Plain Medium Density Fibre Board of thickness 6mm and above" originating in or exported from China PR, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Thailand, inserting a paragraph that keeps the anti-dumping duty in force up to and inclusive of the specified terminal date unless revoked, superseded or amended earlier, pursuant to the Customs Tariff Act and the anti-dumping rules during a pending review.

Customs procedural requirement: Section 149 to apply before granting clearance or removal orders under the Customs Act.
Amendment to Notification No.50/2020 adds a pre-clearance requirement that Section 149 must be satisfied before granting orders for clearance or permitting removal of goods, as an explicit procedural condition to be applied by the Common Adjudicating Authority or Proper Officer; the amendment takes effect on publication in the Official Gazette.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointed to exercise delegated adjudicatory powers for specified show cause notice against a corporate importer.
Appointment under clause (a) of section 152 of the Customs Act, 1962 designates a specific officer as Common Adjudicating Authority to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the originally designated adjudicating officers for adjudication of the stated show cause notice issued to the named corporate noticee; the Principal Director General, Revenue Intelligence effects the substitution as specified in the notification table.

Common adjudicating authority appointment assigns seizure-related adjudication of a specified DRI show-cause notice to designated customs officers.
The Principal Director General, Revenue Intelligence appoints a Common Adjudicating Authority to adjudicate the seizure portion of the specified DRI show-cause notice, delegating to named Joint/Additional Commissioners of Customs (Kolkata, Chennai-II and Adani Port, Mundra) the powers and duties of the originally listed adjudicating authorities for the named noticees.

Customs notification amendment updates the designated adjudicating officer to the Additional Director General (Adjudication).
The Principal Director General, Revenue Intelligence, by amending the earlier notification, substitutes in the Table against serial number 2, column 5, the existing entry with the designation Additional Director General (Adjudication), Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Delhi, thereby changing the named Common Adjudicating Authority/Proper Officer specified in the prior notification.

Provisional countervailing duty on flat rolled stainless steel imports from specified Indonesian producers with exclusions and a four month levy.
Provisional countervailing duty is imposed on imports of flat rolled products of stainless steel from Indonesia after a preliminary finding of subsidised exports causing material injury; the notification sets producer specific duty rates as percentages of CIF value, prescribes product exclusions (including razor blade steel, coin blanks, thickness and width exceptions subject to anti circumvention), requires calculation in Indian currency using prescribed exchange rates, and limits the levy to a four month provisional period.

Appointment of Common Adjudicating Authority consolidates adjudication of specified customs show cause notices and seizure matters.
Appointment of a Common Adjudicating Authority consolidates adjudication of specified show cause notices and seizure matters: the Principal Director General, Revenue Intelligence designates an officer to exercise powers and discharge duties of the listed erstwhile adjudicating authorities in respect of the named noticee and enumerated show cause notices.

Customs notification amendment substitutes specified table entries in an existing customs notification for serial number four.
The Principal Director General, Revenue Intelligence amends the Table of a prior customs notification by substituting the existing entries at serial number four in column three (the cited DRI file reference and corrigendum) and in column six (the named adjudicating commissioner) with new entries, thereby modifying the specified table cells while leaving other entries intact.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointment under Customs Act designates officers to adjudicate specified show-cause notices for listed entities.
Principal Director General, Revenue Intelligence appoints specified officers to act as Common Adjudicating Authorities to exercise the powers and discharge duties of the adjudicating authorities named in the Table for adjudication of the listed show-cause notices against the identified noticees, with recorded substitutions where applicable.

Adjudicating authority assignment revised: multiple customs adjudicators designated for M/s VOS Technologies and co-noticees to process SCNs.
Substitution of the table entry for serial number 9 assigns show-cause notice references issued against M/s VOS Technologies (India) Pvt. Ltd. and fourteen co-noticees to a specified roster of customs adjudicating authorities, including multiple Principal Commissioners of Customs across import, port and preventive commissionerates and an Additional Director General (Adjudication), effecting reassignment of adjudication responsibility under the delegated customs regulatory powers.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointment reallocates adjudication powers for specified show cause notices under the Customs Act.
Pursuant to notifications under the Customs (N.T.) framework and clause (a) of section 152 of the Customs Act, the Principal Director General, Revenue Intelligence appoints specified officers to act as Common Adjudicating Authority to exercise the powers and discharge duties of the originally named adjudicating officers for adjudication of identified show cause notices, as set out in the accompanying table.

Customs notification amendment substitutes table entries, updating file references and designated proper officers for enforcement.
The Principal Director General, Revenue Intelligence amends Notification No. 43/2020 Customs (N.T./CAA/DRI) by substituting the Table entries against serial entries four and five, replacing the cited file references and the designation "Joint/Additional Commissioner of Customs (Chennai II), Custom House, Chennai" with new entries respectively, pursuant to the delegated authority under the Customs framework.

Extension of RoSCTL scheme validity: renewed until 31 March 2021 or until merger with RoDTEP.
The notification amends Notification No.13/2020-Customs by substituting the original expiry date with a new expiry of 31st March, 2021 or until such date the RoSCTL scheme is merged with the RoDTEP scheme, whichever is earlier, thereby extending the operative validity of the RoSCTL scheme.

Exchange rate determination under Customs Act sets conversion rates for specified foreign currencies for imports and exports.
Determination under section 14 of the Customs Act fixes conversion rates of specified foreign currencies to Indian rupees for customs purposes, prescribing separate rates for imported goods and exported goods in Schedule I (per unit) and Schedule II (per 100 units), and superseding the prior notification with effect from the stated operative date.

Relaxation of time limits under indirect tax laws extends statutory compliance deadlines through end of December 2020.
The notification, relying on powers under the Taxation and Other Laws (Relaxation and amendment of Certain Provisions) Act, 2020, declares a calendar date as the end of the tolled period and a subsequent date as the extended cutoff for completion or compliance of actions where time limits are specified under the Central Excise Act, the Customs Act (excluding certain procedural provisions), the Customs Tariff Act and Chapter V of the Finance Act.

Sea cargo manifest compliance lowers the prescribed threshold, includes licensed Customs Brokers, and extends transitional regulatory periods.
Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment compliance requirements are amended by reducing the prescribed threshold from ten lakhs to five lakhs. The relevant proviso is expanded to cover licensed Customs Brokers alongside Authorised Economic Operators. Transitional periods under regulation 15 are extended until 1 November 2020 and 31 March 2021 respectively, with effect from publication in the Official Gazette.

Tariff value fixation for specified imports sets declared customs benchmark rates for valuation and assessment.
The notification substitutes prior tariff tables with declared benchmark tariff values to be used for customs valuation and assessment. It prescribes per metric tonne values for edible oils (including crude palm oil, RBD palm oil, palmolein, crude soya bean oil), brass scrap, poppy seeds and areca nuts, and unit values for specified forms of gold and silver with explanatory qualifications and exclusions.