Quality control exemption for specified tyre categories clarified, excluding certain commercial, OTR, run flat and collapsible mini tyres.
The Quality (Control) Order, 2009 applies to pneumatic tyres and tubes for which BIS standards in the Order's Schedule are prescribed and took effect from 13.05.2011, subject to exemptions under Clauses 3(a)-3(f). The Order does not cover specified commercial vehicle tyres with low speed symbols, off the road tyres bearing certain trade code markings, run flat tyres marked RF or equivalent, and collapsible mini tyres, which are exempt from its provisions.

Mandatory electronic filing for trade mark documents with limited paper-backstop and condonation rules.
All trade mark filings, notices and related documents must be submitted by authenticated online electronic transmission, with applicants or legal entities who are not trade mark agents or advocates permitted to file online without electronic authentication provided they deliver duly signed paper copies at the appropriate office within fifteen days. Communications addressed to addresses in the electronic register or addresses for service are deemed properly addressed; notices may be sent by registered post, speed post, courier, special messenger or authenticated online transmission, and the dispatch date by these means is the operative date. The Registrar may condone delays in retransmission on petition, limited to the interval between expected and actual receipt.

Designation of ammonium nitrate as explosive requires separate regulatory rules for its handling and excludes non extractable fertilizers.
Ammonium nitrate and specified emulsions, suspensions, melts or gels are deemed to be explosives under the Explosives Act when they contain a sufficiently high proportion of ammonium nitrate, but fertilizers from which ammonium nitrate cannot be extracted are excluded. The Explosives Rules, 2008 do not apply to these materials except where they are otherwise classified as explosives, and the Government will frame separate rules governing ammonium nitrate under the Act.

Foreign source exclusion: Global Development Network designated not to be treated as foreign source under FCRA provisions.
Central Government, exercising powers under clause (j)(ii) of section 2(1) of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, specified by notification that the international organisation "Global Development Network" shall not be treated as a foreign source for purposes of the Act.

Allowances for Appellate Authority members prescribed; daily sitting rates fixed and explanatory provision removed by amendment
Amendment substitutes rule 3 to prescribe daily sitting allowances for the Chairperson and Members of the Appellate Authority and omits the Explanation to rule 4. The amendment takes effect on publication in the Official Gazette and is made under sub section (1) of Section 22C of the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949.

Exemption for R&D tyres permits distinctively embossed prototype tyres to be identified and excluded from mandatory BIS marking.
Clause 3(d) exempts pneumatic tyres and tubes imported or manufactured for Research & Development from BIS marking. To identify R&D tyres by size, manufacturers may emboss a distinctive serial code sequence (e.g., RD-1 to RD-150) on the tyres designated for R&D, and those embossed tyres will be exempted from the mandatory marking requirement under the Quality (Control) Order.

Newsprint Control Order amendment adds an indigenous mill to the Schedule under Industries (Development and Regulation) Act.
Amendment to the Newsprint Control Order, 2004 made under Section 18G of the Industries (Development and Regulation) Act adds a new Schedule entry for M/s. Kohinoor Paper and Newsprint (P.) Limited at Falta Industrial Growth Centre, thereby updating the list of authorised indigenous newsprint manufacturers and taking effect on publication in the Official Gazette.

Amendment to Newsprint Control Order adds a listed indigenous newsprint manufacturer, effective on Gazette publication.
Amendment adds M/s. Chamunda Papers Private Limited at Dheerkhera Industrial Estate, Hapur, as entry number 111 in item 4 of the Schedule to the Newsprint Control Order, 2004, under powers exercised by the Central Government, and provides the short title Newsprint Control (Amendment) Order, 2010, with commencement on publication in the Official Gazette.

Inclusion in controlled newsprint schedule requires documentary certifications and verified newsprint-specific capacity and quality assurances.
Inclusion in Schedule-I requires documentary evidence and technical certifications showing supply to registered newspapers, purchaser quality attestations, chartered engineer certification of investment in plant and machinery for newsprint production, disclosure of raw materials and manufacturing process, distinct capacity figures for newsprint and kraft paper, relevant licence or registration, and the date since manufacture of newsprint-grade paper commenced.

Capital investment subsidy for MSME units expanded to cover additional plant and machinery investments until scheme expiry.
The amendment defines Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises by reference to section 7(1) of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006, and extends subsidy eligibility for MSME industrial units to include additional investment in plant and machinery for first and subsequent substantial expansions and on commencing commercial production or becoming operational on or after 6 January 2011, subject to sectoral ceilings and admissible until the scheme's operation for the North Eastern Region.

Capital investment subsidy for MSMEs introduced, with sectoral ceilings and higher approvals subject to an Empowered Committee review.
The amendment defines Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises by reference to section 7(1) of the MSME Development Act, 2006, and provides that MSME industrial units commencing operation on or after 6 January 2011 shall receive a capital investment subsidy on investment in plant and machinery for new units and for substantial expansions. The subsidy is subject to sectoral ceilings and an automatic approval limit; amounts above the automatic limit up to the ceiling will be decided by an Empowered Committee whose composition is specified. Benefits apply until the scheme's operation end date for Jammu & Kashmir.