State Level Screening Committee reconstitution under GST rules takes immediate effect replacing prior committee composition.
Reconstitutes the State Level Screening Committee under the Goa Goods and Services Tax framework, appointing specified officers to the committee, and superseding the earlier government notification establishing the prior membership. The reconstitution is effected under the GST Rules and takes immediate effect, except as to actions already taken under the prior notification.

Extension of return filing deadline for Input Service Distributor Form GSTR-6; statutory filing period extended under GST rules.
Extension of the time limit for furnishing returns by an Input Service Distributor in FORM GSTR-6, covering the months July 2017 to April 2018, with a final due date of 31st May 2018. The Commissioner exercises statutory powers under the Act and relevant rules to grant the extension and the notification supersedes the earlier notification of 23rd January 2018 except as to prior actions or omissions.

GSTR 1 due date extension for large taxpayers announced, shifting monthly filing deadlines and pending related return extensions for April-June.
Extension of time for furnishing details of outward supplies in FORM GSTR-1 is prescribed for registered persons with aggregate turnover exceeding more than 1.5 crore rupees in the preceding or current financial year, fixing deferred monthly filing deadlines for April, May and June 2018 as specified in the notification, issued under the second proviso to sub section (1) of section 37 read with section 168 of the Maharashtra GST Act, 2017; related extensions under provisions for return filing will be notified later in the Official Gazette.

Income tax rules amendment: retrospective requirement for residents to disclose foreign assets, signing authority and foreign income.
Amendment to the Income tax Rules, 1962 (effective 1 April 2018) revises rule 12 and Appendix II to require resident individuals (other than not ordinarily resident) to disclose assets located outside India, signing authority in foreign accounts, and income from foreign sources (including income apportioned under section 5A); it also clarifies loss carry forward/ carry back terminology, updates eligibility phrasing for income heads, and substitutes updated ITR forms and acknowledgement in Appendix II.

Pay matrix level revisions update recruitment conditions, qualifications, and deputation and promotion criteria for corporate law posts.
Amendment substitutes Rule 3 to align number, classification and pay matrix levels with the Schedule and revises the Schedule to set pay matrix levels for Assistant Director, Senior Assistant Director and Deputy Director, to modify essential qualifications and desirable experience for Assistant Director, to prescribe deputation and promotion eligibility tied to holding analogous posts or specified regular service in defined pay levels, to state deputation period and age limits, and to permit specified relaxations by the Union Public Service Commission.

Record retention requirement altered: specified duration removed, affecting storage obligation for corporate financial records notification compliance.
The Central Government amends notification S.O. 529(E) dated 5 February 2018 by omitting the words "for seven years" from the opening paragraph, under the authority of sub section (6) of section 129 of the Companies Act, 2013, thereby removing the fixed retention period previously prescribed for the specified corporate records.

Customs exemption withdrawal: camera modules and mobile phone connectors excluded from exemption, changing basic customs duty applicability.
Amendment narrows customs exemptions by substituting the Table entry to exclude camera modules of cellular mobile phones and replacing the word "Connectors" in the exemption list with "Connectors other than those of cellular mobile phones", thereby removing mobile phone camera modules and connectors from exemption coverage.

Customs duty exemption withdrawal: camera modules and phone connectors removed from exemption and made dutiable.
This amendment to Notification No. 25/2005-Customs withdraws the exemption for "camera or camera module of cellular mobile phones" and for "connectors of cellular mobile phones" by inserting those exclusions into the table entries at serial numbers 13, 16, 22 and 23 of the principal notification, thereby making those components chargeable to basic customs duty as specified, under the powers conferred by section 25(1) of the Customs Act, 1962.

Customs duty change: Printed Circuit Board Assembly for cellular phones removed from exemption and now subject to basic customs duty.
Amendment to Notification No. 24/2005 Customs substitutes the tariff table entry for item 8517 70 10 to read "All goods other than Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA) of cellular mobile phones," thereby withdrawing the notification exemption for PCBAs of cellular phones and rendering them liable to basic customs duty under the applicable tariff.

Customs duty on mobile phone components now applies to camera modules and connectors; inputs for manufacture remain exempt.
The notification withdraws the exemption and imposes 10% Basic Customs Duty on finished Camera Modules and Connectors used in manufacture of cellular mobile phones, while separately maintaining Nil duty for inputs, parts and sub-parts used in the manufacture of Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA), Camera Module and Connectors by inserting distinct table entries and adjusting the explanatory cross-reference.

Basic Customs Duty increase on populated printed circuit boards enacted under urgent tariff power, raising import duty.
The Central Government, exercising powers under sub-section (1) of section 8A of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975, directs an amendment to the First Schedule: for the tariff entry relating to populated, loaded or stuffed printed circuit boards in Section XVI, Chapter 85 (tariff item 8517 70 10), the entry in column (4) is substituted so that the Basic Customs Duty is set at 10%, replacing the prior Nil rate.

Pre-notice consultation requirement: officers must inform persons of grounds and allow written submissions and hearing requests.
The regulations require a proper officer to inform a person in writing of the grounds for a proposed show cause notice and initiate pre-notice consultation; the person may submit written representations and request an in-person hearing, the officer may hear the person without granting adjournments, the consultation must conclude within a fixed period, and where consultation leads to discontinuance the person is informed by simple letter, with an exception permitting notices for subsequent periods on the same issue without further consultation.

Extension of filing deadline for FORM GST TRAN-2 allows additional time to furnish TRAN-2 under Rule 117.
The Commissioner of State Tax, under sub-clause (iii) of clause (b) of sub-rule (4) of Rule 117 of the Telangana Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 read with section 168 of the Telangana Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, has extended the period for furnishing the statement in FORM GST TRAN-2 until the specified extended date, thereby administratively extending the filing deadline for that form.

Extension of filing deadline for GSTR-6 returns allows Input Service Distributors extra time to submit monthly returns.
The Commissioner, invoking powers under subsection (6) of Section 39 read with Section 168 of the Telangana GST Act, extends the time for furnishing returns by an Input Service Distributor in FORM GSTR-6 under subsection (4) of Section 39 read with the GST Rules for the months July 2017 to April 2018, and sets the final submission date as 31 May 2018, while superseding an earlier notification subject to actions taken before its supersession.

Extension of GSTR-1 filing deadline: April-June returns deadlines extended for registered taxpayers with higher turnover.
Extension of time to furnish details of outward supplies in FORM GSTR-1 is granted for specified months of 2018 for registered persons above the notified aggregate turnover threshold, with last dates set as 31st May for April, 10th June for May, and 10th July for June. Extensions for related return-filing provisions will be notified subsequently in the Official Gazette.

E-way bill suspension for specified goods within the state adjusts e-way generation requirements pending further administrative order.
Exemption exempts specified classes of goods from the requirement to generate an e-way bill under the relevant GST rules for movements within the territorial limits of the issuing state, applying to goods listed in the referenced schedules and notifications and remaining in force from the stated effective date until further order.

E Way Bill Rules commencement designated, making specified sub rules operative under delegated power and GST framework.
Designates 1 April 2018 as the commencement date, under section 164 of the Kerala State GST Act, 2017, for specified parts of rule 2 of the earlier notification (S.R.O. No. 189/2018): sub rule (xx) excluding clause (7), and sub rules (xxi), (xxii), (xxiii), (xxiv) and (xxvii), thereby bringing those operative provisions of the E Way Bill Rules into force.

GST on railway catering standardized without input tax credit for on board and platform supplies.
The GST Implementation Committee approved a uniform GST treatment for all supplies of food and/or drinks made available in trains, on platforms or at stations by Indian Railways, IRCTC or their licensees, applicable irrespective of mobile or static catering variants, and specified that this tax treatment applies without availability of input tax credit.

Appointed date for E way Bill Rules: specified sub rules of Rule 2 to come into force, enabling operational commencement.
The State Government designates an appointed date to bring into force specified components of the E way Bill Rules: sub rule (ii) (excluding clause (7)) and sub rules (iii)-(vii) of Rule 2 of the cited State Tax notification, thereby operationalising those particular provisions under its statutory commencement powers.

E-way bill generation required before movement of goods, portal-issued unique number with prescribed validity and verification rules.
Amendments require registered persons causing movement of goods above the prescribed consignment value to furnish Part A information on the common portal prior to movement so that a unique e-way bill number is generated; Part B conveys vehicle details and may be updated by consignor, consignee or transporter. The rules permit transporter-generated consolidated e-way bills, allow optional generation below the threshold, enable cancellation within a limited period, set validity periods and exemptions, prescribe carriage of invoice/delivery challan or e-way bill (physical or electronic/RFID), and provide for verification, inspection reporting and substituted FORM GST EWB/INV templates.