Coastal port appointment: Dhamra designated for coking coal, thermal coal and limestone trade as a coastal port.
Amendment to the coastal ports notification designates Dhamra Port as a coastal port for carriage of coking coal, thermal coal and limestone, inserting a proviso to that effect and adding a new table entry for Dhamra in Orissa as Sl. No. 9A to record the port's appointment and specified commodities.

International tax jurisdiction allocation updated, directors' territorial assignments and Tax Deduction at Source functions redefined and expanded.
Amendment expands and replaces the Schedule to Notification S.O. 881(E) to reallocate territorial jurisdictions and operational powers among Directors of Income Tax (International Taxation), substitutes references to "Joint Directors of Income-tax" with "Additional Directors of Income-tax or Joint Directors of Income-tax", and specifies for each Director the territorial area, classes of persons (including non residents, companies, resident non company taxpayers, and persons responsible for TDS) and functions including Tax Deduction at Source; the changes take effect immediately.

Service tax exemption for outdoor catering under Mid Day Meal Scheme when provided by registered NGOs.
The Central Government exempted the taxable service of outdoor catering from service tax where the service is provided by a Non Government Organisation registered under any Central or State Act under the Centrally assisted Mid Day Meal Scheme, removing the service tax liability on such qualifying services.

Renewal of recognition requires exchanges to comply with regulator's requirements and a specified circular before commencing trading.
Renewal of recognition is granted to Pune Stock Exchange Limited under the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act for a one year period commencing 2 September and ending 1 September of the following year, conditional on the Exchange satisfying all regulatory requirements and complying with the regulator's circular dated October 7, 2009 before commencing trading.

Exemption from customs duties narrowed: vehicles and duty free scrip transferability restricted; safeguard and anti dumping exclusions specified.
Amendments modify three customs notifications to limit exemptions for imports under Duty Free Import Authorisations and related scrips: personal vehicles are excluded except vehicles constituting professional equipment for service providers; scrips are generally non-transferable but freely transferable for cold chain equipment among status holders and for units in Ministry recognized Parks (excluding developers); and exemptions are redefined to cover safeguard and anti-dumping duties while excluding such exemptions for materials supplied under Advance Authorisation, to EOUs and specified parks, to EPCG capital goods recipients, certain marine freight containers, and UN funded projects.

Customs exemption conditions: import entitlement for textile manufacturers subject to export-linked cap and certification requirements.
Substituted Condition 21B permits manufacturers of cotton or polyester made ups who are registered with the Cotton Textile Export Promotion Council or the Synthetic & Rayon Textiles Export Promotion Council to import goods for use in manufacture of exported made ups, subject to an import value not exceeding 1 per cent of the FOB value of made ups exported during the preceding financial year, and contingent on production of a certificate from the relevant Export Promotion Council certifying the export value for that year and the value and quantity of goods already imported under the notification in the current financial year.

Export duty exemption for exported imported raw hides, skins and semi-processed leathers stored in bonded warehouses.
Imported raw hides and skins and semi-processed leathers classified under the Customs Tariff are exempt from the whole of customs duty when exported out of India from a bonded warehouse after importation, permitting duty-free exportation of those imported leather inputs when they depart the country from bonded storage.

Customs duty exemption: Myanmar added to Appendix I, imports exempted from duty above prescribed rate.
Adds Myanmar to Appendix I of Notification No.153/2009-Customs, extending the exemption so that goods imported from Myanmar are exempted from customs duty to the extent that such duty exceeds the prescribed rate; the amendment is made under the powers of the Customs Act and follows prior modifications to the principal notification.

Anti-dumping duty amendment substitutes exporter name in notification affecting bus and truck radial tyres under Customs Tariff Act authority.
Amendment to an anti-dumping customs notification exercises powers under section 9A to substitute the exporter name entries in the notification table for the first serial entry, thereby replacing the designated exporter listed in the specified columns for imports of bus and truck radial tyres.

CENVAT credit non-reversal for wires drawn from wire rods permitted where excise duty is paid on removal and conditions met.
Non-reversal of CENVAT credit is permitted where excise duty has been paid on removal of wires drawn from wire rods; the CENVAT credit taken or utilized on inputs, capital goods and input services used in making the final product shall not be required to be reversed, subject to the credit being taken up to the specified cut-off date and provided the assessee does not claim a refund of the excise duty paid.

Correction to anti-dumping notification wording: replaces combined entry reference with single entry in table columns.
The corrigendum amends the customs notification's table entry for S.No. 2, Columns 6 and 7, by replacing the textual reference "Sl. No. 1 and 2" with "Sl. No. 1", thereby narrowing the cross reference within the original anti dumping duty notification.

Amendment to Gas Cylinders Rules adds mixtures of hydrogen and methane as permitted cylinder contents.
The Gas Cylinders Rules, 2004 are amended by inserting the words "or suitable mixtures of hydrogen and Methane" after "Methane" in clause (viii) of rule 2, thereby authorizing suitable hydrogen methane mixtures within that clause; the amendment is made under Sections 5 and 7 of the Explosives Act, 1884 and comes into force on publication in the Official Gazette.

Tariff values amended for specified edible oils and brass scrap, with a revised customs valuation table replacing the prior schedule.
Substitution of the tariff-value Table in Notification No. 36/2001-Cus. (N.T.) prescribes tariff values in US dollars per metric tonne for specified imported goods under the statutory authority of the Customs Act. The Table retains prior values for listed edible oils and sets a tariff value for Brass Scrap (all grades), while noting Poppy seeds with no change, thereby replacing the earlier schedule by explicit substitution.

Import exemption for sporting arms permits entry for Games participation but requires re export, strict accounting and security controls.
Exemption from DGFT import authorization is granted for specified arms, ammunition and related equipment for Commonwealth Games 2010 participants, subject to Finance Notification No.13/2010-Customs and FTP provisions. Conditions require re export of arms on departure, OC CWG maintenance of import and re export accounts for scrutiny, accounting of ammunition to the Delhi licensing authority with post Games utilization certificates, deposit of unutilized ammunition with the national sports authority for controlled redistribution, prohibition on disposal without approval, and adherence to prescribed security measures from arrival to departure.

Recruitment rule amendment: Removal of short-term contract clause and substitution of 'or' in deputation terms.
Amendment to Noida Special Economic Zone recruitment rules renames the instrument, fixes commencement upon Gazette publication, deletes the parenthetical phrase "(including short-term contract)" from the Deputation column for Appraiser and Examiner posts, and substitutes the word "or" for "and" at the end of sub item a(i) in the Examiner deputation entry, thereby adjusting deputation eligibility language.

Anti-dumping duty continuation on acrylic fibre preserves differential import duties to address dumping and domestic industry injury.
Continuation of anti-dumping duty is imposed on acrylic fibre (sub headings 5501 30 00 and 5503 30 00) from Japan and Belarus, with specified product scopes and per metric tonne duty amounts in US dollars tied to identified producers/exporters; duty equals the difference between the listed amount and the landed value, is payable in Indian currency, and remains effective for five years, with landed value and exchange rate determination defined by Customs Act provisions.

Prohibition on wheat export exemption permits designated public sector exporters to supply Bangladesh under specified conditions.
An amendment permits export of wheat to Bangladesh by designated PSUs, procured from the Central Pool and lifted from FCI at prevailing economic cost plus PSU margin, exported on CIF terms with freight and insurance borne by the Bangladesh government; the Ministry of External Affairs will identify the designated exporting PSU and the buying agency in Bangladesh and other earlier notification provisions remain unchanged.

Exemption for non-basmati rice exports to Bangladesh allows designated PSUs to export under specified contractual and cost conditions.
Permits a total of 300,000 MT of non-basmati parboiled rice for export to Bangladesh through designated PSUs-STC (200,000 MT) and PEC (100,000 MT)-under statutory authority. Exports require lifting from the FCI Central Pool at concessional cost (FCI price plus PSU margin) and shipment on a CIF-LO basis with freight and insurance borne by Bangladesh. The MEA will notify the designated PSU and Bangladeshi buying agency, and PSUs must follow Department of Commerce guidelines (O.M. No. 7/4/2009-FT(ST) dated 18.02.2010). Other prior notification provisions continue to apply.

Commencement of Act: provisions of the Foreign Trade Amendment Act declared to come into force as appointed.
The notification records the Central Government's exercise of statutory power to appoint the day on which the provisions of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2010 shall come into force, thereby bringing the Act's operative provisions into effect from the appointed day.

SEZ expansion for Information Technology: additional land notified for inclusion under Special Economic Zones Act powers.
Central Government notifies inclusion of an additional 9.1401 hectares in the sector specific SEZ for Information Technology and IT enabled services at Village Gwal Pahari, Tehsil Sohna, District Gurgaon, Haryana, proposed by M/s. Canton Buildwell Pvt. Ltd., after satisfaction of requirements under the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 and issuance of a letter of approval; notification is issued under the second proviso to sub section (1) of section 4 of the Act and rule 8 of the Special Economic Zones Rules, 2006, and specifies the survey/khewat/khatauni/mustatill/kill numbers and hectare areas in the annexed table.