Renewal of recognition granted to a stock exchange, subject to pending proceedings and regulatory compliance.
Renewal of recognition is granted to MCX Stock Exchange Limited under SCRA Section 4 for a one year term beginning in September, subject to a pending decision on a specified notice, ongoing court proceedings related to an earlier SEBI order, compliance with applicable exchange laws and public shareholding requirements, restriction to trading only in securities previously permitted, prohibition on introducing new classes of contracts unless authorised, and any additional conditions that SEBI may impose.

Power to Modify Act adds specified benefit funds to Schedule I under the Companies Act notification.
The Central Government, exercising the power to modify the Act, amends Schedule I of Notification No. G.S.R. 978(E) dated 28-5-1963 by adding serial numbers 369-382, thereby listing specified benefit funds and their principal addresses in the Schedule for administrative and registry purposes under the Companies Act.

Common Adjudicating Authority assignment transfers a DRI show cause notice to the port customs commissioner for adjudication.
The Board assigns a DRI-issued show cause notice concerning specified importers to the Commissioner of Customs at the port of import, transferring jurisdiction to that commissioner for formal adjudication under the customs adjudication framework.

Amendment under Section 28A: appointment of a new Member to the corporate notification, effective upon Gazette publication.
An amendment to the Ministry of Corporate Affairs notification under the powers of Section 28A substitutes the entry at serial No. (3), appointing Shri Manoj Kumar, Joint Secretary, as Member, and provides that the substitution takes effect from publication in the Official Gazette.

Research expenditure exemption: approval requires specified compliance, accounting and audit obligations for university research activities.
Exemption under the Income-tax Act for research expenditure has been granted to Mangalore University as a University, subject to utilization of sums for social science or statistical research, conduct of research by faculty or students, maintenance of separate books of account for research receipts and application, submission of an auditor's report by the return due date, and provision of a certified statement of donations and amounts applied for research. Approval is withdrawable for failure to maintain accounts, furnish reports or statements, cease genuine research activity, or otherwise fail to comply with clause (iii) of sub-section (1) of section 35 read with the rules.

Electronic filing requirement: CENVAT Rule 9A mandates electronic submission of specified declarations and returns, removing certain provisos.
The amendment removes the second proviso to sub rule (1) and the proviso to sub rule (3) of Rule 9A and inserts a new sub rule requiring that every assessee shall file electronically the declaration or the return specified in this rule.

Electronic filing requirement mandates returns and statements to be filed electronically, subject to specified exemption notifications.
The Central Excise Rules, 2002 are amended to require mandatory electronic filing of the returns or statements prescribed in the rule by every assessee, except those availing the stated exemption notifications, and to require units to comply electronically while omitting certain provisos.

Statement of Account and Solvency: new Form prescribes required financial schedules, certification and charge disclosure under LLP rules
The Second Amendment Rules, 2011 substitute Form 8 with Form 08 - Statement of Account & Solvency, effective 15-9-2011, requiring designated partners or authorised representatives to declare solvency, append a Statement of Assets and Liabilities and a Statement of Income and Expenditure with comparative periods, and disclose charge creation/modification/satisfaction particulars. The form mandates certification by a designated partner or auditor, specified identification (DPIN/PAN, LLPIN), required attachments (including MSME disclosures), digital signatures, and electronic filing controls including pre-scrutiny and approval/rejection fields.

Assignment of Show Cause Notice: transfer of adjudication to Commissioner of Customs for processing under Customs Act.
The Board assigns the Show Cause Notice issued by a revenue intelligence unit to the Commissioner of Customs (Port Import), New Custom House, Mumbai for the purpose of adjudication, transferring the case file against M/s Alpine Samsung HCC JV and directing the receiving Commissioner to undertake statutory adjudicatory proceedings under the notification-authorised framework.

CENVAT credit reporting reforms mandate enhanced line item disclosure in excise returns and segregated duty columns for compliance.
Revised Form E.R-1 and Form E.R-3 replace existing tables to require detailed, columnar disclosure of manufacture, clearance, assessable value and segregated duty components distinguishing CENVAT (Basic Excise Duty) and Other duties. CENVAT credit schedules are expanded to list sources of credit (including inputs, capital goods, imports, input services and specified inter unit transfers), specific utilizations (duty on goods, removals as such, Rule 6 payments, service tax liabilities, inter unit transfers) and closing balances. Instructions add a definition of CENVAT vs other duties, introduce Secondary and Higher Education Cess entries, clarify miscellaneous payments, and defer the effective date to the first day of January.

Customs exemption scope expanded to include paramilitary forces and Home Affairs oversight for security-related imports.
Amendments broaden beneficiaries and certifying authorities in the TABLE of the principal notification by substituting references to Central Para Military Forces for prior force-specific terms, adding the Ministry of Home Affairs alongside the Ministry of Defence, and permitting certification by an Under Secretary in the Ministry of Defence or a Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs; permitted uses are expanded from anti-smuggling operations to include coastal security and internal security operations.

Export policy for cotton: exports free subject to prior contract registration; performance bank guarantee requirement removed.
Exports of raw and carded/combed cotton are permitted free subject to prior registration of contracts with the DGFT; the existing Registration Certificate, validity and reporting procedures continue to apply but the previously required performance bank guarantee is no longer required.

Exemption for arbitral tribunal services: taxable services to business entities exempted by government notification, subsequently rescinded.
Exempts taxable services rendered by an arbitral Tribunal to any business entity in respect of arbitration by executive notification, effective on publication in the Official Gazette; that exemption was subsequently rescinded by a later notification.

Excise exemption for packaged biscuits with limited retail price, subject to exclusion of inputs except sugar syrup or cream.
Inserts an exemption for packaged biscuits under tariff headings 1905 31 00 or 1905 90 20 cleared with per kg retail sale price equivalent not exceeding Rs. 100, adopting the retail sale price definition from notification No.3/2006; the exemption excludes any inputs or intermediate goods other than sugar syrup or cream used in manufacture.

Special Economic Zone designation for handicrafts creates an Approval Committee and deems the zone an Inland Container Depot.
Notification designates specified survey parcels at Sarai Kohand and Kohand as a sector specific Special Economic Zone for the handicrafts sector, records the total notified area, grants development, operation and maintenance approval to the private developer, constitutes an Approval Committee with specified ex officio members and invitee representation, and deems the notified SEZ to be an Inland Container Depot under the Customs Act from the stated commencement date.

Anti-dumping duty on imports of para nitroaniline imposed with producer-specific per-unit rates and a defined effective period.
Imposition of anti-dumping duty on Para Nitroaniline (sub-heading 29214226) from the People's Republic of China based on findings of dumped imports causing material injury; the notification sets producer- and exporter-specific per-kilogram duties in USD, requires payment in Indian currency with conversion at government-specified exchange rates on the bill of entry date, and remains in force for the specified statutory period unless earlier revoked or amended.

Exemption from special countervailing duty: CRGO silicon electrical steel now exempt under amended customs notification for manufacture of transformers.
The Central Government amends Notification No. 20/2006 Customs under section 25(1) of the Customs Act to add a table entry exempting cold rolled grain oriented silicon electrical steel for transformer manufacture (specified tariff headings) from the special countervailing duty by prescribing Nil duty for those goods.

Export ban on onions temporarily imposed, allowing transitional shipments under Foreign Trade Policy with minimum export price conditions.
The Central Government imposes an immediate prohibition on the export of whole onions while allowing exports of onion powder; certain varieties are placed under Special Trade Entity control and subject to a Minimum Export Price, and transitional arrangements under para 1.5 of the Foreign Trade Policy are permitted.

Export of wheat declared free, permitted through EDI ports and conditional non EDI land crossings after DGFT quantity registration.
The amendment declares wheat export as free while mandating export through Custom EDI ports; non EDI Land Custom Stations on the Indo Bangladesh and Indo Nepal borders are allowed only after quantity registration with DGFT, with designated Regional Authorities (e.g., Kolkata and Patna) handling registrations. The term "durum wheat" is defined as Triticum durum and its inter specific hybrids having the same chromosome number.

Non-Basmati rice export liberalisation permits private exports via EDI ports, with public-sector and humanitarian exceptions allowed.
All varieties of non-Basmati rice are made free for export from privately held stocks, with exports to be made by private parties (and permitted State Trading Enterprises) and effected through Custom EDI ports; limited non-EDI land border exports require prior quantity registration with designated Regional Authorities. Public Sector Undertakings may export under Food Aid Programme arrangements, bilateral exports to Maldives are permitted, and a specified Central Pool allocation for Horn of Africa relief is authorised.