Land Customs Station designation expands authorised frontier routes by adding a new LCS and specified inland route.
Amendment inserts a new Land Customs Station entry for Hemnagar in North 24 Parganas and adds the specified overland and inland waterway route linking the Kolkata/Haldia corridor through Namkhana, Diamond Sand, Satjaliya, Raimongal, Hemnagar, Angithara to ports across the Bangladesh frontier as part of Notification No. 63/1994-Customs (N. T.).

Product or Activity Group classification required for cost audit and compliance reports under Companies Act to standardise reporting.
The Central Government prescribes a standardised classification of Product or Activity Groups and directs companies to use these groups in Cost Audit Reports and Compliance Reports filed under the Companies Act, 1956, with an Annexure mapping group codes to named product groups and corresponding Central Excise Tariff Act chapter headings; guidance is provided on multiple units of measurement, overlapping tariff headings, and the distinction from industry names in cost audit orders.

Committee appointments for industrial licensing enable inter ministerial representation and public consultation before finalisation.
Substitution of rule 10(2) empowers the Central Government, by notification in the Official Gazette, to appoint one or more committees comprising members representing specified Central Ministries or Departments - Industrial Policy and Promotion; the Ministry for industries in the Act's First Schedule; Home Affairs; Commerce (Director General of Foreign Trade); and Micro, Small and Medium Industries - and to include other Ministry or Department representatives if deemed fit. The draft amendment is published for public objections and suggestions to the Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, and will come into force on final Gazette publication.

Enhanced filing fees for delayed corporate applications increase progressively with length of delay, up to multiple times the normal fee.
An amendment to the Companies (Fees on Applications) Rules, 1999 inserts sub-rule (4) and Table-IV imposing a graduated surcharge for delayed filings of applications with the Central Government under the Companies Act provision on corporate applications. The rule requires payment of an enhanced fee calculated as a multiple of the normal fee specified in the rules, with multipliers increasing in stages according to the length of the delay and payable at the time of filing the delayed application.

VAT exemption for Republic of Niger covers official and diplomats' personal purchases, subject to a minimum invoice threshold.
The Sixth Schedule of the Delhi Value Added Tax Act, 2004 is amended to insert a provision granting VAT exemption/refund to the Republic of Niger in New Delhi for official purchases and personal purchases of its diplomats, enacted under the Commissioner's power under subsection (2) of Section 103, subject to a prescribed minimum invoice threshold for refund eligibility.

VAT exemption for Republic of Seychelles in New Delhi enabling refund on official and diplomats' personal purchases.
Amendment to the Sixth Schedule provides VAT exemption/refund to the Republic of Seychelles in New Delhi for official purchases and for personal purchases of its diplomats, implemented pursuant to a reciprocity request and enacted under the Act's delegated powers; a minimum invoice threshold for refund eligibility is prescribed.

Director-provided services: company designated as recipient; security services added and defined under service tax rules.
The amendment designates the company as the recipient of services provided or agreed to be provided by a director, clarifying who is chargeable, and adds security services to the scope of services alongside manpower. It further inserts a definition of security services to include security of property or persons and services of investigation, detection or verification.

Reverse charge: inclusion of director-provided services and security services under service tax notification alters chargeable service scope.
Amendment expands reverse-charge coverage by expressly including services provided or agreed to be provided by a director of a company to that company and by adding security services to the description of manpower for any purpose; corresponding entries in the reverse-charge table are inserted and amended to reflect this treatment.

Service tax exemption amended by removing 'bovine' from specified entry, narrowing applicability of the exemption.
The Central Government amended the Mega Exemption Notification No.25/2012 by omitting the word "bovine" from entry 33, under powers conferred by the Finance Act, thereby altering the literal scope of that exemption; the change is effected by Notification No.44/2012 and references the original Gazette publication of the principal notification.

Newsprint control amendment adds an indigenous manufacturer to the Schedule, effective on Gazette publication by the central government.
Amendment to the Newsprint Control Order, 2004 adds an entry to the Schedule as item 115 naming M/s. Rayana Paper Board Industries Limited, Unit-II, Rayana Regency, Dhala (West), District Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, as an indigenous newsprint manufacturer; the Newsprint Control (Amendment) Order, 2012 is made under statutory authority and comes into force on publication in the Official Gazette.

Newsprint Control Order amendment adds an indigenous manufacturer to the Schedule, effective upon Gazette publication.
The Central Government amends the Schedule to the Newsprint Control Order, 2004, adding M/s. Karthikeya Paper and Boards Limited, Satyamangalam, Distt. Erode, Tamil Nadu, as an indigenous newsprint manufacturer; the amendment takes effect on publication in the Official Gazette under the powers of the Industries (Development and Regulation) Act.

Anti-dumping duty extension: continuation of duty on hexamine imports from Saudi Arabia and Russia extended pending review.
The Central Government, invoking powers under Section 9A and rule 23, amended Notification No. 89/2007-Customs to add a preservatory clause that keeps the existing anti-dumping duty on imports of hexamine from specified origins in force up to and inclusive of the stated terminal date unless revoked earlier, thereby extending the duty pending the outcome of the statutory sunset review.

Establishment of local regulatory office expands investor protection and education jurisdiction and delegated regulatory functions.
Establishment of a Local Office under Section 3(4) creates a localized administrative mechanism for regulatory oversight, tasked with investor protection, investor education and other delegated functions, and is placed under the administrative control of the regional office with responsibility for the applicable territorial jurisdiction.

Common Adjudicating Authority assignment transfers a Show Cause Notice to a customs commissioner for adjudication under customs law.
The Board, invoking the customs notification under the Customs Act, assigns the Show Cause Notice issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence in the case of M/s Kobelco Construction Equipment India Pvt. Ltd. to the Commissioner of Customs (Seaport - Import), Custom House, Chennai for adjudication, and directs circulation of the order to relevant customs formations and the issuing unit for administrative coordination.

Common adjudicating authority assignment directs adjudication of a DRI show cause notice by import customs commissioner.
The Board assigns a Show Cause Notice issued by a revenue intelligence unit to the Commissioner of Customs (Imports) at the designated port for adjudication under the notification empowering a Common Adjudicating Authority (CAA), and circulates the order to the issuing unit, the designated commissioner, a port-import commissioner, and the web administrator.

Exchange Rate Determination sets new customs conversion rates effective early August, affecting valuation for imports and exports.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, under section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962, prescribes specific conversion rates of listed foreign currencies into Indian rupees for customs valuation of imported and exported goods effective 2nd August, 2012, as set out in Schedules I and II. The notification supersedes the prior notification except for prior acts and includes corrigenda correcting certain schedule entries.

Ban on export of edible oils in branded consumer packs instituted, with transitional relief limited to consignments already at customs.
The Central Government, under the Foreign Trade Act and Policy, withdraws prior authorization for exports of edible oils in branded consumer packs and imposes an immediate prohibition on such exports. Transitional arrangements under the Foreign Trade Policy are declared inapplicable, while a limited allowance is made for consignments already handed to customs by the stated cut off, to be processed under the Handbook of Procedure.

Right to Information: applications require a nominal fee and follow prescribed procedures and appeal mechanisms to the Commission.
Right to Information access is regulated by rules prescribing application formalities, fees and exemptions, modes of payment, institutional appointments, and a structured appeal mechanism to the Central Information Commission, including documentary requirements for appeals, procedural safeguards for hearings, powers to receive evidence and inspect records, and prescribed modes for service of notices and issuance of Commission orders.

Tariff value fixation amended: revised customs tariff tables set fixed values for specified imported commodities.
Substitutes TABLE-1 and TABLE-2 of Notification No. 36/2001-Customs (N.T.) by fixing specific tariff values under sub-section (2) of section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 for listed goods including edible oils, oilseed products, brass scrap, poppy seeds, and specified forms of gold and silver to govern customs valuation for imports.

VAT exemption for Republic of Guinea purchases extended to official and diplomatic personal buys, subject to a minimum invoice requirement.
Amendment to the Sixth Schedule inserts sub-entry (35A) granting VAT exemption/refund to the Republic of Guinea, New Delhi for official purchases by the Embassy and for personal purchases of its diplomats; the notification, issued under sub section (2) of Section 103, prescribes a minimum invoice value eligible for refund of Rs. 1500/-.