Auxiliary duty amendment updates the exemption schedule by inserting and omitting specified notification entries under statutory powers.
Amendment revises the Schedule to Notification No. 124/92-Cus by inserting, adding and omitting specified entries relating to auxiliary duty exemptions, effected under the powers of the Central Government under the Customs Act read with a Finance Bill provision; it inserts a new entry after S. No. 67, omits S. Nos. 89 and 90, and adds four consecutive entries after S. No. 92, thereby altering which subordinate notifications are recognised for auxiliary duty exemption purposes.

Auxiliary duty amendment updates customs exemption schedule by inserting and omitting specified notification entries administratively.
The Central Government amends Notification No. 122/92 Customs under statutory powers to modify the Schedule of exemption notifications for auxiliary duty: inserting S. No. 228A (No. 70 Customs, dated 1st March, 1989), omitting S. No. 290, inserting S. No. 291A (No. 90 Customs, dated 1st March, 1992), and adding S. No. 301 (No. 164 Customs, dated 30th April, 1992).

Rescission of Customs notifications under Customs Act; two exemption notifications revoked by the Central Government in public interest.
The Central Government, satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest and invoking the statutory power under the Customs Act, rescinds two earlier miscellaneous exemption notifications issued by the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), specifically the two notifications dated 1 March 1992, thereby withdrawing those exemption notifications from effect.

Gold import exemption standards changed, lowering per ten gram valuation and clarifying short visit exclusion for passenger imports.
Amendment reduces the per-ten-gram valuation used in the passenger gold import exemption notification and adds an explanation that short visits within the six-month reference period are ignored for exemption purposes if their total duration does not exceed thirty days and the passenger did not avail the exemption during those short visits.

Customs exemption expanded to include additional garment inputs such as elastic cloth, laces, linings, specific threads, tapes and polywadding.
The Central Government, under sub section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962, amends the Table to Notification No. 262/90 Customs by adding six specified goods for the garment and hosiery industry: elastic cloth in running length (including tabular form) of limited width; laces of limited width; lining and interlining materials (excluding nylon taffeta coated fabrics) of limited width; sewing and embroidery thread from manmade fibres, pure silk or mixed fibres; elastic tape and webbing (including heat resisting rubber tape) of limited width; and polywadding.

Customs exemption for specified imports permits reduced duty for inputs used in manufacture, subject to certification and bond.
Exemption permits specified imported goods used as inputs for manufacture of listed electronic products to be relieved of customs duty above a capped ad valorem rate, conditional on certification by an authorized technical officer (except for supplementary import licences) and on execution of a bond securing payment of duty differential where goods are not proved to have been used for the stated purpose; a Table specifies applicable tariff chapters, input descriptions and permitted end uses.

Customs duty exemption for imported manufacturing inputs subject to prescribed certification and importer undertaking on use and payment obligations.
Exemption limits customs duty on specified imported inputs used in manufacture by capping the duty at a stated ad valorem rate; eligibility requires certification by a prescribed technical officer (except for supplementary import licences) and an importer undertaking to use the goods for the specified manufacture and to pay the duty difference if the use obligation is breached.

Customs exemption for specified inputs allows reduced duty above a capped ad valorem rate, subject to certification and bond.
The Notification exempts specified imported inputs used in the manufacture of listed electronic and related goods from customs duty to the extent the duty exceeds a capped ad valorem rate. Exemption requires prior certification by a prescribed technical officer (except for supplementary import licences) that the goods are required for the stated purpose, and execution of a bond to repay the duty differential if imports are not proved to have been used for that purpose. A Table specifies eligible inputs, tariff chapters and corresponding manufactured goods.

Customs duty exemption for specified imported inputs enables reduced duty where used in manufacture of listed electronic products.
Exemption permits specified imported goods within listed tariff chapters to be admitted for manufacture of designated electronic and allied products with customs duty limited to an amount calculated at the rate of 35 per cent ad valorem; duty in excess is exempted. The exemption requires certification by an authorised technical officer except for imports under supplementary import licences, and an importer's undertaking at importation to use the goods for the stated purpose and to pay the duty difference if the goods are not so used. The Table specifies covered goods and their corresponding manufactured products.

Customs duty exemption: amendment substitutes item (a) to state whole duty leviable under First Schedule.
Amendment substitutes item (a) in the opening paragraph of Notification No. 90/92 Cus to state that specified machinery or equipment shall be subject to the whole of the duty of customs leviable thereon under the said First Schedule, made under the powers of sub section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962.

Customs exemption rate amendment alters the ad valorem tariff applicable to aseptic form fill seal machines under statutory powers.
The Central Government, under section 25(1) of the Customs Act, 1962, amends Notification No. 96/90-Customs (20 March 1990) to substitute the previously specified ad valorem figure with a higher ad valorem figure, thereby changing the tariff rate applicable to aseptic form fill seal machines under the exemption notification.

Customs duty rates for bearings revised: differential ad valorem and specific duties imposed on bearings and parts.
Amendment substitutes a revised tariff Table prescribing differential customs duties on ball and roller bearings and their parts. A default 100% ad valorem applies to bearings not specially listed, with parts of those bearings at 80% ad valorem. Ball bearings up to 60 mm and roller bearings up to 85 mm are carved into bore and weight based bands attracting fixed per bearing duties or combined 105% ad valorem plus specific per bearing charges; residual categories attract specified ad valorem rates. Parts such as inner and outer rings and cups/cones are charged the duty applicable to the bearing of which they are parts.

Customs exemption for life saving drugs expanded by adding specified medicines and equipment to Schedule A.
The Central Government amends the customs exemption notification by adding Serial Numbers 287-319 to Schedule A, thereby extending exemption coverage to a specified list of life saving drugs, medicines and medical equipment (including injectables, capsules, contrast agents, immunoglobulins, hormones and radionuclide materials) under the existing exemption regime.

Customs exemption for specified bulk drug inputs: imports allowed subject to use, recordkeeping, certified proof and repayment on breach.
Specified goods within Chapters 28, 29, 30 or 39 imported for manufacture of listed bulk drugs are exempted from that portion of customs duty in the First Schedule which exceeds a specified ad valorem rate. The exemption requires an undertaking that imports will be used for manufacture, that accounts of goods received and consumed at the manufacturing premises will be maintained as prescribed, and that a certified extract evidencing receipt will be produced within three months or such extended period as allowed; non-compliance triggers payment of the duty difference. The annexed Table lists covered bulk drugs and corresponding inputs.

Customs tariff amendments expand and specify chemical exemptions, adding and substituting manufacture linked inputs and finished products.
Amendments under Section 25(1) modify four customs exemption notifications by inserting, substituting and omitting listed chemical items in their Tables and Schedules. They add Ketamine and Dopamine to Notification No. 45/79 Cus., remove a prior entry at Sl. No. 53, replace and insert manufacture specific precursors and reagents in Notification No. 64/79 Cus., insert Rifa S Sodium into the Schedule of Notification No. 89/85 Cus., and substitute and add specified chemicals including Centchroman, Ceftazidime and Ceftazidime Injection in Notification No. 213/88 Cus.

Customs duty exemption for specified petrochemical imports, capping chargeable duty at prescribed ad valorem rates.
Exemption limits customs duty on imports of Ethyl Benzene, Styrene, Butene I and Pure Octenes within Chapter 29 by relieving customs duty in excess of specified ad valorem rates for each named article, thereby capping the chargeable duty on those imports.

Tariff classification amendment inserts a new heading into an existing customs exemption notification, widening its listed scope.
Amendment substitutes specified tariff headings in Notification No. 26/92 Customs (dated 1 March 1992) by inserting an additional tariff heading into the listed sequence, thereby altering the scope of the exemption notification; the Central Government exercised its statutory power under the Customs Act and expressed the change as necessary in the public interest.

Prescribed authority for endorsing share transfer forms under section 108(1A) assigns designated officials territorial powers.
Appointment of specified government officers as prescribed authorities to endorse forms of transfer of shares under section 108(1A), with each appointee authorised to exercise the powers and perform the duties of clause (a) within the local limits of the territory specified; incumbents listed include Additional and Assistant Registrars of Companies for Delhi and Haryana, and Junior Technical Assistant, Office of the Registrar of Companies, Goa for Goa.

Exchange rate determination for export goods prescribes conversion rates to be applied under customs law for export valuation.
The Central Government, under sub-clause (i) of clause (a) of sub-section (3) of section 14 of the Customs Act, prescribes the rate of exchange for conversion of specified foreign currencies into Indian currency for export goods; the annexed Schedule lists each foreign currency and the amount equivalent to Rs. 100 to be used in customs conversions with prospective effect from the notified commencement date.

Exchange rate determination for imported goods governs stamp duty and customs conversion, with specified official rates effective from specified date.
Central Government prescribes rates of exchange for specified foreign currencies for computing stamp duty and for section 14 of the Customs Act in relation to imported goods, superseding a prior notification; the official conversion rates for each listed currency, set out in the Schedule as the amount equivalent to Rs. 100, are declared operative from the stated effective date for stamp duty calculation and customs conversion.