Charitable Trust Recognition: notification grants tax-exemption status subject to exclusive application of income, prescribed investments, separate business accounts, returns.
The Central Government notifies Jagadguru Sri Sankaracharya Swamigal Srimatam Samasthanam for clause (23C)(v) of section 10, subject to conditions: apply or accumulate income wholly and exclusively to its objects; restrict investments to forms specified in section 11(5) except voluntary contributions retained as jewellery or furniture; exclude profits and gains of business unless incidental and separately accounted; regularly file income-tax returns; and on dissolution transfer surplus and assets to a charitable organization with similar objectives.

Notification under section 10(23C)(iv): tax-exempt status conditioned on income application, investment limits, business accounting, filing, and asset transfer.
Designation of Krishnamurti Foundation India under clause (23C)(iv) of section 10 is made subject to conditions: income must be applied or accumulated solely for the foundation's objects; investments limited to forms permitted under section 11(5) except certain voluntary contributions; business income excluded unless incidental and separately accounted; return of income must be regularly filed; and on dissolution surplus assets must be transferred to a like-minded charitable organization.

Anti dumping duty on Trimethoprim from China imposed to offset dumping by charging the difference to landed value.
Definitive anti dumping duty was imposed on all imports of Trimethoprim from the People's Republic of China, calculated as the difference between a specified US$ per kilogram benchmark and the landed value (assessable value under the Customs Act excluding certain customs duties). The duty is payable in Indian currency, converted using government exchange rate notifications applicable on the bill of entry date, effective from the provisional duty imposition date and remaining in force until the stated expiry unless earlier revoked.

Fixation of Tariff Values: substitution of tariff-value table for palm oils, brass scrap and soyabean oil.
The Board, under the Customs Act, substituted the Table in Notification No. 36/2001 Cus. (N.T.) by Notification No. 60/2002, thereby fixing tariff values in US dollars per metric tonne for specified goods: Crude Palm Oil, RBD Palm Oil, RBD Palmolein, Crude Palmolein, Brass Scrap (all grades) and Crude Soyabean Oil.

Excise holiday extension for industrial units in Kutch extended by amendment to central excise notification.
Notification No.45/2002-CE amends Notification No.39/2001-Central Excise by substituting in para 3, condition (i) the date "31st day of July, 2003" with "31st day of July, 2004", thereby extending the excise holiday for industrial units in the Kutch district.

Renewal of recognition of a stock exchange granted subject to mandated compliance with inspection deficiencies and corrective deadline.
Renewal of recognition was granted to the Pune Stock Exchange Limited under Section 4 of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act for one year, subject to conditions including compliance with observations, deficiencies and suggestions in the March 2002 inspection report and rectification of identified irregularities by the stated corrective deadline; the renewal remains subject to further conditions that may be prescribed or imposed.

Customs exemption for sports imports now requires authorised certification and expands the list of exempted sporting equipment.
The notification tightens exemption eligibility by limiting imports to National Sports Federations, Services Sports Control Board, Sports Authority of India or State Sports Authorities for championship use, and mandates production at clearance of a certificate from an authorized officer identifying importer, goods (description, quantity, value) and confirming purpose. The Table of exempted goods is expanded to include carrom boards; boats, paddles and ergometers for canoeing/kayaking/rowing; water polo balls and caps; and an amended item listing binoculars and boats with accessories.

Customs airport appointment at Gaya amended to permit unloading and loading of baggage under statutory power.
The Central Government, under powers conferred by the Customs Act, amends Notification No. 61/94 Customs (N.T.) by substituting the column (4) entry for Gaya in the Table (Bihar, serial 3, item (a)) to specify "Unloading of baggage and the loading of baggage" as the permitted customs activity at that airport.

Excise exemptions expanded: bicycle tyres, vehicle chains and lighting equipment exempted from duty after notification amendment.
The Government, invoking powers under sub-section (1) of section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944, amends Notification No. 6/2002 by substituting S. No. 80A to exempt goods under headings 4011.10 or 4013.10 (bicycle tyres/tubes) from excise duty, omits S. No. 80B, and inserts S. Nos. 219B and 219C to exempt chains of vehicles and dynamos/vehicle lamps classified under headings 7315.00 and 8512.00; Notification No. 10/2002 has S. Nos. 10 and 11 omitted.

Contributory Provident Fund entitlement: Commission Chairmen and members permitted to contribute under CPF Rules subject to non pensionable conditions.
The substituted rule grants the Chairman, Vice Chairmen and Members entitlement to make contributions under the Contributory Provident Fund Rules (India), 1962, subject to the conditions applicable to a non pensionable servant of the Central Government, thereby aligning their service benefits with the contributory provident framework.

Deduction under section 35AC: approved institutions and specified projects eligible for deduction across designated assessment years.
The Central Government, on National Committee recommendations, approves sixteen institutions under the Explanation to section 35AC and specifies for each the eligible project or scheme, the nature of activities (construction, equipment, welfare and programme running, endowment funds, rehabilitation) and the maximum amount of project cost admissible as a deduction. The notification also sets the assessment year applicability for each entry (one year for serial 7; three years for serials 1-6 and 8-16) and records a later substitutional amendment to earlier aggregate cost figures.

Tax exemption notification for a club: conditional recognition requiring application of income for objects, restricted investments and no member distributions.
The Central Government notifies the Dolphin Club, Kilpauk, Chennai for certain assessment years subject to conditions: income must be applied or accumulated exclusively for the club's objects under the applicable application and accumulation rules; investments and deposits are restricted to permitted forms with voluntary contributions retained in specified tangible articles where allowed; income must not be distributed to members except as grants to affiliated institutions; business income is excluded unless incidental and recorded in separate books.

Tax exemption under clause 23C(iv) sec10: foundation notified subject to conditions on income use, investments, and filings.
Notification under clause (23C)(iv) of section 10 designates the B.P. Koirala India-Nepal Foundation as a notified institution for specified assessment years, provided it applies or accumulates income exclusively for its objects, confines investments to forms allowed by section 11(5) (except certain in-kind voluntary contributions), treats business income as incidental with separate accounts, files returns regularly, and on dissolution transfers surplus and assets to a like charitable organization.

Income-tax exemption notification recognises Centre for Social Research as eligible subject to specified compliance conditions.
The Central Government notifies Centre for Social Research, New Delhi, as qualifying under clause (23C)(iv) of section 10 for the specified assessment years subject to conditions: exclusive application of income to statutory objects; investment limited to modes specified in section 11(5); business income excluded unless incidental with separate books; regular filing of income-tax returns; and on dissolution surplus and assets to transfer to a charitable organization with similar objectives.

Amendment to customs notification removes proviso from earlier exemption instrument, modifying the notification's operative text.
The Central Government, exercising statutory powers under the customs tariff and customs enactments and acting in the public interest, hereby amends the Ministry of Finance notification dated 12 April 2002 by omitting the Proviso from that notification, thereby modifying the operative text of the earlier exemption instrument.

Anti-dumping duty on citric acid: provisional duties set for imports from Indonesia and Thailand, payable in domestic currency.
Provisional anti-dumping duty is imposed on citric acid imports from Indonesia and Thailand after a preliminary finding of dumping, material injury, and cumulative causation; the Central Government prescribes country-specific duty rates payable in Indian currency, sets an expiry for the provisional duty, and requires use of the Government-notified exchange rate with the bill of entry date as the relevant date for conversion.

Corrigendum corrects a product name in a customs exemption notification, substituting the originally printed term with the accurate term.
A corrigendum from the Department of Revenue amends Notification No. 79/2002-Customs (G.S.R.557(E)), directing that the word "Metisol" on page 5, line 10 of the published Gazette entry be read as "Merisol", effecting a typographical correction to the item name without changing the substantive exemption conditions.

Rupee derivative contract rebooking restriction: cancelled contracts require RBI permission, while export contracts remain exempt.
The amendment provides that rupee involving derivative contracts, once cancelled, shall not be re booked except with Reserve Bank permission, though they may be rolled over at ongoing rates on or before maturity; contracts covering export transactions are exempt and may be cancelled, re booked or rolled over without restriction. The amendment substitutes item (h) of paragraph A.1 of Schedule I and takes effect upon publication in the Official Gazette.

EEFC account limits updated: resident categories may retain specified portions of foreign earnings in EEFC accounts, with RBI approval for higher retention.
Amendment revises EEFC account retention limits for defined resident categories, permitting differentiated proportions of foreign exchange earnings to be credited to EEFC accounts, subject to Reserve Bank approval for higher retention. It clarifies that professional earnings - including director's fees, consultancy fees, lecture fees and honoraria - qualify for credit when rendered in an individual capacity and expands the definition of "professional" by listing example professions while allowing RBI to specify additional persons.

Exchange rate determination for export goods set by notification, superseding prior notice and fixing conversion rates.
The Board, exercising powers under section 14(3)(a)(i) of the Customs Act, 1962, supersedes the earlier notification and fixes rates of exchange for specified foreign currencies for export goods. The notification prescribes conversion rates in Schedule I for individual currencies and in Schedule II for the Japanese Yen per one hundred units, to be used for conversion into or from Indian rupees and effective from the stated operative date.