Notification amendment extends state GST compliance deadline and deems the extension effective from the earlier commencement date.
Amendment substitutes the deadline in the seventh proviso of notification No. 73/2017-State Tax by replacing the originally prescribed date with a later calendar date for compliance under the State GST framework; the amendment is made under delegated authority on the Council's recommendation and is deemed to have come into force from the earlier prescribed commencement date.

Exchange rate determination: new notified currency conversion rates take effect for import and export valuation under customs.
The Central Board notifies statutory exchange rates for specified foreign currencies into Indian rupees, with separate rates for imported and export goods set out in Schedule I (per unit) and Schedule II (per 100 units), effective from 19 January 2024, and superseding the prior notification of 4 January 2024 except for actions already completed.

Packing machine registration required for specified tobacco and pan masala manufacturers, triggering machine-level reporting and monthly production statements.
Notification requires manufacturers of specified pan masala and tobacco goods to register and report packing/filling machine particulars in FORM GST SRM-I on the common portal, with system-generated machine registration numbers, timelines for new, amended and disposed machines, and upload of Chartered Engineer certificates. Manufacturers must also file a monthly production and input statement in FORM GST SRM-II reporting HSN level inputs, machine wise production, package counts and power consumption, with specified table fields, document uploads and verification declarations.

Rescission of Notification withdraws prior GST administrative measures while preserving earlier acts, effective from start of calendar year.
The Government rescinds a prior administrative notification issued under Section 148 of the State Goods and Services Tax Act on Council recommendations, withdrawing that notification except insofar as it relates to actions already done or omitted before rescission; the rescission is effected by formal notification and is made effective from the first day of the stated calendar year.

Rescission of notification removes prior GST notification's prospective effect while preserving past actions under the Act.
The State Government, under the Tripura State Goods and Services Tax Act, rescinds an earlier Finance Department notification issued in 2023 on the Council's recommendation, removing its prospective effect while preserving actions or omissions already undertaken under that earlier notification.

Rescission of Notification: prior departmental notification withdrawn under GST authority, effective from start of calendar year with savings.
The State Government, on Council recommendations and under the powers conferred by the Goods and Services Tax Act, rescinds the earlier departmental notification No. CT-8-0009-2023-Sec-1-V (CT) (34), subject to a savings provision preserving actions done or omissions made before rescission; the rescission is declared effective from the first day of January of the current year.

GST tariff substitution updates HSN entries for specified petroleum products, altering state tax classification effective early January.
The notification substitutes the entries against S. No. 165 and S. No. 165A in Schedule I - 2.5% Rate with the HSN codes "2711 12 00, 2711 13 00, 2711 19 10", modifying tariff classification under the Tripura State GST, effective from the 4th day of January, 2024.

Aadhaar authentication permitted for specified reporting entities to meet PMLA authentication requirements after regulator consultation.
The Central Government permits specified reporting entities to perform Aadhaar authentication for the purposes of section 11A of the Prevention of Money-laundering Act, 2002, on the satisfaction that they will comply with the privacy and security standards under the Aadhaar Act, 2016, and after consultation with the Unique Identification Authority and the appropriate financial regulator.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointment directs final adjudication of provisional assessment notices for specified importer under Customs Act powers.
Appointment of a Common Adjudicating Authority under the Customs Act to centralise and exercise adjudicatory powers for finalisation of provisional assessment show cause notices against M/s Ecoclean Machines Pvt. Ltd., identifying the listed notices and replacing the originally named adjudicating officers with the officer appointed at Air Cargo Complex, Sahar, Andheri, Mumbai as the Common Adjudicating Authority.

GST rate amendment: Tariff entries for specified petroleum products substituted, effective from notified date under GST law.
Amendment substitutes the column entries for S. No. 165 and S. No. 165A in Schedule I (2.5%), replacing prior descriptions with specified tariff headings for petroleum product classifications, thereby redefining the items subject to the 2.5% state GST rate; the change is made under the Maharashtra GST Act on Council recommendation and takes effect from the notified operative date.

Renewal of recognition permits clearing and settlement of repo and reverse repo transactions under regulatory compliance conditions.
Renewal of recognition is granted to AMC Repo Clearing Limited for a one-year term, subject to compliance with prescribed rules and regulatory specifications. The recognition is limited to clearing and settling repo and reverse repo transactions in debt securities dealt with or traded on a recognized stock exchange.

Depreciation benefit for capital goods: whether SEZ Rule 49's unit concession applies to Developers via Rule 14's mutatis mutandis application.
Request whether the depreciation of value concession under Rule 49 for Domestic Tariff Area removals by Units can be extended to Developers by operation of the procedural cross reference in Rule 14, for goods and services procured under duty benefit and used by Developers in authorised SEZ infrastructure, noting an earlier note that found no provision for such developer benefit.

Import liberalisation of semi manufactured silver: free for actual users in specified industries; other imports permitted via nominated agencies.
Import of semi manufactured silver paste, sheets, plates, strips, tubes, electrodes, wires and silver brazing alloys by electrical, electronics, engineering, glass and solar industries as inputs on an Actual User basis shall be Free; imports for R&D by government or recognised research institutions shall also be Free. Other imports remain permitted only through nominated agencies and through qualified jewellers for exchange based imports, and ITC(HS) code entries are revised accordingly.

Special Additional Excise Duty change revises rate on production of petroleum crude, effective mid-January under Central Excise notification.
Amends the tariff table of Notification No. 18/2022-Central Excise by substituting, against S. No. 1 in column (4), the entry "Rs. 1700 per tonne" for the Special Additional Excise Duty on production of petroleum crude; the amendment is made under section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 read with section 147 of the Finance Act, 2002 and comes into force on 16 January 2024.

Extension of concessional import duties on specified edible oils through amendment of customs notifications.
The Central Government amends Notification No. 48/2021-Customs by substituting the year in paragraph 2 with "2025" to extend concessional tariff treatment for specified edible oils, and amends Notification No. 49/2021-Customs by omitting the proviso in paragraph 2 that would have excluded certain listed goods after the stated cutoff, thereby maintaining concessional treatment for those entries for the extended period.

Tariff value fixation: new customs tariff values set for edible oils, metals, precious metals, and areca nut.
CBIC, under section 14(2) of the Customs Act, substitutes TABLE-1, TABLE-2 and TABLE-3 of Notification No. 36/2001-Customs (N.T.) to fix tariff values for specified imports. The replaced tables prescribe tariff values in US dollars per metric tonne or per specified unit for edible oils, brass scrap, gold and silver in designated forms, and areca nuts, and the amendment takes effect from the stated commencement date.

Anti-dumping duty continuation on Meta Phenylene Diamine to address dumped imports and protect domestic industry.
Continuation of anti-dumping duty on Meta Phenylene Diamine from China PR is imposed for five years following the designated authority's sunset review finding that dumped imports remain substantial, have injured the domestic industry, and are likely to continue or intensify if duties cease; the Central Government, under section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act and relevant anti-dumping rules, prescribes specified duty rates by tariff item, producer and exporter category, payable in Indian currency with exchange-rate conversion rules as per the Customs Act.

Export duty on molasses imposed, amending the tariff schedule and creating an immediate export levy effective mid-January.
The Second Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act is amended to insert a new entry for molasses resulting from the extraction or refining of sugar and to prescribe an export duty at the specified rate on such exports; the amendment is made by Notification No. 01/2024 Customs issued under the Customs Tariff Act and comes into force on the stated commencement date.

GST rate schedule amendment revises tariff entries for specified goods and applies the change retrospectively from 4 January 2024.
Schedule I of the Odisha GST rate notification is amended by substituting the tariff entries against serial numbers 165 and 165A in the 2.5% schedule. The revised entries specify HS codes 2711 12 00, 2711 13 00 and 2711 19 10 for both serial numbers, and the amendment is deemed effective from 4 January 2024.

GST exemption scope adjusted to include Ministry of Railways in postal exemption and exclude it from general Central services.
Amendment adjusts the notification Table to include the Ministry of Railways after "Department of Posts" at serial number 5(i) and to exclude the Ministry of Railways from the entry at serial number 5A by inserting "[excluding the Ministry of Railways (Indian Railways)]" after "Services supplied by the Central Government"; the changes are deemed effective from 20 October 2023.