Adjudicating authority appointment: Commissioner designated to decide specified customs show cause notices against an exporter.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs appointed the Commissioner of Customs, Jaipur to act as Commissioner of Customs (Export Promotion), New Customs House, Mumbai and as Commissioner of Customs, Air Cargo Complex, New Customs House, New Delhi for adjudicating Show Cause Notices issued to M/s Kansara Modler Limited, superseding an earlier notification except for prior actions, and limited to the three specified notices originating from the named customs formations.

Exchange rate revision for Canadian dollar affects valuation of export goods; notified rate applied to customs export assessments.
The Board amended the export Notification by substituting the Schedule entry for the Canadian dollar to specify a new rate of exchange and directed that the revised rate be applied to valuation of export goods, operative from 23rd December, 2004.

Exchange rate adjustment for Canadian Dollar reduces customs valuation for imported goods, altering import duty calculation for affected shipments.
Amendment to the customs notification substitutes the Schedule-I entry for the Canadian Dollar, prescribing a new rupee equivalence to be used for customs valuation of imported goods, effective from the stated date; this administrative change updates the foreign-currency-to-rupee conversion applied at import clearance.

Charitable exemption under section 10(23C) subject to specified compliance conditions for continued tax recognition.
Notification under section 10(23C)(v) recognizes Delhi Catholic Archdiocese, New Delhi for exemption for the assessment year 2004-2005 subject to conditions: apply or accumulate income wholly and exclusively to its objects; restrict investments to forms permitted by section 11(5) (with limited exception for certain voluntary contributions); exclude business income unless incidental with separate books; regularly file income-tax returns; and on dissolution transfer surplus and assets to a charitable organisation with similar objectives.

Repeal of customs and excise enactments with broad savings for accrued rights, liabilities, proceedings, and existing legal effects.
The Customs and Central Excise Laws (Repeal) Act, 2004 repeals the enactments listed in the Schedule, including laws relating to additional duties of excise and customs, special excise duty, retrospective exemption, the Customs and Excise Revenues Appellate Tribunal, and an amending enactment concerning customs and central excise laws. A broad savings clause preserves prior acts, rights, liabilities, obligations, remedies, proceedings, indemnities, principles of law, and existing jurisdiction, practice, procedure, usage, privilege, restriction, exemption, office, or appointment, while leaving section 6 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 unaffected.

Research approval requires institutions to keep separate research accounts and submit annual audited research filings by set deadlines.
Approval under section 35(1)(ii) recognises the National Brain Research Centre as an "Institution" for research-related tax purposes subject to conditions: maintain separate books for research (except Associations); file an annual scientific research return to the Secretary, Department of Scientific & Industrial Research by 31 May; and submit audited annual accounts and audited income & expenditure accounts for research to the Director General of Income Tax (Exemptions), the Secretary, DSIR, and the Commissioner/Director of Income Tax (Exemptions) by 31 October, alongside the return of income to the assessing officer.

Tax exemption under section 10(23) granted to an association subject to income application, investment limits, filing and dissolution conditions.
Notification grants tax exemption under section 10(23) to the National Rifle Association of India for assessment years 2000-2001 to 2002-2003 subject to conditions: exclusive application or accumulation of income to objects; investment and deposit restrictions to permitted modes (with limited exceptions for certain voluntary contributions held as jewellery or furniture); exclusion of business income unless incidental and separately accounted; regular filing of returns; and transfer of surplus assets on dissolution to a charitable organisation with similar objectives.

Section 10(23) notification grants conditional tax exemption to Badminton Development Trust subject to compliance with application, investment, accounting and dissolution rules.
Notification under section 10(23) grants Badminton Development Trust conditional exemption for specified assessment years provided the trust applies or accumulates income exclusively for its objects; confines investments to forms permitted by section 11(5) (except certain in-kind voluntary contributions); treats business income as outside the notification unless incidental and separately accounted; files returns regularly; and on dissolution transfers surplus and assets to a charitable organisation with similar objectives.

Export controls on meat products now require certification of APEDA-registered source and compliance with inspection conditions.
A new Note 6 in Chapter 2 requires exporters to furnish a certificate to customs that meat and meat products were obtained from an abattoir or meat processing plant registered with APEDA; specified entries' "Nature of Restriction" are amended to require quality control and inspection under Notes 3 and 4 as well as the condition in Note 6.

Rescission of customs notification under Customs Tariff Act revokes prior anti dumping exemption while preserving actions taken earlier.
The Central Government, invoking section 9A(1) of the Customs Tariff Act read with rules 18 and 23 of the Anti dumping Rules, rescinds the earlier customs notification issued in January 1999, terminating its continuing effect while expressly leaving intact actions or omissions done before rescission.

Anti dumping duty on acrylic fibre continued for Japan to address likelihood of recurring dumping and injury.
Anti dumping duty is imposed on acrylic fibre (1.5-8.0 denier) involving Japan as origin or exporter; the duty equals the difference between a prescribed reference amount per metric tonne and the landed value of imports, payable in Indian currency. The designated authority's review found substantial dumping margins and a likelihood of recurrence only from Japan, recommended continuation of duties for Japan and revocation for Spain, Portugal and Italy, and the notification prescribes calculation, exchange rate and temporal provisions under section 9A and the anti dumping Rules.

Approval under section 10(23G) renewed for an infrastructure provider, conditioned on maintaining eligible business and audit compliance.
Renewal of approval under section 10(23G) read with rule 2E is granted to M/s Reliance Communications Infrastructure Limited for assessment year 2004-05 onward through the licence period ending 08.11.2013 and for Infrastructure Provider Category I from assessment year 2004-05. The approval covers specified internet-service and infrastructure projects and is conditional on compliance with section 10(23G)/rule 2E, including maintenance of books, obtaining an audit, and furnishing the audit report; failure or cessation of eligible business may lead to withdrawal of approval.

Appointment of adjudicating commissioner to hear Customs show cause notices relating to Buildex Metals and others.
Delegation under section 4(1) of the Customs Act appoints the Commissioner of Central Excise (Adjudication), New Delhi, to act as commissioner for specified Customs and Central Excise jurisdictions for the sole purpose of adjudicating show cause notices issued against M/s. Buildex Metals and others, creating a common adjudicating authority to determine those identified proceedings.

Appointment of Adjudicating Authority: Commissioner designated to adjudicate Show Cause Notices relating to M/s Kartik Overseas Ltd.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs designates the Commissioner of Central Excise (Adjudication), Air Cargo Complex, New Delhi to act as Commissioner of Customs for specified ports and inland facilities solely to adjudicate Show Cause Notices issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence relating to M/s Kartik Overseas Ltd and others, thereby allocating adjudicatory responsibility under the Customs Act.

Appointment of Adjudicating Authority to adjudicate show cause notices concerning alleged customs violations by specified importers.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs designates the Commissioner of Central Excise (Adjudication), New Customs House, Air Cargo Complex, New Delhi, to act as specified Commissioners of Customs for the sole purpose of adjudicating show cause notices issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence on 27 August 2004 concerning M/s Lokesh Garments Pvt. Ltd. and others.

Appointment of Adjudicating Authority: Commissioner designated to adjudicate show cause notices in specified customs export-import investigations.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs invokes the power under the Customs Act to appoint the Commissioner of Central Excise (Adjudication), New Customs House, New Delhi, to act as Commissioner(s) of Customs for specified ports/offices for the purpose of adjudicating show cause notices issued by the Joint Commissioner of Customs, Air Cargo Export (SIIB), New Custom House, in relation to identified import/export entities.

Export controls expanded to list high-containment biosafety equipment and to cover microlight aircraft parts under export policy.
Amendments to Appendix 3 to Schedule 2 (Export Policy) add two category 3 D entries covering equipment for high-containment laboratory facilities-protective suits, class III safety cabinets, and complete containment facilities aligned with WHO biosafety containment levels-and amend entry 5 F to expand "Micro-light Aircraft and powered hang-gliders" to "Micro-light Aircraft and powered hang-gliders and their parts," thereby broadening export classification controls under the ITC(HS) Schedule 2.

Customs amendment inserts Kelshi as designated loading point for export of bauxite ore under existing notification.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs amends Notification No.62/94-CUSTOMS (N.T.) by inserting, in the Table against serial number 8 for Maharashtra, a new item identifying Kelshi as a specified location for the loading of bauxite ore for export.

Appointment of Whole Time Member confirms Shri Madhukar's designation under SEBI Act provisions and service rules.
Central Government, exercising powers under Sub-section (1) of Section 4 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 read with the SEBI (Terms and Conditions of Services of Chairman and Members) Rules, 1992, appoints Shri Madhukar as a whole time Member of the Securities and Exchange Board of India under clause (d) of that sub section by administrative notification.

Appointment of Whole-time Member: Shri G. Anantharaman appointed to SEBI under central government's statutory authority.
Central Government has designated Shri G. Anantharaman as a whole-time Member of the securities regulator, invoking statutory powers under the securities legislation and pursuant to the Rules on Terms and Conditions of Service of Chairman and Members, with the Ministry of Finance issuing the formal notification recording the appointment, file reference, and date.