Section 35AC extension for recurring expenses project: eligible girls hostel and handicapped centre benefits extended for three years.
The Central Government, on recommendation of the National Committee for Promotion of Social and Economic Welfare, specifies that recurring expenses for girls' hostels, an orphanage and a centre for handicapped children at Bharacha, Kutch and Halwad centre at Surendranagar run by Shri Navjivan Viklang Sevashray are eligible for tax-deduction treatment for three additional financial years commencing 2010-11, and amends the previously notified maximum allowable project cost by substituting a higher aggregate amount that includes a corpus fund.

Tax deduction under Section 35AC: eligibility for a leprosy rehabilitation project affirmed and project cost ceiling increased.
Section 35AC notification increases the sanctioned project cost and corpus fund for the Sahyog Kushthayagna Trust leprosy eradication, rehabilitation and rural health project at Rajendranagar, Sabarkantha, Gujarat, substituting the prior maximum allowable cost with a higher figure. The change follows the National Committee's recommendation that the project is being executed properly and is effected by amendment of the Table in the earlier notification under the Central Government's powers in sub-section (1) read with clause (b) of the Explanation to Section 35AC.

Section 35AC eligibility extended for Sharada Dhanvanthari medical and haemodialysis project for three additional financial years.
The Sharada Dhanvanthari Medical Centre & Sharada Dhanvantari Haemodialysis Centre, executed by Sri Abhinava Vidhyatheertha Mahaswmigal Peetarohanam Silver Jubilee Commemoration Medical Foundation, is specified as an eligible project for tax incentives for a further three financial years commencing 2010-11, following a recommendation by the National Committee that the project is being executed properly and without any change to the approved project cost.

Corrigendum to notification corrects year reference in paragraph one, subparagraph one under PMLA.
Corrigendum effects a textual amendment to the prior statutory notification by substituting the year reference in paragraph 1, sub paragraph (1) of notification G.S.R. 20(E) dated 7 1 2010 so that the previously stated year is read as the corrected year in the notification concerning the Prevention of Money Laundering regime.

Corrigendum to notification: substitution of year 2009 with 2010 in paragraph 1(1) clarifies the reference.
The corrigendum directs that in notification G.S.R. 19(E) dated 7 January 2010, in paragraph 1, sub paragraph (1), the year reference "2009" is to be read as "2010", effecting a purely textual substitution in the ministerial notification.

Corrigendum to notification corrects reference year from 2009 to 2010 in Prevention of Money Laundering notification.
The corrigendum directs that in paragraph 1, sub paragraph (1) of Notification G.S.R. 18(E) dated 7 January 2010, the numeral "2009" shall be read as "2010," thereby correcting the reference year in the Prevention of Money Laundering notification as published in the Gazette of India.

Trademark Rules amendment: Removal of specified forms and certain procedural provisions, fee updates follow by notification
The amendment omits specified procedural provisions and forms, removes references to certain form identifiers and expedited search report references in rule 8, deletes sub-rules of rule 24 and rule 32, substitutes revised amounts for specified fee entries in the First Schedule, omits particular First Schedule entries, and omits Forms TM-11, TM-54, TM-71 and TM-75 from the Second Schedule.

Registration Certificate timing expanded to permit cotton yarn export where RC issued on or before the specified cut off date.
The notification substitutes "before 1st December, 2010" with "on or before 1st December, 2010", thereby permitting exporters who obtained a Registration Certificate from the Textile Commissioner, Mumbai on or before that date to export cotton yarn within the quantity limit of the certificate and within the validity of the registered contract; other conditions remain unchanged.

Exchange rate determination fixes import and export conversion rates for listed foreign currencies into Indian rupee under Customs Act.
Determination under section 14 of the Customs Act fixes specified conversion rates of listed foreign currencies into Indian rupees for import and export goods, superseding the prior notification and applying the rates shown in Schedule I (per unit for major currencies) and Schedule II (per 100 units for Japanese yen) as the operative conversion table for customs purposes.

Appointment of Assistant Value Added Tax Officers to assist the Commissioner under statutory authority in VAT administration.
Appointment of two Assistant Value Added Tax Officers to assist the Commissioner in administration of the Delhi Value Added Tax regime. The Governor, exercising authority under the Delhi Value Added Tax Act and the Delhi Value Added Tax Rules, appoints Dinesh Kumar and Bhoop Singh to the post of Assistant Value Added Tax Officer with effect from their dates of assumption of charge to assist the Commissioner in carrying out functions under the Act.

Anti-dumping duty extended for certain rubber chemicals, remaining in force until 11 May 2011 unless revoked.
Continuation of anti-dumping duty on specified rubber chemicals from China, Chinese Taipei and the United States is extended; the Central Government amends Notification No.94/2005 Customs to state the notification shall remain in force up to and inclusive of 11th May, 2011, unless revoked earlier.

Tax exemption under Section 10(23C)(iv) is conditional on compliance and applies from assessment year 2010-11.
Approval under Section 10(23C)(iv) recognises Saint Peters, Samagic Sewa Sanstha, Jaipur as qualifying for the specified tax exemption, effective for assessment year 2010-11 and onward. The approval is granted under the sub-clause read with rule 2C of the Income-tax Rules and is expressly conditional on the society's continued conformity with those provisions.

Income tax exemption approval under specified provisions; institution required to maintain ongoing compliance with prescribed regulatory conditions.
Approval is granted to Bal Bharti Vidhyapeeth Sansthan, Sujangarh Distt. Churu, for the purposes of exemption under the relevant provision of the Income-tax law, subject to continued conformity with the statutory conditions and the procedural rule specified by the tax rules. The approval operates prospectively for the stated assessment year and onwards, conditioning the benefit on the institution's ongoing compliance with the requirements set out by the approving authority.

Tax exemption approval under section 10(23C)(vi) grants Scholar's Education Trust Jaipur recognition for assessment years subject to compliance.
Scholar's Education Trust of India, Jaipur is approved for tax exemption as a charitable educational institution under the clause read with rule 2CA, with recognition effective for assessment years from 2011-12 onwards, conditional upon the trust's continued conformity with the statutory and regulatory requirements specified in that clause and rule.

Special Economic Zone for IT/ITES notified in Gurgaon, with an approval committee and inland container depot designation.
Notification establishes a sector specific SEZ for IT/ITES at Villages Beharampur, Balola and Bandhwari in Gurgaon, listing individual land parcels and total area, constituting an Approval Committee with specified ex officio members and a developer invitee, and declaring a commencement date on which the SEZ is deemed an inland container depot/port under the Customs Act.

Deemed Inland Container Depot status for Special Economic Zones establishes Customs Act applicability and mandates Approval Committee composition.
An Approval Committee is constituted for specified Special Economic Zones with ex officio membership including the Development Commissioner (Chairperson), Ministry of Commerce representative, Zonal Joint Director General of Foreign Trade, Commissioner of Customs or Central Excise, Commissioner of Income Tax, Director (Banking) in the Ministry of Finance, two State-nominated officers, and a developer representative as Special Invitee. The main notification date of each such SEZ is appointed as the date from which it is deemed to be an Inland Container Depot under the Customs Act.

Concessional customs duty rates for Singapore origin imports prescribed under amended notification, varying by tariff item and product.
Substitutes the tariff table in Notification No. 10/2008 Customs to prescribe concessional customs duty rates for specified First Schedule tariff items on goods originating in Singapore. Each entry pairs a tariff heading and description (predominantly "All goods") with a stated concessional rate; a few entries specify named chemicals or a differing treatment for upholstery fabrics (higher of ad valorem rate or a specific per kilogram charge). The substituted schedule applies when origin criteria in the notification are satisfied.

Newsprint control amendment adds a new indigenous manufacturer to the Schedule, effective upon Gazette publication.
The Central Government amends the Newsprint Control Order, 2004 by issuing the Newsprint Control (Amendment) Order, 2010, effective on publication in the Official Gazette, to add a new Schedule entry identifying M/s. Fibre Marx Papers Limited, Jaspur, Udhamsingh Nagar District, Uttarakhand, to the list of indigenous newsprint manufacturers.

Research exemption approval requires donors' sums be used for social science research with audited reporting to tax authorities.
Approval is granted to Indira Gandhi National Centre of the Arts as an approved institution under clause (iii) of section 35 read with Rules 5C and 5E from assessment year 2010 11, subject to conditions that sums be used for social science research, research be undertaken by faculty or enrolled students, separate books of account and an auditor certified statement of donations and applications be maintained and filed with the audit report by the return due date, with government power to withdraw approval for specified failures to comply.

Research exemption approval requires donations be used for scientific research and audited with certified donation statements.
Approval recognizes Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, New Delhi as an approved scientific research institution under section 35(1)(ii) subject to conditions: sums must be used for scientific research carried out by faculty or students; separate books of account for research receipts and expenditures must be maintained and audited by a statutory accountant; the audit report must be filed by the return due date; and an auditor-certified statement of donations and amounts applied for research must accompany the audit report. Approval may be withdrawn for specified failures of recordkeeping, reporting, genuineness or continued compliance.