Registration with export promotion councils expanded to include cotton textiles, enabling certification for duty-free import entitlement.
Amendment adds the Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council to the list of councils named in Condition No. 28A, allowing manufacturers or merchant-exporters registered with any of the three councils to seek certification from any of them to claim duty free import entitlement under the notification's Annexure.

Exemption from physical verification for branded garment and made up textile manufacturers where retail price exceeds threshold, altering inspection requirement.
A new sub clause exempts manufacturing factories or premises producing goods under Chapters 61-63 that bear or are sold under a brand name and have a retail sale price of one thousand rupees and above from the mandatory physical verification requirements specified in sub clauses (i) and (ii) of clause (8) of the principal notification, with an explicit exclusion for laminated jute bags.

Anti-dumping duty amendment removes specified tariff table entries, altering prior notification treatment of dumped articles.
The Central Government issues Notification No.31/2016 Customs (ADD) amending Notification No.61/2011 Customs by omitting serial numbers 1 to 6 and their entries from the Table, effecting a deletion of those specified entries under the statutory framework for identification, assessment and collection of anti dumping duty.

Anti dumping duty on R 134a imports from China continued; specified per unit duty and exclusion for cGMP certified product enforced.
Continuation of an anti dumping duty on 1,1,1,2 Tetrafluoroethane (R 134a) from the People's Republic of China was ordered after a sunset review found continued dumping, price undercutting, injury to the domestic industry and a likelihood of recurrence; duty is set as a fixed amount per kilogram in US dollars, excludes cGMP certified product, applies for a five year term unless earlier amended, includes an exchange rate rule for calculation, and was later rescinded by a subsequent notification.

Rescission of notification removes prior Customs instrument prospectively while preserving actions already taken under it.
Rescinds the 2003 Customs notification by exercising statutory executive power under clause (ii) of sub section (2) of section 61 of the Customs Act on public interest grounds, identifying the prior Gazette notification, and declaring that the rescission does not affect things done or omitted to be done before such rescission.

Customs port designation: Honnavar added for unloading of imports and loading of exports under notification.
Central Board of Excise and Customs amends the principal notification to insert Honnavar in the Table for Karnataka, authorising the unloading of imported goods and the loading of export goods or any class of such goods at that location, thereby designating Honnavar as a customs point for specified import and export cargo operations under the notified framework.

Appointment of President of National Company Law Tribunal as ad interim arrangement until a regular incumbent joins or further orders.
The Central Government has appointed Justice (Retd.) M. M. Kumar, former Chairman of the Company Law Board, as President, National Company Law Tribunal, effective 1 June 2016, as an ad interim arrangement continuing until a regular incumbent joins the post or until further orders.

Appointment of Chairperson: Justice S. J. Mukhopadhaya named to lead National Company Law Appellate Tribunal for fixed tenure.
Central Government appoints Justice S. J. Mukhopadhaya as Chairperson of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal with effect from 1st June, 2016 for a period of five years or until he attains the age ceiling of seventy years, whichever is earlier; the appointment is made under the statutory appointment authority and specifies a fixed pay scale as the remuneration for the office.

Exchange rate determination sets import and export conversion rates for specified foreign currencies, effective under Customs Act authority.
Determination under section 14 of the Customs Act fixing the rate of exchange for conversion between specified foreign currencies and Indian rupees effective 07th July, 2016, superseding an earlier notification; applicable for purposes relating to imported and export goods. Two schedules accompany the determination: Schedule I sets per-unit conversion rates with distinct figures for imported and export goods, and Schedule II sets conversion rates per one hundred units for currencies so quoted.

Non-disclosure of Income Declaration Scheme information: public servants barred from producing related official records or data to any person.
Central Government directs that no public servant shall produce any document, record, information or computerised data that comes into his possession during official duties in respect of a valid declaration under the Income Declaration Scheme, 2016; the instruction operates as a confidentiality prohibition on producing such materials to any person or authority.

Export duty exemption for sugar under Advance Authorization allowed, subject to proportional import, no domestic procurement, and documentary proof at clearance.
Amendment inserts a Nil duty entry exempting sugar exported under a valid Advance Authorization issued by the Director General of Foreign Trade or an authorized officer, subject to conditions: exports in proportion to imported raw sugar under the Authorization; Authorization not invalidated; no procurement of raw sugar from the domestic market; and submission at port clearance of a bill of entry evidencing import under the Authorization to the jurisdictional proper officer of customs.

Advance tax on imports: importers may be required to pay advance VAT credited against final liability; exemptions possible.
Government may require importers to pay advance tax on specified goods at notified rates (credited against final VAT liability), with powers to exempt or reduce rates and for the Commissioner to grant case-specific relief; imported goods are presumed for sale or manufacture for sale and not to be sold below their import purchase price unless proved otherwise.

Fixation of tariff values updates valuation tables for edible oils, brass scrap, poppy seeds, gold and silver.
The Central Board of Excise & Customs amends Notification No. 36/2001 Customs (N.T.) by substituting TABLE 1, TABLE 2 and TABLE 3 to fix tariff values for specified commodities. The notification sets or confirms tariff values in US dollars per metric tonne for edible oils, Brass Scrap, Poppy Seeds and Areca Nuts, and specifies tariff values in US dollars per weight unit for Gold and Silver for goods availing designated notification entries.

Exclusion of expanded polypropylene beads and ter-polymer narrows anti-dumping coverage for specified polypropylene goods.
Amendment revises the product description so that Polypropylene means homo-polymers of propylene and copolymers of propylene and ethylene, expressly excluding expanded Polypropylene beads and ter-polymer, thereby narrowing the goods captured by anti-dumping duty for the affected table entries.

Anti-dumping duty on purified terephthalic acid imposed; definitive duties fixed for specified exporters and payable in Indian currency.
Imposes definitive anti-dumping duty on Purified Terephthalic Acid (including MTA and QTA) from China, Iran, Indonesia, Malaysia and Taiwan, based on findings of dumping and material injury; prescribes exporter-, producer- and origin-specific duty rates per metric tonne (denominated in US dollars) in a table; levies duties for five years from the date of provisional imposition, excludes the lapse-to-publication interval, requires payment in Indian currency and directs use of the notified exchange rate on the bill of entry date for conversion.

Bunker fuels exemption: supply to specified Indian ships from warehouse authorised by amended central excise notification.
Amendment inserts clause (c) into Notification No. 17/2004-Central Excise (N.T.) to treat bunker fuels for use in ships or vessels, as referenced in a later central excise notification, as exempt when supplied from a warehouse to specified Indian ships or vessels.

Digital signature filing requirement for high-turnover dealers applies to specified tax periods, with continued obligation and procedural clarifications.
Dealers whose turnover exceeds the prescribed threshold must file returns in Form DVAT 16 or 17 with digital signatures under the Information Technology Act, 2000 for the tax period beginning 1 April 2016 and subsequent periods; newly registered dealers must do so for tax periods following the year their turnover exceeds the threshold. Form I must also be digitally signed where applicable. Filing electronically is optional for others, digital filers are exempt from submitting Form DVAT 56, and once digital filing is commenced it must continue even if turnover later falls below the threshold.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointed to exercise adjudicatory powers for a specified customs show cause notice.
Pursuant to sub-section (1) of section 4 and sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Customs Act, 1962, the Central Board of Excise and Customs appoints the officer named in column (5) of the notification table as Common Adjudicating Authority to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the officer named in column (4) with respect to the show-cause notice cited in column (3) issued to the noticee named in column (2).

Common Adjudicating Authority appointment centralises adjudication of specified customs show cause notices with the Export Commissioner.
Central Board of Excise and Customs, relying on sections 4(1) and 5(1) of the Customs Act, 1962, appoints a Common Adjudicating Authority to exercise the powers and duties of prior adjudicating officers for specified show cause notices listed in the Table, thereby superseding the earlier orders and consolidating adjudication with the Commissioner of Customs (Export), Air Cargo Complex, New Custom House, New Delhi.

Managerial Remuneration Rules amended: revised remuneration thresholds, reporting for top ten employees and updated appointment form.
Amendment revises the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 by removing the expression Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Company Secretary and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) from rule 3, deleting certain clause references in rule 5(1), requiring names of the top ten employees by remuneration plus other specified employees, increasing monetary thresholds for reportability, and substituting a new Form MR-1 that updates required appointment disclosures, attachments and certification requirements.