Export compliance for river sand requires clearance and prohibits CRZ mining; exporter oversight by CAPEXIL.
Amendment fixes the export quantity for River Sand at 4,50,000 MT under authority of Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 and applicable Foreign Trade Policy paragraphs. Export of this quantity is conditional: CAPEXIL must ensure suppliers/extractors have appropriate clearances and that mining does not take place in the Coastal Regulation Zone, where it is prohibited.

Excise duty exemption for specified engines permits duty-free intra unit transfer for power tiller manufacture, subject to compliance.
Exempts excise duty on internal combustion engines of Chapter 84 manufactured at the maker's Kalamassery unit and cleared to its Kanjikode unit for manufacture of power tillers of heading 8432, provided the manufacturer follows the Central Excise (Removal of Goods at Concessional rate of Duty for Manufacture of Excisable Goods) Rules, 2001.

Diplomatic refund claims: designated protocol officers authorized to receive and process refunds for diplomatic entities.
Designates specified protocol officers as Central Excise Officers and invests them with the powers of Assistant or Deputy Commissioner of Central Excise, within the stated jurisdictions, for the purpose of receiving refund claims filed by diplomatic missions, consulates, diplomatic agents, or career consular officers under section 11B of the Act.

Comprehensive Insurance Subsidy ensures reimbursement of insurance premiums for eligible industrial units through a designated disbursing agency.
Central Comprehensive Insurance Scheme, 2007 establishes a reimbursement mechanism for insurance premiums for eligible new and substantially expanded industrial units and specified service, biotechnology and small power generating activities in the North Eastern Region; eligibility is defined by statutory terms including a 25% threshold for substantial expansion, disbursement is effected by a designated nodal agency on State Level Committee recommendations from a central revolving fund, IRDA-registered insurers are eligible, utilisation certificates and compliance conditions apply, and the notification includes a model comprehensive policy with specified perils, exclusions and policy conditions.

Interest subsidy on working capital supports eligible North Eastern industrial units, with NEDFi disbursing on State committee recommendations.
Central scheme grants an interest subsidy of 3% on working capital advanced to eligible new and substantially expanded industrial units in the North-Eastern Region for up to ten years. Eligibility covers specified service activities, biotechnology and power plants up to 10 MW, subject to exclusions in Annexure-I. NEDFi is the designated disbursing agency acting on State Level Committee recommendations; units must register with the State Industry Department before taking effective steps, comply with working capital norms (minimum 25% of turnover), submit utilization certificates and annual progress reports, and are subject to recovery and relocation restrictions.

Capital investment subsidy for North East industrial projects with eligibility, disbursement and compliance mechanisms clarified.
The Scheme provides a Capital Investment Subsidy for eligible new units and substantial expansions in the North Eastern Region, covering certain service activities, biotechnology and power projects. Eligibility requires pre registration and defined 'effective steps'; subsidy is calculated on plant and machinery with specified inclusions and exclusions. NEDFi is the designated disbursing agency acting on State Level Committee, Empowered Committee or Union Cabinet recommendations; higher subsidy proposals follow specified approval routes. Disbursement rules, security arrangements with financiers, utilisation certificates, annual reporting and recovery for misrepresentation or cessation of production are mandated, with oversight by a High Level Monitoring Committee.

Electronic filing of income tax returns via authorised intermediaries establishes provisional filing date upon timely submission of verification form.
The scheme enables eligible persons to furnish returns electronically via authorised e-Return Intermediaries who digitise and transmit validated return data to a designated server; issuance of a provisional Form ITR-V by the system establishes the filing date if the verified Form ITR-V reaches the Assessing Officer within fifteen days. Qualifications, appointment, security, archival, confidentiality and retention obligations for intermediaries are prescribed, and the e-Return Administrator is tasked with specifying technical procedures, standards and administering compliance.

Customs House Agents Licence application form updated to mandate identity, qualifications, prior history, and compliance affirmation.
Amendment substitutes a revised Form-A for the Customs House Agents Licensing Regulations, 2004, prescribing mandatory applicant disclosures: name and address of applicant and partners/directors, identities of persons to act as agents, clerks to be appointed, educational qualifications with computer literacy proof, language and customs law proficiency, prior licence application or cancellation history, criminal or penal proceedings under customs or other laws, list of documents furnished, and an affirmation to abide by the Regulations, with signature required.

Special Economic Zone designation for IT/ITES enables development, operation and maintenance under SEZ Act authority.
Notification designates specified land parcels at village Lasudia Parmar, Tehsil Sanwer, District Indore as a Special Economic Zone for information technology and information technology enabled services, issued under the Act and implementing rules after grant of a letter of approval to the developer and following an approved change of the developer's name; the instrument lists survey numbers with their extents and declares the aggregate notified area.

Approval Committee constituted for IT Special Economic Zone under Section 13 of the SEZ Act, defining membership and representation.
Approval Committee is constituted for the Information Technology Special Economic Zone developed by M/s. Quarkcity India Private Limited under Section 13 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005, specifying the Development Commissioner, Noida SEZ as Chairperson, designated central and state officials as ex officio members, the developer as special invitee, and a substitution rule that an officer not below Joint Development Commissioner will represent the Chairperson in his absence.

Import restrictions on marble now tied to specified policy circulars; large dolomite and limestone shipments restricted.
The notification amends Chapter 25 import controls by revising the Import Licensing Note on marble-making marble import subject to compliance with specified policy circulars-and by inserting a new Import Licensing Note that restricts import of dolomite and limestone when consignments exceed a prescribed physical size under any Exim Code of the chapter.

Customs exemption for specified industrial inputs requires departmental approval and a use undertaking, or duty differential applies.
Notification No.90/2007-Customs exempts specified imported goods used in industrial production from additional customs duty subject to conditions: importer approval under the Department of Information Technology scheme; a Deputy Secretary certificate at import confirming description, quantity and technical specifications for manufacture of listed advanced technology products; and an undertaking to Customs to use the goods for that purpose and to pay, on demand, the differential duty if not so used. The notification contained an expiry after 31 March 2010 and was rescinded by a subsequent 2022 notification.

Exchange rate determination for export goods sets specified currency conversion rates to apply from the announced effective date.
Determines the rate of exchange to be used for conversion between specified foreign currencies and Indian rupees for export goods, superseding the earlier notification and requiring application of the rupee equivalents listed in Schedule I (per one unit) and Schedule II (per 100 units) as the operative rates from the stated effective date.

Exchange rate determination for imports prescribes fixed foreign currency to rupee conversion rates effective from the notified date.
Determines the rate of exchange for specified foreign currencies for purposes relating to imported goods under section 14(3)(a)(i) of the Customs Act, 1962, superseding the earlier notification and prescribing that the rate of conversion of each foreign currency into Indian currency or vice versa shall be the rate stated in the appended Schedules, effective from the date specified in the notification.

Special Economic Zone notification designating land for biotechnology sector following statutory approval under the SEZ Act and Rules.
The Central Government, satisfied that statutory prerequisites and related requirements were fulfilled and having granted a letter of approval to the proposed developer, notifies the specified land parcel in Medak District as a Special Economic Zone for biotechnology under the Act and the SEZ Rules to enable its development, operation and maintenance.

Special Economic Zone designation for Electronics Hardware notified, enabling development, operation and maintenance under SEZ law.
Notification designates specified land at Maheswaram Mandal, Ranga Reddy District as a Special Economic Zone for Electronics Hardware, following proposal by Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Limited and grant of Central Government approval for development, operation and maintenance; the designation is made under the powers conferred by the Special Economic Zones Act and the SEZ Rules and identifies the survey numbers and land extent comprising the SEZ.

Customs duty on sunflower oil revised by corrigendum, altering the applicable tariff rate under the notified entry.
Corrigendum to Notification No. 87/2007 Customs substitutes the previously stated customs duty rate for sunflower oil (tariff item) with a revised rate in the notification dated 23rd July 2007 (G.S.R.499(E)), effecting an official amendment to the tariff schedule entry.

Export description amendment broadens permitted iron ore pellets manufactured by Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited for export under STE policy.
The ITC(HS) Schedule 2 entry for Tariff Item 26011210 (Sl. No.78, Chapter 26) is amended to remove the qualification "out of concentrates produced by it," so that the description now covers iron ore pellets manufactured by Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited without a feedstock-origin restriction; the export policy remains STE and the nature of restriction still references Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd, Bangalore.

Anti-dumping duty on hexamine continued to address dumping and protect domestic industry from injurious imports.
Imposition of anti-dumping duty on hexamine following a review finding that exports from Russia and Saudi Arabia were dumped and caused material injury; the Central Government prescribes specific per-metric-ton duties differentiated by combinations of country of origin and country of export under tariff item 2921 29 10. The notification makes duties payable in Indian currency, effective from publication for a prescribed five-year period unless earlier altered, and provides that the rate of exchange for calculation shall be as specified in government notifications with the relevant date being the bill of entry presentation.

Special Economic Zone amendment updates designated land parcel identifiers for an IT-enabled services SEZ, correcting notified survey entries.
Amendment issued under SEZ statutory powers and rules substitutes survey numbers in the table of the prior notification for the ITES Special Economic Zone notified for M/s. Electronics Technology Park at Thiruvananthapuram, replacing the survey number entry at serial number 12 and the survey number entry at serial number 121 to effect an administrative correction to the notified land parcel identifiers.