Appointment of Assistant Commissioner-cum-VATO strengthens administrative support under the Delhi Value Added Tax Act for VAT administration.
Pursuant to powers under the Delhi Value Added Tax Act and the Delhi VAT Rules, the Lieutenant Governor has formally appointed three officers as Assistant Commissioner cum VATO to assist the Commissioner of Value Added Tax; the notification lists each appointee by name and records that the appointments take effect from the respective dates of assumption of charge, issued by the Finance (Revenue I) Department.

Recruitment composition revised to add contract recruits and external experts in selection panels.
Amendments add "/Contract Recruits" to the schedule heading, redefine recruitment modes as promotion, deputation and contract, prescribe that most posts be filled from internal candidates with remaining posts by deputation/contract and allow filling from other categories if unavailable, and modify selection body composition to include two external experts to be nominated by the Chairman; the regulations commence on publication in the Official Gazette.

Anti dumping duty calculation clarified: duty equals the difference between reference amount and landed value when landed value is lower.
Corrigendum revises the antidumping duty calculation to require duty equal to the difference between the column (8) amount and the landed value where the landed value is lower, and defines "landed value" as the assessable value determined under the Customs Act, 1962, including all customs duties except those levied under specified provisions of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975.

Limited Liability Partnerships must file overdue returns and specific affidavits and certifications when applying to strike off from register.
An LLP applying for striking off must file overdue Form 8 and Form 11 up to the end of the financial year when it ceased operations, and file Form 24 with: a CA certified statement of nil assets and liabilities made up to within 30 days; an affidavit by designated partners confirming non commencement or cessation date, absence of liabilities with indemnity, bank account closure or non existence (with bank certificates), and income tax filing status; income tax return acknowledgement if business was carried on; and initial LLP agreement copies if applicable.

Extension of compliance timelines for provisional mega power projects increases periods for certificate submission and security validity.
Amendment increases timeframes in the Annexure to Notification No.12/2012-Central Excise by substituting longer specified periods in clause (b) of the relevant condition, extending validity of Fixed Deposit Receipt or Bank Guarantee used as security and lengthening the period within which the final Mega Power Project certificate must be furnished for provisional mega power projects.

Certificate of Origin: tightened issuance and verification rules govern origin documentation and preferential tariff entitlement.
The amendments establish that products meeting the Annex criteria and whose final manufacturing occurs in the exporting Party are originating. Certificates of origin must be original, in English, follow the prescribed format, cite the commercial invoice, and be supported by a sworn declaration from the final producer detailing identity, tariff classification, value and inputs and the manufacturing process; declarations may cover repeated shipments for up to one year. Issuing authorities are designated government offices responsible for issuance, delegation, recordkeeping and exchange of authorised signatory specimens. Detailed verification procedures, confidentiality protections, timelines, grounds for denial, consequences and recourse mechanisms are prescribed. The Annex sets product specific rules using change in classification tests and value content tests for specified HS items.

Authorisation of tax investigators: DGIT empowered to direct subordinate officers under Black Money Act across specified territories.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes authorises designated senior investigation officials to issue written orders conferring concurrent powers and to perform the functions of an Assessing Officer for Assistant Directors or Deputy Directors subordinate to them, in respect of cases or classes of cases under the Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015, within the territorial areas specified in the accompanying schedule; the notification is effective from its publication in the Official Gazette.

Anti-dumping duty on aluminium foil from China PR imposed to offset dumped imports and address domestic industry injury.
The Central Government imposes definitive anti-dumping duty on aluminium foil originating in or exported from China PR following the designated authority's finding of dumping and material injury; specific per-kilogram duty rates are prescribed for named producers and exporters and higher residual rates apply to other combinations, with defined product scope, listed exclusions, a limited period of operation and exchange-rate rules for calculation.

Anti-dumping duty on Polytetrafluoroethylene increased, substituting the tariff table to expand scope and revise the unit duty.
Substitutes the original anti-dumping duty Table for Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) to set a revised unit anti-dumping duty applicable to specified producer, exporter and origin/export combinations involving Russia; the Table identifies the tariff classification, scope as "Any" specification, and applies the revised duty on a per metric ton basis in US dollars to imports covered by the listed origin and export permutations.

Anti-dumping duty on Amoxicillin imports from China PR imposed, with differentiated rates by producer/exporter, for a fixed period.
Imposition of anti-dumping duty on Amoxicillin (Tariff Item 2941 10 30) from China PR based on findings of dumping, price suppression, price undercutting and material injury to the domestic industry; differentiated duty rates are specified per producer/exporter and for other combinations, certain product types are excluded, duty payable in Indian currency, effective for a specified period with currency conversion governed by the Government of India exchange rate notification applicable on bill of entry presentation.

Extension of timelines for mega power projects extends security validity and delays final certificate submission deadlines.
Amendment to Condition No.93 of Notification No.12/2012-Customs increases the prescribed terms by substituting the original shorter time references with longer ones, thereby extending the validity of securities in the form of Fixed Deposit Receipts or Bank Guarantees and extending the period within which provisional mega power projects must furnish the final mega power project certificate. The amendment adjusts only these temporal parameters without altering other eligibility criteria or the types of acceptable securities.

Tariff preferences under India-Chile PTA expanded, substituted schedule lists percentage concession rates across specified tariff items.
Notification No. 19/2017 Customs substitutes a revised Table into Notification No. 101/2007 Customs to implement an expanded schedule of tariff preferences under the India-Chile Preferential Trade Agreement. Exercising powers under section 25(1) of the Customs Act, the notification lists tariff headings and subheadings paired with specified concession percentages of the applied rate of duty and, in some entries, product descriptions or quota conditions that govern preferential treatment.

Export authorisation for fertiliser manufacturers updated allowing free export of their own production subject to FTP conditions.
The Central Government, invoking powers under the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 and relevant FTP provisions, immediately amends Note 1 of the Export Licensing Note to Chapter 31 (Fertilisers) of ITC(HS) Schedule 2. The notification substitutes Lists A, B and C to publish updated enumerations of SSP, DAP and NP/NPK manufacturers/units that may freely export their own manufactures, subject to the conditions contained in the Export Licensing Note.

Appointment under Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code confirms fixed-term tenure, age cap, and specified salary arrangements for a whole-time member.
The Central Government appoints Dr. Navrang Saini as a whole-time member of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India, effective from 31 March 2017, with salary equivalent to an Additional Secretary or a consolidated salary, for a fixed tenure of five years subject to an age cap of sixty-five years and until further orders.

Appointment of whole-time member under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code: statutory office created with specified salary and tenure conditions.
The Central Government appoints Dr. (Ms) Mukulita Vijayawargiya as a whole-time member of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India under section 189 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, effective from the date of assumption of charge, with remuneration as admissible to an Additional Secretary to the Government of India or a specified consolidated monthly salary, for a fixed period or until attainment of the prescribed age limit or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Appointment of whole-time member of insolvency board: new member assumes charge and serves until prescribed retirement age or further orders.
Central Government appoints Ms. Suman Saxena as a whole-time member of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India under section 189 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, with salary payable on the scale of an Additional Secretary or on a consolidated monthly amount; appointment is effective from the date of assumption of charge and continues until attainment of sixty-five years of age or until further orders.

Voluntary liquidation provisions commence retrospectively from the first of April 2017 under IBC authority as a procedural measure.
The Central Government, under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, appoints 1 April 2017 as the date on which the provisions of clause (a) to clause (d) of section 2 relating to voluntary liquidation and bankruptcy shall come into force, with an explanatory memorandum certifying the retrospective effect as procedural and not adversely affecting anyone.

Fixation of tariff values establishes customs valuation benchmarks for edible oils, metals, seeds and areca nut.
The Central Board of Excise & Customs amends Notification No. 36/2001 Customs (N.T.) under section 14(2) of the Customs Act, 1962 by substituting TABLE 1, TABLE 2 and TABLE 3 to fix US dollar tariff values for specified imported commodities, including various edible oils, brass scrap, poppy seeds, areca nut, and specified gold and silver items where notification benefits are availed, thereby establishing the operative customs valuation benchmarks.

Scientific Research Association approval for NIH under section 35 requires separate accounts, audited reports and donation statements.
NIH is approved as a Scientific Research Association under clause (ii) of sub-section (1) of section 35 from AY 2017-2018, subject to conditions: maintain separate books of account for sums received and used for scientific research; obtain audit by a qualified accountant and furnish the audit report to the competent tax officer by the return due date; maintain a separate certified statement of donations received and amounts applied for scientific research and attach it to the audit report. Approval may be withdrawn for specified defaults or noncompliance.

Deposit of confiscated currency permitted where court direction and recorded serial numbers match, at designated banks.
Rules permit the deposit or exchange of confiscated or court-produced specified bank notes at Reserve Bank offices or designated nationalised banks when the person or government produces the court's direction and the serial numbers recorded by the law enforcement agency match those mentioned in the court direction; forfeited notes and notes placed in custody by court order are similarly claimable, while notes confiscated or seized after the statutory cutoff are excluded.