Anti-dumping duty on CD-R imports imposed with country-specific per-piece rates and payable in domestic currency.
Imposition of anti-dumping duty on Compact Discs-Recordable (CD-Rs) from specified subject countries after findings of dumped imports, substantial dumping margins and material injury; Central Government prescribes country-of-origin and country-of-export specific per-piece duty rates in US dollars for CD-Rs meeting the specification "write once read many times"; duty levied from the provisional duty date and payable in Indian currency; "landed value" defined as assessable value under the Customs Act excluding certain tariff duties.

Corrigendum corrects notified monetary amount in SEBI notification, replacing the originally published figure with a revised figure.
SEBI issued a corrigendum to Notification No. S.O. 1454(E) (7 September 2006) directing that the monetary figure printed at page 83, line 13 of the Gazette notification be read as the revised figure, thereby making a formal textual correction to the published notification.

Appointment of Customs ports: specific locations designated for unloading imported goods and loading export goods under Customs Act.
The Central Board substitutes entries in the principal notification to designate specified locations in the State as appointed places for customs operations under section 7(1)(a) of the Customs Act, 1962, expressly authorizing those locations for the unloading of imported goods and the loading of export goods (or any class of such goods).

Special Economic Zone expansion: additional land notified for IT/ITES SEZ under SEZ Act approval and rules.
Acting under section 4(1) of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 read with rule 8 of the Special Economic Zone Rules, 2006, the Central Government notifies an additional area of 11.70 hectares at Survey No. 169, Aarrey Milk Colony, Goregaon (East), Mumbai, to be included in the existing sector specific SEZ for information technology and information technology enabled services developed and to be operated by M/s. Royal Palms India Private Limited, following grant of a letter of approval under section 3(10).

Customs corrigendum: substitution of country reference updates tariff notification's jurisdictional designation.
Correction to Notification No.59/2007-Customs dated 30 April 2007 substitutes the country reference "Hong Kong" with "People's Republic of China" at specified locations (page 2: lines 36, 42, 50; page 3: line 7), issued as a corrigenda dated 27 June 2007 for incorporation into the Gazette entry.

Exceptions to cheque requirement allow non-cheque large payments to specified institutions, rural payees, and specific transaction types.
The substituted Rule 6DD enumerates specific circumstances in which payments exceeding twenty thousand rupees may be made otherwise than by account payee cheque or draft without attracting disallowance under the Income-tax Act: payments to specified banks, LIC, and the Government when legal tender is required; use of prescribed banking and electronic instruments; adjustments against liabilities; purchases from cultivators, primary producers, and cottage industries; payments in unbanked localities; certain employee terminal and salary payments; closed-bank days; agent cash payments; and authorised dealer or money changer foreign-currency purchases.

Amendment to Customs notification: substitution of inland container depot location, updating notified site for loading and unloading of goods.
The customs notification is amended by substituting the previously notified place name for the listed serial entry with a newly specified village and taluka in the same district, thereby changing the officially designated inland container depot location for loading and unloading of goods under the principal notification.

Exchange rate determination for exported goods sets rupee conversion rates for specified foreign currencies, effective from the stated date.
Exchange rate determination for exported goods prescribes rupee conversion rates for listed foreign currencies, superseding the prior notification and setting operative conversion figures in two schedules: Schedule I provides per unit rupee equivalents for specified convertible currencies, and Schedule II provides the rupee equivalent for one hundred units of Japanese yen, to be applied for export goods valuation from the stated effective date.

Exchange rate determination for imported goods sets prescribed conversion rates for customs valuation effective from the stated date.
The Central Board of Excise & Customs determines the rate of exchange for specified foreign currencies for customs valuation of imported goods, superseding the prior notification and prescribing conversion rates in two appended schedules; the determination applies from the stated effective date and covers conversion of each listed foreign currency into Indian rupees and vice versa.

Special Economic Zone designation for IT and ITES area under SEZ Act enables development and operation per statutory approvals.
The Central Government, exercising the power under sub section (1) of section 4 of the Special Economic Zones Act and rule 8 of the SEZ Rules, hereby notifies a total area of 123.61 hectares at Pajeeru and Kairangala Villages, Dakshina Kannada District, Karnataka, as a Special Economic Zone for Information Technology and Information Technology Enabled Services, with the parcel level survey numbers and areas listed to delineate the notified land.

Special Economic Zone notification declares an IT and ITES zone at Village Chharodi under the SEZ framework.
Notification declares a sector specific Special Economic Zone for Information Technology and Information Technology Enabled Services at Village Chharodi, Taluka Dascroi, District Ahmedabad, Gujarat, under the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 and the Special Economic Zones Rules, 2006. The Central Government acted after satisfying the statutory requirements and granting the letter of approval for development, operation and maintenance of the zone. The notified area consists of the survey numbers listed in the schedule and totals 10.5623 hectares.

Special Economic Zone notification establishes biotechnology SEZ at Electronics City Phase III under SEZ Act approval.
Notification designates a sector-specific Special Economic Zone for biotechnology at Electronics City Phase III, Bangalore, based on a proposal by M/s. Karnataka Bio-technology and Information Technology Services and a letter of approval under the Special Economic Zones Act. The notification lists specific survey numbers in Hobli Begur, Village Doddatoguru, Taluk Bangalore South, Karnataka, with parcel-level extents totaling 37.49 hectares and records that the SEZ designation was subsequently rescinded by a later notification.

Export authorization permits wheat shipments to Myanmar under EFC DGFT specific authorization during the policy year.
The amendment adds Para 2A to Notification No.44(RE-2006)/2004-2009 permitting export of a specified quantity of wheat to Myanmar during the policy year 2007-2008, subject to specific authorization by the Export Facilitation Committee of the Director General of Foreign Trade, taking effect immediately.

Investor Protection Fund designation recognises the Delhi Stock Exchange Customer's Protection Fund as qualifying under tax law.
The Central Government designates the Delhi Stock Exchange Customer's Protection Fund as an Investor Protection Fund established by The Delhi Stock Exchange Association Limited, a recognised stock exchange, thereby specifying that the Fund qualifies for the purposes of the tax provision addressing investor protection funds through the governmental notification.

Tax exemption notification: charitable fund qualifies subject to conditions on application of income and investment.
Notification under section 10(23) recognizes Mayor's Sports Benefit Fund, Kolkata as eligible for exemption subject to conditions: apply or accumulate income wholly and exclusively to its objects; restrict investments to modes in section 11(5) (excluding certain voluntary contributions retained as jewellery or furniture); exclude business income unless incidental and accounted separately; file returns regularly; and, on dissolution, transfer surplus and assets to a charitable organisation with similar objectives.

Tax exemption under section 10(23) granted to Karnataka State Bridge Association subject to investment, business and dissolution conditions.
Notification under section 10(23) notifies The Karnataka State Bridge Association, Bangalore as exempt for assessment years 1997-98 to 1999-2000, conditional on applying or accumulating income wholly and exclusively for its objects, restricting investments to forms specified in section 11(5) (with limited exceptions), limiting exemption for business income to incidental activities with separate accounts, regular filing of income-tax returns, and transfer of surplus assets on dissolution to a charitable organisation with similar objectives.

Anti-dumping duty on acetone: imports from specified countries now subject to producer and country specific duties per metric ton.
Imposition of anti-dumping duty on acetone (tariff item 2914 11 00) after finding exports from specified countries were dumped below normal value causing material injury; provisional duties are prescribed by country of origin/export, producer and exporter with per metric ton rates in US dollars, effective until 18 December 2007 and payable in Indian currency, with conversion at the Government notified exchange rate based on the bill of entry date.

Special Economic Zone notification designates WIPRO plots for IT/ITeS after in principle and formal approvals, enabling development and operation.
The Central Government, exercising powers under section 4(1) of the Special Economic Zones Act and rule 8 of the SEZ Rules, 2006, notifies 20.23 hectares at plots Nos. 2, 3 and 4, Knowledge Park IV, Greater Noida, as a sector specific Special Economic Zone for Information Technology and Information Technology Enabled Services, following in principle approval by the Board of Approval and formal approval under section 3(10) after satisfaction of section 3(8) requirements.

Research institution approval requires audited accounts and certified use of donations for scientific research to retain tax benefit.
Lilavati Kiritilal Mehta Medical Trust Research Centre, Mumbai is approved under Section 35(1) read with Rules 5C and 5E from 1-4-2003 as an 'other Institution' partly engaged in research, subject to conditions: use of sums for scientific research; research conducted by faculty or enrolled students; maintenance of books of account and annual audit by a qualified accountant with the audit report furnished by the income-tax return due date; and a separately certified statement of donations received and amounts applied for research to accompany the audit report.

Diplomatic service exemption corrected-notification numbering amended to reflect exemption provision in Gazette publication officially for clarity.
Corrigendum directs that in Notification No. 33/2007-Service Tax (G.S.R. 386(E)), dated 23rd May, 2007, on page two, line thirty eight, the notation "(i)" be replaced with "(ii)" to correct the internal numbering of the provision concerning exemptions for services provided to diplomatic missions and consular posts.