Assignment of Show Cause Notices: designated Commissioner of Customs (Export) Mumbai to adjudicate specified notices under Customs Act.
Under statutory authority, the Board assigns the listed show cause notices-identified by reference, issuing authority, and noticees-to the Commissioner of Customs (Export), New Custom House, Mumbai, Zone I for adjudication, with copies forwarded to relevant port commissioners and the departmental webdesk.

Resignation acceptance: technical resignation of an IRS officer accepted, with administrative clearance and dues to be settled before relieving.
Acceptance of technical resignation of an Indian Revenue Service officer is notified as administratively effective from the stated date, with instructions that the Chief Commissioner ensure any pending dues are cleared before the officer is relieved and that copies of the notification be circulated to relevant departmental and accounting authorities for compliance and records.

Assignment of adjudication: a departmental show cause notice is allocated to the designated customs adjudicating authority for formal proceedings.
The Board assigns a specified Show Cause Notice concerning M/s Dugar Overseas Pvt. Ltd. and others to the Commissioner of Customs (Import), Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House, Nhava Sheva, as the Common Adjudicating Authority for adjudication, and circulates copies to the originating investigative unit and other relevant customs formations for administrative follow-up.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointment assigns a show cause notice for adjudication under customs procedural powers.
Under the statutory notification empowering adjudicatory assignments, the Board assigns a show cause notice issued by a central investigative unit against an importer to the Commissioner responsible for import adjudication at the port, directing that Commissioner to undertake adjudication of the matters in the notice and circulating copies of the assignment to the investigative unit, relevant customs formations, and the Board's web service for information.

Common Adjudicating Authority assignment directs adjudication of a show cause notice under customs notification to import commissioner.
The Board assigns Show Cause Notice F.No. DRI/MZU/NS/INV-04/12-13 dated 23.10.2013 issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Mumbai Zonal Unit, in the matter of M/s J.J. Enterprises and others, to the Commissioner of Customs (Import), Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House, Mumbai for adjudication under Notification No.15/2002 Customs (N.T.) issued under sub section (1) of section 4 of the Customs Act, 1962.

Common Adjudicating Authority assignment directs adjudication of a show cause notice by the designated customs adjudicator.
Assignment under the Customs notification transfers a Show Cause Notice and corrigendum concerning M/s Mcfills Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. to the Commissioner of Customs, Ahmedabad for adjudication, effectuating delegation of adjudicatory responsibility from the issuing investigative unit to the designated customs adjudicator and notifying relevant customs formations and electronic recordkeeping.

Assignment of Show Cause Notice to Commissioner of Customs for adjudication under the Customs Act.
In exercise of powers under section 4(1) of the Customs Act read with Notification No.15/2002-Customs (N.T.), a show cause notice issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence is assigned to the Commissioner of Customs, Ahmedabad as the Common Adjudicating Authority/proper officer to undertake adjudication, with the order circulated to relevant customs formations to effect jurisdictional allocation and enable the statutory adjudicatory process.

Assignment of Show Cause Notice: alleged misuse of export incentive schemes referred for adjudication to the customs export commissioner.
The Board assigns a Show Cause Notice alleging misuse of export incentive schemes in fabric exports, issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, to the Commissioner of Customs (Export), Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House, Nhava Sheva, as the Common Adjudicating Authority for adjudication under Notification No.15/2002-Customs and section 4 of the Customs Act, with copies circulated to relevant Customs commissioners and units for information and action.

PAN application forms substituted to require expanded identity, address, KYC and representative details for Indian and foreign applicants.
The Income-tax (5th Amendment) Rules, 2014 substitute Forms 49A and 49AA for PAN allotment: Form 49A applies to Indian citizens and domestic entities, Form 49AA to non-citizens and foreign entities. Both require full expanded names, parental particulars for individuals, date of birth or incorporation, applicant status, registration numbers, Aadhaar where applicable, specified photograph and signature/thumb impression, certified proofs of identity and address, source of income, representative/agent details, and a declaratory signature verifying accuracy.

Provisional anti-dumping duty on phenol imports from specified foreign origins imposed to counter dumping and protect domestic industry.
Provisional anti-dumping duty is imposed on phenol imports following preliminary findings of dumping, material injury and causation, with specified duty rates tied to producer-exporter-origin combinations set out in the notification table in US dollars per metric ton. The duty applies for up to six months from publication, is payable in Indian currency, and uses the government-notified exchange rate with the bill of entry presentation date as the relevant exchange date.

Anti-dumping duty on persulphates imposed to counter dumped imports from USA and Taiwan and address resulting injury.
Imposes definitive anti-dumping duty on peroxosulphates (persulphates) following findings that exports from the United States of America and Taiwan were dumped and caused material injury; specific per metric tonne duty rates in US Dollar terms are prescribed in the Table, duties apply to goods originating in or exported from the subject countries including via third countries, are effective for five years from publication unless earlier changed, payable in Indian currency, and calculated using the exchange rate notified under the Customs Act; legal authority is section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act read with the cited anti dumping rules.

Anti-dumping duty extension on nylon tyre cord fabric maintained for an additional statutory year under the Customs Tariff Act.
The Central Government amends Notification No. 41/2009-Customs to insert paragraph 3, extending the validity of the anti-dumping duty on Nylon Tyre Cord Fabric from the People's Republic of China, keeping the notification in force up to and inclusive of 28 April 2015 unless revoked earlier, pursuant to the statutory continuation-review powers and rule 23 of the anti-dumping rules.

Fixation of tariff values updated for specified imports, prescribing new unit valuation benchmarks under customs notification amendment.
Amendment revises the central customs notification by substituting TABLE 1, TABLE 2 and TABLE 3 with new tariff value tables that fix unit tariff values in US dollars for specified imported goods (agricultural oils and commodities, metal scrap, seeds, precious metals where certain entry benefits are availed, and areca nuts), specifying units of measure and tariff headings to be applied for customs valuation and assessment.

Customs exchange rates updated for foreign currencies, setting import and export conversion rates effective mid-May 2014.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs determines the rate of exchange for specified foreign currencies into Indian rupees and vice versa for the purpose of assessing imported and export goods, effective 16th May, 2014, superseding the earlier notification of 1st May, 2014. Two schedules annexed set separate conversion rates: Schedule I for per unit currency rates with distinct import and export columns, and Schedule II for rates per one hundred units with separate import and export columns.

Appointment of Value Added Tax Inspectors to assist the Commissioner under the Delhi VAT statutory framework.
Appointment of officers as Value Added Tax Inspectors under clause (a) of sub section (2) of section 66 of the Delhi Value Added Tax Act read with rule 47 of the Delhi Value Added Tax Rules, effective from each appointee's date of assumption of charge, to assist the Commissioner in administration of the Act.

Temporary admission carnet use as Customs document allowed, enabling duty free temporary imports subject to guarantee and re export rules.
The notification establishes regulations implementing the FICCI/TAITRA Carnet Agreement, making the Carnet an accepted Customs document and security for duty free temporary admission of exhibition and similar goods, prescribing specific Carnet forms and use rules. It defines issuer and guarantor roles for FICCI and TAITRA, limits Carnet validity to one year, fixes re export deadlines to within Carnet validity, and sets out Guaranteeing Associations' joint and several liability with procedures and time limits for claims, proof of re exportation, provisional payments, refunds and regularisation.

Extension of anti-dumping duty on cold-rolled stainless steel imports maintained for a further one-year period pending review.
The Government amended Notification No.14/2010-Customs by inserting Paragraph 3, providing that the notification shall remain in force up to and inclusive of 21st April, 2015 unless revoked earlier, thereby extending the operation of the existing anti-dumping duty on Cold Rolled Flat Products of Stainless Steel pending statutory review.

FICCI/TAITRA Carnet: duty free temporary importation allowed for qualifying events subject to carnet, guarantee, and re export rules.
The Notification exempts Schedule I goods imported for display or use at Schedule II events from customs duty and integrated tax/GST compensation cess when imported under a FICCI/TAITRA Carnet issued per the India-Taipei Agreement and guaranteed by FICCI; goods must match the Carnet's certified description and be re exported within six months (extendable by up to six months); FICCI is liable for duties if goods are not exported, subject to lawful domestic sale exceptions; goods by post are excluded and the notification is effective on Gazette publication.

Pension regulation amendment reduces qualifying period under regulation 50 to one year and takes effect on publication.
Amendment substitutes "two years" with "one year" in regulation 50, in both sub regulation (1) and sub regulation (6), thereby reducing the temporal threshold established by those clauses; the regulation is made by the Bank's Board after consultation and prior sanction and takes effect on publication in the Official Gazette.

Anti-dumping duty scope narrowed: micro glass fibre excluded and product definition revised to list specific exclusions.
Amendment substitutes the Explanation to the notification defining "Glass Fibre" to include glass roving, assembled and direct rovings, chopped strands and chopped strand mats, and expressly excludes glass wool and related wool insulation, glass yarn, glass woven fabrics, glass fibre fabric, woven rovings and chopped strands for thermoplastic applications, surface mat/veil/tissue, and micro glass fibre with fibre diameter in the range of 0.3 to 2.5 microns from the scope of the anti-dumping duty.