Customs appointment: Principal and Assistant Commissioners designated to exercise jurisdiction over Vashi warehouses under statutory authority.
The Principal Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of Customs, Jawaharlal Nehru Port, and the Assistant Commissioner of Customs or Deputy Commissioner of Customs, Jawaharlal Nehru Port, are appointed to discharge the functions of their respective offices for all warehouses situated in Vashi within the warehousing station of Thana taluka, district of Thana, State of Maharashtra, under the authority of sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Customs Act, 1962.

Exchange rate notification: substituted customs conversion rates effective from the stated date under stamp and customs provisions.
Notification substitutes specified foreign currency conversion rates for three currencies in the Schedule to an earlier customs exchange-rate notification, promulgated under statutory provisions of the Stamp Act and the Customs Act, and declares the substituted rates effective from a stated effective date to govern customs and stamp-related conversions.

Classification error relief: excise duty not required to be paid where prevailing practice led to non-levy during the specified period.
Organic surface-active agents and surface-active preparations were wrongly classified under the tariff, and a generally prevalent practice resulted in non-levy of excise duty during a specified retrospective period; the Central Government directed that the excise duty which would otherwise have been payable on those goods for that period shall not be required to be paid where duty was not levied in accordance with that practice.

Customs amendment to notified list of specified machinery updates descriptions for rolling bearings manufacture and related inspection equipment.
Amendment under sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 substitutes multiple entries in the Table to Notification No. 26/88-Customs to specify machinery for manufacture of rolling bearings, including outer diameter centreless grinders, automatic cycle internal grinders, automatic superfinishing/micro-finishing/honing machines, flashing and grading machines for steel balls or rollers, bearing inspection equipment for surface defects, roundness/waviness measuring machines, testing rigs for bearings, and high speed parting machines for rollers, needle rollers or rings.

Customs exemption expanded to cover transport refrigeration units for low-temperature carriage of meat and seafood.
The Central Government, invoking Customs Act powers and acting in public interest by Notification No. 278/89 dated 1-12-1989, substituted S. No. 42 in Notification No. 125/86-Customs to exempt a transport refrigeration unit operating between -15 C and -20 C for carriage of meat, fish and other sea food, thereby amending the tariff notification's annexed Table to expand exemption coverage for specified food refrigeration equipment.

Notification under section 10(23C)(v): charitable institution officially recognized for tax-exempt status for specified assessment years.
Central Government notification under section 10(23C)(v) recognizes "Shri Datta Sansthan, Balakundri" as an eligible charitable institution for specified assessment years, applying the statutory conditions and benefits attendant to such recognition under the Income-tax Act.

Notification under section 10(23C)(v): charitable trust recognized for specified assessment years under the Income tax Act.
Notification under the Income-tax Act designates a charitable trust as eligible for exemption under section 10(23C)(v). The Central Government notifies Shri Jairambhai Dayabhai Chauhan (Bytco) Charitable Trust, Nasik and specifies the assessment years for recognition under that exemption provision.

Charitable institution notification: Annie Besant Trust recognised under section 10(23C)(iv) for tax exemption in the assessment year
Central Government notification under clause (23C)(iv) of section 10 recognises The Annie Besant Trust, Madras, as qualifying for the tax treatment provided by that provision for the specified assessment year, formalising its eligibility for exemption benefits under the cited sub-clause.

Tax exemption notification: cultural centre recognised under income tax charitable institution provision, qualifying for statutory exemption.
The Central Government, exercising powers under sub clause (iv) of clause (23C) of section 10 of the Income tax Act, hereby notifies South Zone Cultural Centre, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu as falling within that sub clause for the purposes of the Act, recording formal recognition by S.O. 1224 dated 30 11 1989 for the stated assessment year.

Section 10(23C)(iv) recognition: Phirojshah Godrej Foundation notified as qualifying institution for the assessment year.
The Central Government notifies Phirojshah Godrej Foundation, Bombay under sub-clause (iv) of clause (23C) of section 10 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 by Notification No. S.O.1223 dated 30-11-1989, recognising the Foundation for the purposes of that sub-clause for the assessment year 1989-90.

Notification under section 10(23C)(iv): Stock Exchange, Bombay recognised for specified assessment years, enabling tax exemption status.
The Central Government notifies The Stock Exchange, Bombay under the exemption provision in clause (23C)(iv) of section 10 of the Income-tax Act, specifying recognition for assessment years 1987-88 through 1989-90 and thereby designating the Exchange within the class of entities eligible for the statutory exemption mechanism for those years.

Tax notification under section 10(23C)(iv): tax-exempt recognition granted to Bihar School of Yoga for assessment year.
Notification records that the Central Government, exercising powers under the sub-clause of section 10(23C) of the Income-tax Act, has notified Bihar School of Yoga, Monghyr for the purposes of that sub-clause for the assessment year 1989-90 by Notification No. S.O.1221 dated 30-11-1989.

Tax exemption under section 10(23C)(iv) notified for Bombay Natural History Society for specified assessment years.
Notification No. S.O.1220 dated 30-11-1989 notifies Bombay Natural History Society, Bombay, under the Income-tax Act provision conferring tax-exempt status for the purpose of the relevant sub-clause, recognising the Society's eligibility for the assessment years 1988-89 and 1989-90 by exercise of the Central Government's powers.

Exchange rate notification sets official conversion rates for specified foreign currencies, affecting customs and stamp assessments.
Central Government amends a prior customs notification, under section 20(2) of the Indian Stamp Act and section 14(3)(a)(i) of the Customs Act, substituting schedule entries for serial numbers 5-7 to set the official conversion rates for Danish Kroners, Deutsche Marks and Dutch Guilders, and declaring the substituted rates operative from the stated effective date.

Extension of validity: customs exemption notifications amended to substitute 31st December as the new expiry date, extending their term.
The Central Government directs substitution in paragraph 2 of each listed notification, replacing the 30th day of November with the 31st day of December, thereby extending the expiry date in Notification No. 514/86-Cus and Notification No. 333/88-Cus without altering other provisions.

Tax exemption notification: educational institution recognised under section 10(23C)(v) for a specified assessment year.
Notification recognizes Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bombay as qualifying for tax exemption under section 10(23C)(v) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 for the specified assessment year, the Central Government exercising powers under that sub-clause to list the institution by name and record the notification reference for administrative and compliance purposes.

Notification under section 10(23C)(v): Malankara Syrian Kananaya Church notified for tax exemption status for specified assessment years.
Notification under section 10(23C)(v) designates The Malankara Syrian Kananaya Church, Chingavanam as an institution covered by that sub-clause for tax purposes, the Central Government exercising its statutory power to notify the institution by name and fixing the temporal scope of the notification.

Notification under section 10(23C)(v): Arpana Trust, Karnal granted tax-exempt recognition by Central Government for specified years.
The Central Government, invoking the authority of sub-clause (v) of clause (23C) of section 10, issued S.O.340 dated 27-11-1989 notifying Arpana Trust, Karnal as qualifying under section 10(23C)(v) for assessment years 1988-89 and 1989-90, thereby recognizing the trust for the purposes of that sub-clause for the specified years.

Notification under section 10(23C)(v) grants tax-exempt recognition to a religious congregation for an assessment year.
The Central Government notifies The Congregation of the Fransciscan Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Coimbatore, under Section 10(23C)(v) of the Income-tax Act to confer the statutory status required for tax-exempt treatment for the relevant assessment year.

Notification under section 10(23C)(v): charitable institution recognized for tax exemption for the specified assessment year.
The Central Government notifies coverage under section 10(23C)(v) for Sheth Goculdas Tejpal Charities, Bombay, recognizing the institution for the specified assessment year and recording the official notification number and file notation.