Investor Education and Protection Fund amendment designates a new Chairman for fund administration under Companies Act.
The Central Government amends the earlier notification under the Companies Act by substituting the entry at serial number 1 to designate Dr. P.L. Sanjeev Reddy as Secretary, Chairman in the Department of Company Affairs for administration of the Investor Education and Protection Fund.

Customs exemption amendment adds specified tariff items to the exemption schedule under an earlier notification.
An administrative amendment inserts a new serial entry after the second item in the Table of the principal customs exemption notification, adding a specified list of tariff classifications to the exemption schedule. The Central Government exercises powers under the Customs Act and related Finance Bill provisions having the force of law, states the change is in the public interest, and cites the principal notification for reference.

Customs tariff amendment adds specific duty rates on listed commodity codes, increasing import duties under the Customs Act.
The Central Government, under the Customs Act, amends Notification No. 17/2000 Customs by inserting new tariff entries after S. No. 2 and after S. No. 3 in the Table of the principal notification, identifying specified tariff headings and prescribing the stated duty measures applicable to all goods under those headings.

Amendment to Central Excise notifications updates tariff rule references and clarifies column reference substitutions officially.
Amendment directs targeted modifications to specified Central Excise exemption notifications by substituting rule identifiers and realigning column references in tariff-related clauses, replacing an existing rule identifier with a new identifier and shifting column citations (e.g., column (2) to column (1), column (3) to column (2)) to correct internal references without changing the exemptions' substantive scope.

Customs tariff exemption amendment updates item classifications and duty rates, inserting new entries and omitting obsolete ones.
The Central Government, invoking delegated public-interest power, amends the notification table by inserting new tariff entries, substituting commodity codes and duty columns, omitting an obsolete serial entry, and replacing a serial block with multiple new entries each bearing distinct tariff codes and duty treatments, thereby restructuring exemptions and applicable duty rates under the existing notification.

Tax exemption for news agencies under section 10(22B) applies after government specification for certain assessment years.
Central Government, exercising power under clause (22B) of section 10 of the Income tax Act, 1961, specifies United News of India as a news agency set up in India solely for collection and distribution of news for the purposes of that clause for the specified assessment years; the notification further requires the assessee to regularly file its return of income before the income tax authority in accordance with the provisions of the Income tax Act, 1961.

Tax exemption approval under section 10(23G) preserves tax-exempt status for specified infrastructure undertakings subject to compliance.
Approval is granted to specified enterprise and industrial undertakings for tax exemption under section 10(23G), read with rule 2E, for assessment years 1999-2002, subject to compliance with those provisions. The Central Government may withdraw approval if an undertaking ceases to provide an infrastructure facility, fails to maintain books of account and obtain an audit as required, or fails to furnish the required audit report.

Tax exemption for news agencies: specification of United News of India with mandatory regular income tax return filing requirement.
The Central Government specifies "United News of India, New Delhi" as a news agency under clause (22B) of section 10 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 for the assessment years 2000-2001 to 2002-2003, thereby treating it within the exempt category for those years. The notification additionally requires that the assessee shall regularly file its return of income before the income-tax authority in accordance with the Act.

Tax exemption notification requires exclusive application of income, restricted investments, incidental-business rule, and regular tax filing.
Central Government notifies the National Centre for Trade Information under section 10(23C)(iv) for specified assessment years subject to conditions: income must be applied or accumulated wholly and exclusively for its objects; investments are restricted to forms/modes specified in section 11(5) (excluding certain voluntary contributions held as jewellery or furniture); business income qualifies only if incidental with separate books maintained; and the assessee must regularly file income-tax returns.

Special Import Licence permits restricted import of specified spices under amended ITC(HS) classifications, via public notice.
The notification amends ITC(HS) classifications to list cassia, cinnamon (bark and flowers), crushed or ground cinnamon, cloves (extracted, not extracted, stems) and tejpat as Restricted; import is permitted only against a Special Import Licence (SIL) or as provided in a Public Notice, pursuant to section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 and relevant Export-Import Policy provisions.

Allocation of appellate jurisdiction assigns specified wards and ranges to designated Commissioners of Income-tax (Appeals), transferring pending appeals accordingly.
Directs designated Commissioners of Income-tax (Appeals) to exercise appellate jurisdiction over persons assessed to income-tax, surtax, interest-tax, gift-tax and wealth-tax within specified Wards, Circles and Special Ranges under the statutory conferral of powers, and states that all appeals in respect of persons assessable in those Wards/Circles/Special Ranges previously pending with other Commissioners will be transferred to the specified Commissioners of Income-tax (Appeals) as allocated in the Schedule, effective from the notified date.

Long-term specified securities: specified equity shares eligible for tax-deferral benefits subject to reinvestment and seven-year clawback.
Specifies equity shares of M/s D.C. Power Ltd. as long-term specified securities, limited to allotments within one year of publication and subject to the notified aggregate issue cap; investment must be made out of net consideration from transfer of a long-term capital asset. If the allotted shares are transferred, converted into money, or otherwise disposed of within seven years of allotment, the initial investment is chargeable to tax under the head "Capital Gains" in accordance with the governing provision.

Specified long-term securities: investment in identified equity shares qualifies for section 54EA but subject to three-year retention rule.
Central Board of Direct Taxes designates equity shares of M/s D.C. Power Ltd. as long-term specified securities under section 54EA, applicable to shares issued within one year and subject to an aggregate issue limit. Investment must be made from the net consideration of a transfer of a long-term capital asset. If the assessee transfers or converts the allotted shares into money or otherwise disposes of them within three years from allotment, the initial investment shall be chargeable to tax as capital gains under the said section.

Raw hides export restrictions now require licence; fish hides permitted on open general licence under amended trade classification.
The ITC (HS) Classification is amended so that raw hides and skins (excluding lamb fur skin) are Restricted-export permitted only under licence-while fish hides and skins are Free and may be exported on Open General Licence; specified references to "Austria or" and "Finland or" are deleted and certain Appendix 1 serial entries are removed.

Export of military stores permitted without No Objection Certificate when items are specified by the Director General of Foreign Trade.
The ITC(HS) Classification is amended to designate item code 0011 and the corresponding Schedule 2 entry as "Military stores as specified by Director General of Foreign Trade," substituting prior sub-items with a detailed, enumerated list of permitted goods across categories (tents; uniforms and bedding; hand tools; cooking and heating equipment; fabricated metal and camp furniture; hospital equipment; brushes; packaging excluding ammunition boxes; engineering equipment; leather items; optical instruments; and miscellaneous camp, vehicular and protective items). Exports of these listed military stores are permitted without a No Objection Certificate from the Department of Defence Production and Supplies.

Export licensing for SCOMET items restricts transfers; licences, notifications, and end use certificates govern permitted exports.
The notification amends Schedule 2 of the ITC(HS) export policy to subject export of Special Chemicals, Organisms, Materials, Equipment and Technologies (SCOMET) and related items to a structured licensing regime, prohibitions, or conditional licence free export. Controls are organised by categories-nuclear items (licensed under the Atomic Energy Act), chemical weapons related chemicals tied to Chemical Weapons Convention schedules, ozone depleting substances limited to Montreal Protocol parties, biological agents, toxins, GMOs, special materials, aerospace/missile technologies, and high performance electronics-each requiring licences, notifications, end use certificates, or destination licences as specified.

Import registration requirement: cotton imports on OGL must have contracts registered with the Textile regulatory office before import.
Certain cotton items are permitted free import on the Open General Licence, subject to a compulsory pre-import contract registration requirement: all import contracts for cotton (carded, combed, or not carded/combed) to be imported up to 31-3-2001 must be registered with the designated textile regulatory office prior to import.

Rescission of central excise notification: prior miscellaneous exemption revoked and will cease to have effect from May.
The Central Government, exercising statutory authority under the Central Excise Act, has rescinded the earlier Gazette notification granting miscellaneous exemptions; the prior notification is withdrawn and will cease to have effect from the specified effective date as taken in the public interest.

Excise concession for job-work inputs: eligibility widened for inputs, excluding certain fuels, while specific textiles and matches are excluded.
The notification amends the earlier excise concession by omitting Explanation II and substituting the Table to specify that eligible inputs include all First Schedule goods except high speed diesel oil and motor spirit, and that the concession for final products applies to all First Schedule goods except matches and specified cotton or man-made fibre fabrics falling under identified chapters and headings.

Excise concession for captive consumption limits eligible inputs and excludes certain textile articles and fuels.
Amendment replaces the prior table and omits the Explanation, specifying that eligible inputs include all First Schedule goods except high speed diesel and motor spirit, while eligible final products exclude matches and specified cotton and man-made fibre fabrics and certain fabric subheadings.