Exemption under section 35AC: specified charitable projects approved for deductible expenditure within notified maximum limits.
Notification under section 35AC designates approved institutions and specifies eligible projects or schemes with estimated costs, and prescribes the maximum amount of such cost that may be allowed as a deduction under section 35AC. The Table sets cumulative deduction limits for each project and allocates the periods of approval across specified financial years; amendments and substitutions to institution names and certain figures are recorded in accompanying notes.

Electronic filing and service: authenticated electronic transmissions permitted; filing, fee, representation and extension rules clarified.
The Designs (Amendment) Rules, 2008 amend the Designs Rules, 2001 to permit authenticated electronic transmission, prepaid post or courier, fax and hand delivery for filing and service; prescribe A4 single sided durable representations including computer graphics and photographic mounting rules; revise fee payment methods and non refund policy and require fees to accompany documents; clarify extensions and abandonment for non completion; empower the Controller to enlarge time and accept digital signatures; and substantially revise forms, fee schedules and the classification of goods (Third Schedule) and add a Fifth Schedule certificate format.

Constitution of Approval Committee for SEZ establishes membership and oversight for IT and ITES Special Economic Zone development.
Constitution by the Central Government of an Approval Committee to oversee the IT and ITES Special Economic Zone at Dhoran Khas, Dehradun developed by M/s State Infrastructure and Industrial Development Corporation of Uttarakhand Limited, specifying its purpose to perform approval and administrative functions and listing its composition including the Development Commissioner as Chairperson, designated central ex officio members, two state nominees, and a developer representative as Special Invitee.

Deeming of SEZ as Inland Container Depot confers customs depot status on IT/ITES zone developed by state infrastructure corporation
The Central Government, exercising powers under the Special Economic Zones Act, appoints the date from which the information technology and information technology enabled services Special Economic Zone developed by the State Infrastructure and Industrial Development Corporation shall be deemed to be an Inland Container Depot under the Customs Act, thereby subjecting the SEZ to the customs depot legal regime and associated procedures.

Special Economic Zone designation: establishes an IT and ITES SEZ at specified villages under SEZ Act powers.
Notification designates a Special Economic Zone for information technology and information technology enabled services to be developed and operated by M/s. State Infrastructure and Industrial Development Corporation of Uttarakhand Limited, recording that statutory prerequisites and prior approval under the SEZ legislative scheme were satisfied and specifying the survey numbers and land areas that comprise the notified sector-specific SEZ.

Deemed Inland Container Depot designation for SEZ under SEZ Act changes its Customs Act status from the appointed date.
The Central Government, under the Special Economic Zones Act, appointed a date on which the Special Economic Zone at 15, Shivaji Marg developed by M/s Shivaji marg Properties Limited in the information technology/information technology enabled services sector shall be deemed to be an Inland Container Depot for the purposes of the Customs Act, thereby changing the SEZ's regulatory status to that of an Inland Container Depot under customs law.

Approval Committee constituted for IT/ITES Special Economic Zone; prescribes ex officio members, developer invitee, and representation rule.
Constitutes an Approval Committee for the IT/ITES Special Economic Zone under the SEZ Act, chaired ex officio by the Development Commissioner and composed of specified ex officio members (departmental nominee, Zonal DGFT, Customs/Central Excise, Income Tax, Banking Director, two nominated Joint Secretary level officers) with the developer as special invitee; in the Development Commissioner's absence an officer not below the rank of Joint Development Commissioner shall represent him.

Special Economic Zone designation for information technology and IT-enabled services established at Shivaji Marg, National Capital Territory of Delhi.
The Central Government, pursuant to the Special Economic Zones Act and Rules, hereby notifies the area at 15, Shivaji Marg in the National Capital Territory of Delhi as a Special Economic Zone for information technology and IT-enabled services. The notification follows a prior letter of approval to the private developer and identifies the SEZ by listing the specific survey numbers and their areas, together comprising a total area of 10.021 hectares.

Tariff value fixation for specified oils and brass scrap adjusting customs valuation under Customs Act authority.
The Board amends Notification No.36/2001-Cus (N.T.) by substituting the tariff table to fix US dollar per metric tonne tariff values for specified imports including crude palm oil, RBD palm oil, palmolein variants, crude soyabean oil, brass scrap (all grades) and poppy seeds, with most oil entries retained at their existing values.

Rescission of exemption for low-grade iron ore fines removes prior customs duty relief, subject to past actions.
The Central Government, invoking powers under the Customs Act, rescinds the earlier notification granting an export tariff exemption for specified iron ore fines, withdrawing that exemption prospectively while preserving a savings clause for actions or omissions completed before rescission.

Export duty exemption on iron ores limits customs duty to a prescribed ad valorem rate on exports from India.
The Central Government exempts iron ores and concentrates, all sorts (except iron ore fines) under Heading No. 11 of the Second Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act from customs duty to the extent that such duty exceeds the amount calculated at a prescribed ad valorem rate on exports from India, and records subsequent substitutions excluding fines and amendments to the ad valorem rate and scope by later notifications.

Export duty on iron ores increased, mandating amendment to the Customs Tariff Act to raise export duty.
The Central Government invokes its statutory power to amend the Second Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, directing that the existing export duty entry for the tariff heading covering iron ores and concentrates be substituted with a new higher duty entry by formal notification, on the ground that an increase is necessary and immediate action is required.

Export duty on steel items revised; selected categories now subject to revised tariff entries under the Customs Act.
The Central Government, under section 25(1) of the Customs Act, 1962, amends Notification No. 66/2008-Customs by substituting the entries in column (4) of the principal notification's table for specified serial numbers; certain rows formerly recorded as nil are replaced with non-nil duty descriptors and other rows are replaced with nil as listed, thereby altering the export tariff entries for the affected steel items.

Concessional central excise rate increased for specified motor vehicles; additional per-unit levy for mid-capacity engines.
Amendment inserts a new tariff entry for specified Chapter 87 motor vehicles, prescribing a concessional excise rate for vehicles of engine capacity not exceeding 1500 cc and a concessional rate plus an additional per unit levy for vehicles with engine capacity exceeding 1500 cc but not exceeding 1999 cc; the change is effected by inserting a new serial entry into the principal concessional Central Excise notification.

Excise duty increase on specified motor vehicles raises tariff rates and adds a fixed per unit levy.
Notification amends the First Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act by substituting the column (4) entries for specified tariff items in Section XVII, Chapter 87 so that each listed motor vehicle tariff item is now subject to an increased excise charge comprising a percentage levy together with an additional fixed per unit levy, thereby raising the CENVAT incidence on those goods.

Anti-dumping duty continuation on potassium carbonate extended pending statutory review to maintain existing trade remedy measures.
Continuation of anti-dumping measures on potassium carbonate is extended by amendment to the principal notification, preserving the existing duty while the designated authority conducts a statutory review under the Customs Tariff Act and applicable anti-dumping rules; the amendment inserts a temporal provision keeping the notification in force until a specified date unless revoked earlier.

Anti-dumping duty on acetone imports from Korea ROK imposed; payable in Indian currency effective from publication.
Anti-dumping duty is imposed on Acetone under tariff item 2914 11 00 following findings that exports from Korea ROK were dumped and caused injury; the duty applies to specified origin/export combinations involving Korea ROK, is expressed per metric tonne in US dollars but payable in Indian currency, excludes imports originating in countries already subject to a prior anti-dumping notification, and is effective from publication with exchange rate determined as of bill of entry presentation.

Appointment of Common Adjudicating Authority to adjudicate show cause proceedings involving M/s Gold Star Industries under the Customs Act.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs appoints the Commissioner of Customs, Amritsar, as a Common Adjudicating Authority to exercise the powers and duties of specified Commissioners of Customs in Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata solely for adjudicating matters relating to the show cause notice issued to M/s Gold Star Industries and others by the Directorate General of Revenue Intelligence, Ludhiana Regional Unit.

Common adjudicating authority appointed to transfer adjudication of Shemaroo Entertainment show cause proceedings under Customs Act.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, invoking sub section (1) of section 4 and sub section (1) of section 5 of the Customs Act, appoints the Commissioner of Customs (Import), Air Cargo Complex, Sahar, Andheri (East), Mumbai as a common adjudicating authority to exercise the powers and duties of the Commissioner of Customs (Import), Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi solely for adjudicating the show cause proceedings issued to M/s Shemaroo Entertainment Private Limited and others by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Mumbai Zonal Unit.

Appointment of common adjudicating authority under Customs Act consolidates adjudication of specified show cause notices.
Pursuant to sections 4(1) and 5(1) of the Customs Act, 1962, the Central Board of Excise and Customs appoints the Commissioner of Customs (Export), Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House, Nhava Sheva, as the common adjudicating authority to exercise the powers and duties of the specified Mumbai and New Delhi Commissioners of Customs for adjudicating Show Cause Notices issued to M/s Classic City Investment Private Limited, Hotel Sun-n-Sand, Pune and others by the Additional Director General, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Mumbai Zonal Unit (F.No. DRI/MZU/E/32/2007/9683-9695).