Provisional anti dumping assessment clarified to identify producer, exporter and export channel for specified tile imports.
The Central Government amended its provisional assessment notification under rule 22 by substituting the referenced parties with language identifying M/s. Guangdong Monalisa Ceramic Co. Ltd. as Producer and M/s. Foshan Monalisa Industry Co. Ltd. as Exporter through M/s. Ava Corp., Hong Kong (Exporter), thereby clarifying which exporters' imports of vitrified and porcelain tiles are subject to provisional assessment pending completion of the new shipper review. This amendment does not change the prior findings of dumping or material injury.

Provisional assessment of anti-dumping duty on specified tiles pending new shipper review; importers may post security and face retrospective liability.
Provisional assessment was ordered for vitrified and porcelain tiles (excluding vitrified industrial tiles) produced by M/s. Foshan Chan Cheng Jinyi Ceramics Co. Ltd. and exported by M/s. Joyson Ceramic Material Company Limited through M/s. Able Ace (M) Sdn. Bhd., pending a new shipper review under rule 22. Customs may require security or guarantee for any deficiency, and importers will be liable to pay any anti-dumping duty recommended on review retrospectively from the date of review initiation.

Special Economic Zone notification for IT/ITES area issued following approval and statutory prerequisites met.
Notification declares a sector specific Special Economic Zone for information technology and information technology enabled services at village Sikohpur, tehsil Sohna, District Gurgaon, based on a proposal by M/s. Luxor Cyber City Private Limited and a previously granted letter of approval; it lists the schedule of survey numbers and land areas comprising the notified zone.

Special Economic Zone expansion: Central Government adds specified land parcels to Kandla SEZ under FT(D&R) Act and SEZ Rules.
Central Government notification under the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act and rule 8 of the Special Economic Zones Rules, 2006 adds specified survey parcels in Village Kidana, Gandhidham Sub-Registration District, Kutch Registration District, Gujarat to the notified area of the Kandla Special Economic Zone, following Board of Approval sanction and thereby legally expanding the SEZ's territorial extent.

Special Economic Zone designation for information technology at Gachibowli enabling development, operation and maintenance under SEZ rules.
Notification of a Special Economic Zone for information technology and information technology enabled services at Gachibowli village was issued under Section 4(1) of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 and rule 8 of the SEZ Rules, 2006, after the Central Government granted a letter of approval to M/s. DLF Commercial Developers Limited for development, operation and maintenance on 23 October 2006; the notification specifies the village survey numbers and area and records a later de notification in the Notes.

Special Economic Zone designation for IT/ITES at Hebbal Mysore follows central approval and formal land allocation notification.
Central Government designated land at Hebbal Industrial area, District Mysore as a Special Economic Zone for information technology and information technology enabled services following a proposal by M/s Infosys Technologies Limited and after grant of a letter of approval; the notification, issued under the SEZ Act and Rules, lists survey and plot numbers with parts and full parcels aggregating to a stated total area and notes a later de-notification reference.

Special Economic Zone notification designates Rajiv Gandhi Infotech Park area as IT and ITES SEZ under the SEZ Act
Special Economic Zone notification designates specified survey parcels at Rajiv Gandhi Infotech Park, Phase II, village Mann, Tal. Mulshi, District Pune, as a sector specific SEZ for information technology and information technology enabled services under powers conferred by section 4(1) of the SEZ Act and rule 8 of the SEZ Rules, with prior letter of approval recorded; the notification lists survey numbers totalling 31.49 hectares for development and operation of the SEZ.

Appointment of Tribunal Member: government notifies retired IRS officer as Securities Appellate Tribunal member with prescribed tenure.
Shri Arun Bhargava, IRS (IT) (Retired), is appointed as Member of the Securities Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai under the powers conferred by Section 15L read with Section 15N of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992, by a Ministry of Finance notification that prescribes service until the prescribed retirement age or until further orders.

Adjudicating authority appointed under Customs Act to hear show cause notices against company and its director.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, under section 4(1) and section 5(1) of the Customs Act, authorises the Commissioner of Customs (Imports), Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House, Nhava Sheva, to act as Commissioner of Customs (Export Promotion), New Customs House, Mumbai, solely for adjudicating show cause notices issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence in respect of M/s Mitashi Edutainment Pvt. Ltd. and its director.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointed to adjudicate show cause proceedings under the Customs Act for specified importer.
Under subsection (1) of section 4 and subsection (1) of section 5 of the Customs Act, 1962, the Central Board of Excise and Customs appoints the Commissioner of Customs, Inland Container Depot, Tughlakabad, New Delhi as the Common Adjudicating Authority empowered to exercise the powers and duties of the Commissioner of Customs, Air Cargo Complex, New Delhi for adjudicating matters arising from a show cause notice issued to M/s Vasavi Impex Pvt. Ltd. (now Sri Sai Sathvik Impex Pvt. Limited) by the Additional Director General, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Chennai.

Common adjudicating authority appointed to centralize adjudication of specified customs show cause notices under statutory powers.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs appoints the Commissioner of Customs (Imports), Jawahar Custom House, as common adjudicating authority to exercise the powers and discharge duties of two other Commissioners for adjudication of matters relating to a specified show cause notice issued by a revenue investigative unit concerning named parties, thereby centralizing adjudicatory responsibility for those proceedings under statutory Customs Act authority.

Common adjudicating authority appointed to exercise Customs Commissioner's powers to adjudicate show cause notices issued by revenue intelligence.
A common adjudicating authority is designated under sections 4(1) and 5(1) of the Customs Act to exercise the powers and duties of the Commissioner of Customs (Import), New Customs House, Ballard Estate, Mumbai, limited to adjudicating specified show cause notices issued against M/s Global Traders and others, effecting a temporary delegation of adjudicatory jurisdiction to the Commissioner of Customs (Import), Air Cargo Complex, Mumbai.

Appointment of Common Adjudicating Authority to consolidate adjudication of a specified show cause notice concerning M/s Fulchand and Sons.
Appoints the Commissioner of Customs, Custom House, Tuticorin as a Common Adjudicating Authority under sub section (1) of section 4 and sub section (1) of section 5 of the Customs Act, 1962, authorised to exercise the powers and duties of specified Commissioners and Deputy/Assistant Commissioners of Customs to adjudicate matters relating to the show cause notice issued to M/s Fulchand and Sons, Tirupur (F.No.INV/DGCEI/CBERU/7/2005, dated 20th June 2006).

Appointment of common adjudicating authority under Customs Act centralises adjudication of specified import related show cause matters.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs appoints the Commissioner of Customs (Imports), Chennai, under sections 4(1) and 5(1) of the Customs Act, 1962, as common adjudicating authority to adjudicate and investigate the specific import related show cause matters listed in the Table, centralising responsibility for inquiries originally handled by various Commissioners for the identified parties and file references.

Special Economic Zone notified at Nanakramguda establishing a sector-specific IT/ITES SEZ pursuant to SEZ Act approval.
Notification designates specified survey parcels at Nanakramguda Village as a Special Economic Zone for Information Technology and IT Enabled Services following grant of a letter of approval under section 3 of the SEZ Act; the Central Government, invoking section 4(1) of the Act and rule 8 of the SEZ Rules, 2006, formally notifies the listed survey numbers as the SEZ enabling development and operation by the approved developer.

Industrial park tax incentive eligibility approved, conditional on minimum units, infrastructure investment and ongoing compliance.
Notification designates M/s. Suma Shilp Limited's undertaking as an industrial park for the purposes of section 80-IA(4)(iii), subject to conditions: at least four industrial units must be present before tax benefits apply; 100% of allocable area is for industrial use; minimum infrastructure investment thresholds apply (50% of project cost, 60% where built-up industrial space is provided); no single unit may occupy over fifty percent of allocable industrial area; continued operation by the developer and separate statutory approvals are required; delayed commencement, misinformation, undisclosed material facts, unauthorized amendments, or non-compliance will invalidate approval.

Tax exemption under Section 10(23C)(v) shields income received for Nathdwara Temple Board, subject to specified compliance conditions.
Exemption applies to income received by any person on behalf of Nathdwara Temple Board, subject to conditions: exclusive application or limited accumulation of income, permitted modes of investment, business only if incidental with separate books, regular filing of returns, mandatory audit and prescribed audit report, and transfer of surplus on dissolution to a like organization; applies to receipts on behalf of the Institution from assessment year 2008-09 and is subject to rescission if activities are not genuine or conditions are not complied with.

Exchange rate determination for export valuation establishes specified currency conversion rates for customs under Customs Act provision.
The Central Board of Excise & Customs, exercising powers under section 14(3)(a)(i) of the Customs Act, specifies conversion rates of listed foreign currencies into Indian rupees for export valuation, effective 1st May, 2007, superseding the earlier March notification. Schedule I provides per-unit rupee equivalents for specified currencies and Schedule II provides the rupee equivalent for 100 units of Japanese Yen for use in customs export computations.

Exchange Rate Determination fixes statutory conversion rates for specified foreign currencies for import valuation and customs compliance.
The Central Board of Excise & Customs, under the Customs Act, 1962, prescribes statutory conversion rates for specified foreign currencies for purposes of import valuation and customs processes, effective from 1st May, 2007, and supersedes the earlier notification; two schedules list the applicable rupee equivalents for the listed currencies.

Refund of unutilised CENVAT credit: provisional and verified refund mechanisms require monthly statements and declarations by manufacturers.
Prescribes procedure for claiming refund of unutilised CENVAT credit: manufacturers must file a declaration with the jurisdictional Assistant or Deputy Commissioner detailing finished goods, manufacturing formula, input usage, tariff classification and duty paid; submit a monthly statement by the seventh day of the next month with input balances, values, duty, CENVAT credit taken and utilised, production and closing stock; after verification the jurisdictional officer may refund the unutilised balance and, if verification is delayed, must pay an 80% provisional refund by the thirtieth day of the month following the month under consideration.