Special Economic Zone designation for IT and ITES enabling development, operation and maintenance under SEZ Act provisions.
Notification designates a sector specific Special Economic Zone for information technology and information technology enabled services at Survey No. 255, Adibatla Village, Ibrahimpatnam Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, Andhra Pradesh, comprising 16.19 hectares, following grant of a letter of approval for development, operation and maintenance by the Central Government and issued under the enabling provisions of the Special Economic Zones Act and Rules.

Special Economic Zone deemed Inland Container Depot under Customs Act, aligning SEZ with customs infrastructure and procedures.
The notification appoints the gems and jewellery Special Economic Zone developed by M/s. Gitanjali Gems Limited at Village Chirvat and Sangurli, Taluka Panvel, District Raigad, Maharashtra as deemed to be an Inland Container Depot under the Customs Act, by exercise of powers under the Special Economic Zones legislative framework, thereby subjecting the SEZ to customs procedures and ICD classification.

Approval Committee for a Special Economic Zone constituted; membership and ex officio representation specified, including developer invitee.
Constitutes an Approval Committee for the gems and jewellery Special Economic Zone at Village Chirvat and Sangurli, Taluka Panvel, District Raigad, Maharashtra by M/s. Gitanjali Gems Limited, specifying the Development Commissioner SEEPZ SEZ as Chairperson and listing ex officio members from the Department of Commerce, DGFT, Customs (Airport), Income Tax jurisdiction, Ministry of Finance (Banking), two Joint Secretary rank nominees from the State Government, and the developer representative as special invitee; a Joint Development Commissioner may represent the Chairperson in absence.

Special Economic Zone designation for gems and jewellery notified in Maharashtra under SEZ Act with specified land parcels.
Notification under Section 4 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 and rule 8 of the SEZ Rules designates a sector specific SEZ for gems and jewellery at villages Chirvat and Sangurli, Taluka Panvel, District Raigad, Maharashtra, based on a proposal and prior approval granted to M/s. Gitanjali Gems Limited under Section 3; the notification lists the specific survey/hissa numbers of the parcels comprising the SEZ and states the aggregate area of the demarcated parcels.

Deeming of Special Economic Zone as Inland Container Depot triggers customs classification and regulatory treatment for the IT/ITES SEZ.
The Central Government, exercising powers under the SEZ Act, declares the sector specific Special Economic Zone for information technology and information technology enabled services proposed by M/s. DLF Limited at Sargasan Dhola Kuan Road, Gandhinagar District, Gujarat, to be deemed an Inland Container Depot under the Customs Act from the appointed date, thereby subjecting the specified SEZ site to customs classification and regulatory treatment applicable to inland container depots.

Approval Committee for sector specific SEZ constituted, setting committee composition and developer representation as special invitee, member roles defined.
Constitutes an Approval Committee for the sector specific Special Economic Zone for Information Technology and IT enabled services at Sargasan Dhola Kuan Road, Gandhinagar, proposed to be developed by M/s. DLF Limited. The committee's composition is prescribed: Development Commissioner (Chairperson, ex officio); a Department of Commerce officer (member, ex officio); Zonal Joint Director General of Foreign Trade; Commissioner of Customs or Central Excise (or nominee); Commissioner of Income Tax (or nominee); Director (Banking), Ministry of Finance; two Joint Secretary level nominees from the Government of Gujarat; and a special invitee representing the developer.

Special Economic Zone designation enables development, operation and maintenance of a sector specific IT/ITES zone following statutory approvals.
Notification designates a plot at Near DA-II CT, Sargasan Dhola Kuan Road, Gandhinagar District as a Special Economic Zone for information technology and IT enabled services, issued by the Central Government under the Special Economic Zones legislation and rules, confirming prior statutory approval for development, operation and maintenance and recording the transfer of that approval to the named corporate entity.

Approval under research-exemption grants conditional institution status subject to accounting, audit and donation-use compliance.
Approval recognizes Jai Research Foundation Society as an approved institution for research, conditional on using received sums for scientific research, conducting research through faculty or enrolled students, maintaining separate books of account for research funds, obtaining an audit by a qualified accountant, and furnishing the audit report and a certified statement of donations and their application by the income-tax return due date; approval is withdrawable for failures in accounting, audit filing, donation-statement filing, genuineness of research activity, or noncompliance with applicable statutory and regulatory conditions.

Subsidy exclusion from taxable sale price: state LPG subsidy reduces VAT base and is adjusted against companies' VAT liability.
The State subsidy for domestic LPG shall be deducted from the basic price and the reduced price shall be treated as the sale price for VAT; oil companies shall adjust the subsidy amount against VAT payable on domestic LPG sales, and any resulting difference will not be treated as tax deficiency because the subsidy will be credited to the Department by the Food & Supplies Department.

Regulation of debt securities: binding rules set issuance, listing and compliance obligations for market participants.
Regulation establishes a comprehensive framework for the issue and listing of debt securities, prescribing requirements for issuance, listing, and compliance by market participants, made under the regulator's statutory rulemaking power to govern procedures, obligations, and conditions for admission to trading.

Research exemption approval: organization authorized subject to utilization, accounting, audit and reporting conditions, compliance required.
Approval under section 35(1)(ii) has been granted to The Voluntary Health Services, Chennai as an other institution partly engaged in scientific research, subject to conditions requiring utilization of funds for research, research through faculty or students, maintenance of separate books of accounts for research receipts and expenditure, an accountant's audit with report furnished to the tax authorities by the return due date, and a separate auditor certified statement of donations and amounts applied for research; approval may be withdrawn for specified failures or non compliance.

Inland Container Depot designation: Kerala locations added for authorised unloading of imports and loading of exports.
Substitution of serial number 6A in the customs notification adds two Kerala locations-(i) Arror and (ii) village Nattakom, Distt. Kottayam-each authorised for unloading of imported goods and loading of export goods, thereby updating the schedule of recognised Inland Container Depots under the notification.

Appointment of Central Excise Officers: audit cadre posts are vested with central excise powers across the territory.
Appoints specified officers of the Directorate General of Audit, Customs and Central Excise as Central Excise Officers and vests them with the corresponding powers to be exercised throughout India under clause (b) of section 2 of the Central Excise Act and sub-rules (1) and (2) of rule 3 of the Central Excise Rules, 2002, with a rank-by-rank table equating audit posts to Central Excise offices and subsequent substitutions amending that table.

Exemption under section 35AC: Medical Relief Project re-specified with extended period and increased allowable project cost.
The Central Government re-specifies the 'Medical Relief Project at Ahmedabad' by Dardiono Rahat Fund as eligible under Section 35AC for three years beginning with financial year 2008-09, following the National Committee's recommendation that the project is being executed properly and may extend beyond twelve years. The notification also amends the prior notification to substitute the previously specified maximum project cost with an enhanced amount, thereby increasing the maximum cost allowable as a deduction under the relevant provision.

Exemption under section 35AC extended for a charitable construction project, but no retrospective donation certificates will be issued.
The Central Government re-notifies the Trust's "Construction of expansion and running of Gurukul or Gyan Mandir and Health Care Clinic" as an eligible project under section 35AC for a further three-year period beginning with financial year 2007-08, following the National Committee's recommendation, but stipulates that no certificate for donation exemption under section 35AC(1) will be issued in respect of funds collected during that already elapsed financial year.

Exemption under section 35AC: project approval extended with increased sanctioned cost and limited retroactive effect.
The Central Government extends recognition of the project 'Maintenance of S.J. Patel Sarvajanik Hospital at Paliad' as an eligible scheme for three years beginning with financial year 2007-08 but disallows issuance of section 35AC donation certificates for funds collected during 2007-08; it also increases the maximum allowable project cost in the original notification to Rs. 72.00 lakh pursuant to the National Committee's recommendation and powers under sub-section (1) read with clause (b) of the Explanation to section 35AC.

Tax exemption for an approved social welfare project extended; approval not valid for the already elapsed financial year.
The Research and Rehabilitation Centre for the Deaf, run by Delhi Association of the Deaf, is notified as an eligible project for a further three-year period beginning with financial year 2007-08, with approved cost unchanged, based on the National Committee's recommendation; however, no donation exemption certificate will be issued for funds collected in the already elapsed financial year 2007-08.

Exemption under section 35AC: project specification amended to increase the allowable project cost cap for a rural development project.
The Central Government re-specifies the named rural development project carried out by Anuvrat Gram Bharti Sansthan as an eligible scheme under section 35AC and, following a recommendation from the National Committee for Promotion of Social and Economic Welfare under rule 11M, amends the earlier notification table to substitute the previously stated maximum project cost with a higher maximum project cost for deduction purposes.

Exemption under section 35AC extended for mid-day meal project; project period prolonged and notified cost increased.
The Central Government notifies continuation of the mid-day meal project by Iskcon Food Relief Foundation for three more years beginning 2008-09 under exemption provisions of section 35AC, and amends the earlier notification to substitute the previously notified maximum project cost with a revised, higher project cost in the Table at serial number 17, column (4).

Exemption under section 35AC extended for National Centre for Adolescents project, enabling continued donor tax relief.
Notification re-notifies 'National Centre for Adolescents' by Urivi Vikram Charitable Trust as an eligible project under section 35AC for a further three-year period beginning 2008-09, with no change in the approved project cost, following the National Committee's recommendation under sub-rule (5) of rule 11M that the project is being executed properly.