Appointment of land customs station: Kakrawah designated for baggage and vehicle clearance and added to Nepal frontier crossings.
The notification amends the principal customs notification to appoint Kakrawah as a land customs station for clearance of baggage, passenger vehicles and tourist vehicles and inserts item (27) in the TABLE for the Nepal land frontier identifying "Kakrawah, Siddharthnagar District, Uttar Pradesh" with the road connecting Kakrawah and Karidah in Nepal as the relevant crossing route.

Tax exemption notification recognizes Maharashtra State Board of Technical Education's specified income subject to noncommercial and filing conditions.
Notification under Section 10(46) designates the Maharashtra State Board of Technical Education for specified-income treatment, listing covered income categories - fees, fines and penalties; printed educational material receipts; scrap or waste paper; receipts from other government bodies; interest on surplus funds; rent from let-out properties; royalty or license fees; dividend from a specified corporation; and capital gains from asset disposal. The notification conditions this recognition on non-engagement in commercial activity, unchanged nature of activities and income, and prescribed return filing, and applies retrospectively to the stated financial years.

Tax exemption under section 10(46) designates Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission for specified non-commercial income treatment
Notification under section 10(46) designates the Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission for specified income treatment comprising licence fees, grants-in-aid, and interest on investments; conditional on no commercial activity, unchanged activities and income nature, and prescribed income tax return filing; applicability is deemed for the 2014-2015 financial year and extends through 2018-2019.

Provisional anti-dumping duty on glazed/vitrified porcelain tiles imposed to counter dumped imports and protect domestic industry.
Imposition of provisional anti-dumping duty on glazed and unglazed porcelain/vitrified tiles with less than three percent water absorption originating in or exported from China PR and imported into India, following preliminary findings of dumping, injury to the domestic industry, and causation; duty prescribed per square meter on specified tariff headings and country-of-origin/export permutations, payable in Indian currency, levied for a provisional period not exceeding six months, with exchange rate for conversion determined by the notified Customs rate and relevant date as bill of entry presentation.

Anti-dumping duty on tyre curing presses from China imposed, applying to specified imports assessed on CIF value.
Imposition of a definitive anti-dumping duty on Tyre Curing Presses (excluding Six Day Light Curing Press for bicycle tyres) originating in or exported from the People's Republic of China, charged as a percentage of CIF value under tariff item 8477 51 00, applied to specified combinations of country of origin, export, producer and exporter, payable in Indian currency and effective for a five-year term subject to earlier modification.

Anti-dumping duty on 2 Ethyl Hexanol imports to counter dumped imports and address injury to domestic industry.
Imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on 2 Ethyl Hexanol (tariff item 2905 16 20) from specified countries following designated authority findings of dumped imports causing material injury; duties are specified by country/producer/exporter in US dollars per metric ton, payable in Indian currency with exchange rate determined by Government notification and relevant date as bill of entry presentation; investigation terminated for Saudi Arabia due to de minimis dumping margin; notification later rescinded.

Safeguard duty on hot-rolled steel coils imposed with phased ad valorem rates, subject to price and country exemptions.
Imposition of staged ad valorem safeguard duty on imports of hot-rolled flat products of steel in coils of nominal width 600 mm or more (heading 7208 / tariff item 7225 30 90) for a period of two years and six months from the provisional levy, with amounts reduced by any anti-dumping duty. The duty is subject to an exemption where imports are at or above specified import prices on CIF basis for listed tariff items, defined by reference to assessable value under section 14 of the Customs Act, and excludes certain product types and imports from notified developing countries other than specified exceptions.

Customs Duty extension: continuation of BCD rates on wheat and ghee/butteroil for interim periods.
Amends Notification No.12/2012 Customs by substituting later expiry dates in the proviso: clause (ac) is amended to extend the period for the Basic Customs Duty rate on imported wheat, and clause (k) is amended to extend the period for the Basic Customs Duty rate on imports of ghee, butter and butteroil; all other terms of the principal notification remain unchanged.

Recruitment rules govern Deputy Director (Official Language) appointments, specifying promotion first, deputation options, qualifications and consultation requirements.
These rules prescribe recruitment to the post of Deputy Director (Official Language), classifying it as a Group 'A' selection post in Pay Band 3 and providing that vacancies are to be filled primarily by promotion from Assistant Director (Official Language) with specified service and training requirements, failing which by deputation including short term contract with prescribed eligibility, qualifications and experience; notes govern service reckonment, deputation tenure and age limits, and a Departmental Promotion Committee and UPSC consultation are specified.

Recruitment rules for Assistant Director (Official Language) set selection, promotion and deputation procedures with qualifications and UPSC consultation.
The rules establish recruitment for Assistant Director (Official Language) as a Group A selection post with specified pay, sanctioned strength and age limits, preserve reservation and relaxations, and authorize the Central Government to relax provisions in consultation with the Union Public Service Commission. Vacancies are to be filled by a mix of promotion, deputation and direct recruitment with detailed eligibility, qualifying service, training and deputation conditions. Essential qualifications require a relevant Master's degree in Hindi and/or English and specified experience in translation, terminological work, teaching or research, with UPSC discretion to relax criteria; a one-year probation applies.

SEZ notification amendment substitutes the entry appointing a new director under powers of the SEZ Act.
The amendment substitutes the entry at Sl. No. 6 in notification S.O.570(E) dated 27th February, 2009 by replacing the listed appointee with Sh. Alok Mukherjee, Director, M/s. Syscom Corporation Ltd., effected under the statutory powers of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 and promulgated by notification S.O. 1137(E) dated 23rd March, 2016.

Central Registration Centre jurisdiction centralises processing of company incorporation forms and name approvals nationwide.
The notification centralises initial incorporation processing by empowering the Central Registration Centre to process specified incorporation e-forms and to exercise name-approval authority, while local Registrars retain jurisdiction over companies after incorporation for all other provisions of the Act and associated rules.

Certificate of Incorporation format updated: substituted incorporation form prescribes content, CIN entry and Registrar signature.
The amendment replaces Form INC-11 in the Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014 with a revised Certificate of Incorporation template requiring the incorporation date in words, the company name and address as per Registrar records, an explicit CIN field, and a certification and signature block for the Registrar of Companies at the Central Registration Centre; the rules commence on publication in the Gazette.

Investment in Stock Certificate expands permissible tax-exempt investments under Income-tax Rules to cover Sovereign Gold Bonds.
Amendment adds investment in Stock Certificate, as defined in the Sovereign Gold Bonds Scheme, 2015, to the list of permissible investments under the Income-tax Rules by inserting a new clause into the existing rule governing eligible investments, thereby aligning the rules with the Sovereign Gold Bonds instrument definition.

Denotification of Special Economic Zone rescinds a sector-specific SEZ for food processing after approvals and no-objection.
The Central Government rescinds the notification establishing the sector-specific Special Economic Zone for food processing at Hassan, following a developer request for full denotification, State no-objection and a recommendation by the Development Commissioner, and subject to the proviso to the applicable SEZ rule that preserves actions already done or omitted before rescission.

National Savings Certificates now accrue interest at government notified rates calculated on an annual compounding basis for new purchases.
The Rules are amended to provide that for National Savings Certificates purchased on or after commencement, interest shall be payable at the rate notified by the Central Government and shall be calculated on an annual compounding basis.

Industrial park notification permits the specified undertaking to claim section 80-IA tax deduction subject to scheme compliance.
Notification under section 80-IA designates M/s. Ascendas IT Park (Chennai) Ltd.'s "Crest" and "Zenith" projects as an industrial park from commencement, subject to Annexure terms: specified minimum floor area, allocable area composition, minimum number of industrial units, single-undertaking ownership, limits on unit occupancy, activity restrictions per the Industrial Park Scheme, 2008, separate accounting and timely tax filing, annual Form IPS-II reporting, and conditions enabling withdrawal of approval for misinformation, plan amendments or non-compliance.

Sukanya Samriddhi Account rules establish eligibility, deposit limits, interest compounding, maturity and permissible withdrawals.
Establishes Sukanya Samriddhi Account rules setting eligibility for guardian-opened accounts for eligible girl child beneficiaries, documentation and familial limits; prescribes permitted deposit modes, minimum and annual deposit requirements, annual ceiling with non interest treatment for excess, and penalties for default; mandates yearly compounded interest at Government-notified rates with monthly calculation on lowest balance, operation by guardian until specified ages and transition to beneficiary control, rules for partial withdrawals for higher education on evidence, conditions for premature closure and transfer, and final maturity and payment procedures, with Government power to relax provisions.

VAT refund entitlement extended to Vietnam embassy and diplomats for specified official and personal items, subject to conditions.
Notification amends a prior schedule entry to grant VAT refund entitlement to the Embassy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and to diplomatic officers for specified embassy utility, office and personal items; non diplomatic officers may purchase the listed officer items within six months of arrival; other terms of the earlier notification remain unchanged.

Restaurants and halwais with turnover up to Rs. 50 lakh may pay 5% composition tax under specified conditions.
Registered dealers exclusively selling ready-to-eat foods and non-alcoholic beverages with preceding and expected turnover not exceeding fifty lakh rupees may opt for a 5% composition tax subject to conditions: no inter-state dealings, restricted purchases, prohibition on claiming input tax credit, inability to issue tax invoices or collect tax, and retention of purchase and retail invoice records. Opt-in requires Form RH01; opening stock must be declared and taxed via Form RH02. Exceeding the turnover threshold or defaulting on returns triggers liability under the general tax regime and conditions for claiming opening stock credit.