Special Economic Zone notification: SEZ at Vilankurichi Coimbatore records land parcels and consolidated notified area.
Notification designates a Special Economic Zone at Vilankurichi, Coimbatore North Taluk, Tamil Nadu (S.O. 571(E) dated 12-4-2007), listing constituent villages and individual land parcels with their areas in hectares, aggregated to a total notified area of 2206.03 hectares, with administrative reference F.2(2)/11/2000-EPZ and attestation by the Joint Secretary to the Government of India.

Special Economic Zone designation at Atchutapuram and Rambilli establishes land boundaries and multi product SEZ status.
Notification designating a contiguous area in Atchutapuram and Rambilli Mandals, Visakhapatnam District, as a multi product Special Economic Zone following a proposal by the State Industrial Promotion Organisation and administrative satisfaction of statutory prerequisites, with prior approval for development and operation; the instrument lists village wise survey numbers and precise area extents to delimit the SEZ boundary for regulatory and development purposes.

Tax approval for research institution status permits donations for scientific research subject to audit, reporting and genuineness conditions.
Centre for Development of Telematics, New Delhi is approved as an institution under clause (ii) of sub-section (1) of section 35 for research purposes from 1 April 2002, subject to conditions: payments must be used for scientific research; research to be carried out by faculty or enrolled students; books of account must be maintained and audited with the audit report filed by the income-tax return due date; and a separate auditor-certified statement of donations received and amounts applied for research must accompany the audit report.

Approval under section 35(1)(ii) requires research utilisation, audit and certified donation reporting as conditions for tax recognition.
Approval under section 35(1)(ii) was accorded to the Pushpawati Singhania Research Institute as an 'other Institution' partly engaged in research, effective 1-4-2001, subject to conditions: utilisation of sums for scientific research; research performed by faculty or enrolled students; maintenance of books of account and an audit by a qualified accountant with the audit report furnished to the appropriate tax officer by the return due date; and a separate auditor-certified statement of donations and amounts applied for research accompanying the audit report. Approval may be withdrawn for failures in accounts, audit, reporting, genuine research activity, or compliance with the governing provisions.

Anti-dumping duty on white cement imports extended to prevent dumped imports and recurrence of domestic industry injury.
Pursuant to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 and the anti dumping rules, the Central Government imposed anti dumping duty on imports of white Portland cement (tariff item 2523 21 00) originating in or exported from specified countries, with country and export specific duty rates denominated in US dollars per metric tonne as set out in the notification table; duties are payable on import, converted to Indian currency at the prescribed rate of exchange, and effective for a five year period from publication (subject to amendment and to remaining in force up to the eleventh day of April, 2013 unless revoked earlier).

Customs exemption conditions revised to require compliance with applicable law and payment of customs duties instead of prior departmental approval.
The amendment substitutes the proviso to condition (5) in Notification No.157/1990-Customs, replacing the phrase requiring import "on payment of customs duty with the prior approval of the Government of India in the Department of Revenue" with a requirement that such imports be made "in accordance with any law for the time being in force applicable to such goods and on payment of the duties of customs which are payable in respect of such goods," thereby conditioning exemptions on legal compliance and payment of duties.

Special Economic Zone notification establishes an IT/ITES SEZ at Vilankurichi, Coimbatore under SEZ Act provisions.
Notification designates a sector-specific Special Economic Zone for Information Technology/Information Technology Enabled Services at Vilankurichi, Coimbatore, on the basis of a promoter proposal by M/s Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu Limited, Central Government satisfaction with statutory requirements and issuance of a letter of approval, and exercise of powers under the Act and SEZ Rules. The notification lists ten survey parcels at Vilankurichi totaling 11.76 hectares as the notified SEZ area.

Special Economic Zone notification at Sholinganallur under SEZ Act authorises development and operation for IT and IT enabled services.
Notification designates a Special Economic Zone at Sholinganallur, Tamil Nadu, for information technology and information technology enabled services following a proposal by M/s. Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu Limited and issuance of a letter of approval under the Special Economic Zones Act and rules. The Central Government, exercising its statutory power, notifies the specific land identified by village and Survey No. 602/3 together with the stated area as the notified SEZ.

Special Economic Zone notification: sector specific IT/ITES zone approved at Sholinganallur with specified cadastral parcels.
Notification formally designates a sector-specific Special Economic Zone for Information Technology/Information Technology Enabled Services at Sholinganallur, Tamil Nadu, based on a letter of approval under section 3 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005. The Central Government, invoking section 4(1) of the Act and rule 8 of the Special Economic Zones Rules, 2006, lists individual survey numbers and their parcel areas to define the precise land area to be developed and operated as the SEZ by the proposing developer.

Special Economic Zone notification designates Phursungi area for IT and IT-enabled services under SEZ Act.
The Central Government, under Section 4(1) of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 and rule 8 of the Special Economic Zones Rules, 2006, notifies a sector-specific Special Economic Zone for Information Technology and IT Enabled Services at Village Phursungi, Pune, following satisfaction of Section 3(8) prerequisites and grant of a letter of approval under Section 3(10). M/s. The Manjri Stud Farm Private Limited is the approved developer and the notification lists the survey numbers totaling 15.79 hectares.

Special Economic Zone notification: IT/ITES zone formally designated at Madhurawada enabling development and operation under the SEZ framework.
Notification designates a specific land parcel at Madhurawada Village, Visakhapatnam District as a sector specific Special Economic Zone for information technology and information technology enabled services, issued pursuant to the Special Economic Zones Act and Rules after satisfaction of statutory prerequisites and grant of a prior letter of approval, and specifying the sponsoring state industrial infrastructure corporation and the survey number and area of the notified parcel.

Renewal of recognition granted to Ludhiana Stock Exchange, extending its authorized operation subject to regulatory conditions.
Grant of renewal of recognition to Ludhiana Stock Exchange Limited under the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956, exercised under section 4 after consideration of an application under section 3 and satisfaction that renewal serves trade and public interest; renewal is for a fixed one-year period commencing in late April 2007 and is subject to conditions that may be prescribed or imposed subsequently.

Prohibition of sexual harassment: workplace complaints handled by a women chaired committee with inquiry and support mechanisms.
Regulation 78A prohibits unwelcome sexually determined behaviour at the workplace and defines sexual harassment to include physical contact, requests for sexual favours, sexually coloured remarks, showing pornography and other unwelcome conduct. Complaints are to be handled by a Complaints Committee chaired by a woman, including at least one external member and with at least half its members being women. The Committee may adopt procedures, dismiss frivolous complaints with intimation, or initiate inquiries which are deemed inquiries under regulation 80, with the Committee exercising inquiry officer powers, framing charges, receiving written defences and issuing a formal inquiry report; it may also provide counselling or support.

Customs duty exemption cap introduced for a specified import item with conditional inclusion in annual import aggregate calculations.
The notification amends the principal customs exemption schedule by inserting a proviso extending the scheme to goods at a new serial number and by revising S.No.3 to limit the exemption to goods imported up to an aggregate annual quantity, expressly including imports under the newly inserted S.No.3A for calculating the financial year aggregate. It also inserts S.No.3A specifying a tariff item subject to an exemption ceiling measured by total imports in a financial year and setting the corresponding duty column entries.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointed to consolidate adjudication of DRI-issued show cause notices against specified individuals.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs appoints the Commissioner of Central Excise (Adjudication), New Custom House, New Delhi, as a Common Adjudicating Authority to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of several Commissioners of Customs for the purpose of adjudicating specified show cause notices issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence concerning named individuals and others, thereby consolidating the related proceedings.

Appointment of Common Adjudicating Authority to adjudicate DRI show cause notices against specified exporters under Customs Act powers.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs appoints the Commissioner of Customs (Export), Jawahar Custom House, Sheva, as Common Adjudicating Authority under the Customs Act to exercise the powers and duties of the Commissioner of Customs, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad, solely for adjudicating show cause notices issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Mumbai Zonal Unit dated 31 May 2006 relating to specified exporters.

Appointment of adjudicating authority authorizes a different commissioner to adjudicate a specific customs show-cause notice.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs appoints and authorizes the Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise, Coimbatore, to exercise the powers and duties of the Commissioner of Customs, Customs House, Tuticorin, solely for adjudicating the show-cause notice issued to M/s. Rubfila International Limited by the Additional Director General, Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence, Chennai Zonal Unit.

Adjudicator appointment: Commissioner of Customs empowered to adjudicate DRI show cause notices against M/s. F.M. Communication.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs designates the Commissioner of Customs (Imports), Air Cargo Complex, New Delhi to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of two specified Commissioners of Customs for the sole purpose of adjudicating show cause notices issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence in relation to M/s. F.M. Communication and others, thereby centralising adjudication of those specified DRI matters.

Common adjudicating authority appointed to adjudicate DRI-issued show cause notices across specified customs jurisdictions.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs appoints a common adjudicating authority, namely the Commissioner of Central Excise (Adjudication), New Custom House, New Delhi, to exercise the powers and duties of specified Commissioners of Customs for the limited purpose of adjudicating the show cause notice issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Delhi Zonal Unit, in relation to Sanjay Dogra and others.

Common adjudicating authority appointed to adjudicate show cause notices in customs intelligence investigation related matters.
The central board, invoking statutory adjudication powers under the Customs Act, appoints the Commissioner of Customs (Exports), Jawahar Custom House, Nhava Sheva as the common adjudicating authority to exercise the powers and duties of the Commissioner of Customs (Export), New Custom House, Mumbai, solely for adjudicating the show cause notice relating to M/s New Generic Drug House Limited and others issued by the customs intelligence unit.