Customs exemption for jute imports from Bangladesh expanded by substituting additional tariff headings in notification.
Amends a prior customs exemption notification to broaden tariff coverage for specified jute products imported from Bangladesh by substituting additional tariff headings into the exemption list, thereby extending the exemption scope to include the newly specified headings while leaving the remainder of the principal notification intact.

Tariff concession schedule amended: HS coded goods assigned revised preferential duty percentages and beneficiary countries expanded.
Amendment substitutes Appendix I with a revised Table specifying HS codes and the extent of tariff concession (percentages of the applied rate of duty) for listed goods, substitutes Appendix II with an expanded list of eligible HS codes and descriptions, and adds the Republic of Liberia and the Union of Comoros to the Schedule of beneficiary Least Developed Countries. The amendments take effect from 1 January 2012 and include a corrigendum correcting certain percentage entries in the substituted Table.

Special Economic Zone expansion at Gangaikondan: government notification adds contiguous land, enlarging the IT/ITeS SEZ footprint.
Central Government notification approves inclusion of an additional 76.893 hectares into the sector specific Special Economic Zone for information technology and information technology enabled services at Village Gangaikondan, Tirunelveli, increasing the SEZ total area to 117.373 hectares and listing the specific survey parcels added.

Special Economic Zone designation for biotechnology confirmed, with governance committee constituted and customs status as deemed inland container depot applied.
Notification designates a biotechnology sector Special Economic Zone at Karkapatla after central approval under the SEZ framework and records fulfillment of statutory preconditions and grant of a letter of approval to the developer. It constitutes an Approval Committee composed of specified ex officio central officials, state nominated officers and a developer representative to perform SEZ governance functions, and declares the SEZ area deemed to be an inland container depot for customs purposes.

Common Adjudicating Authority assignment transfers a revenue intelligence Show Cause Notice to a Commissioner for customs adjudication.
A Show Cause Notice and corrigendum issued by a revenue intelligence unit have been assigned under the relevant customs notification to the Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise, Delhi-IV, to act as the Common Adjudicating Authority and undertake adjudication of the matter; the order directs communication of the assignment to specified official recipients and electronic contacts for implementation.

Anti-dumping duty amendment removes specified table entries from an earlier customs notification, narrowing covered dumped articles.
Amendment removes four enumerated serial entries (Sl. Nos. 5-8) and their corresponding TABLE entries from an earlier customs notification concerning anti-dumping duty, effected under the powers conferred by the Customs Tariff Act and the implementing anti-dumping rules to identify, assess and collect anti-dumping duty and determine injury.

Anti-dumping duty continuation on Sodium Hydrosulphite extended under statutory continuation review for an additional period by government notification.
The central government amends the prior customs notification to extend the anti-dumping duty on Sodium Hydrosulphite originating in or exported from China PR, exercising powers under the Customs Tariff Act and applicable anti-dumping rules to add that the notification shall remain in force up to and inclusive of a specified date unless revoked earlier.

Tax deduction under section 35AC: government notifies eligible institutions and projects, permitting specified deductible costs.
Central government notifies specified charitable institutions and approves identified projects and estimated costs, specifying the maximum amount of such costs that may be allowed as a deduction under section 35AC. The notification lists thirty one institutions with project descriptions and cost caps, includes corpus fund specifications where applicable, and states that the approvals apply for a three year period commencing with the 2011-12 financial year; later substitutions to certain amounts are recorded.

Customs exemption effective date revised to postpone applicability for specified defence and related imports under notification.
The Central Government, under sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962, substitutes in Notification No.39/96-Customs the phrase "on or after the 1st day of January, 2012" with "on or after the 5th day of April, 2014" in the Explanation to column (3) against S.No.31 of the TABLE, thereby altering the applicability date of that exemption entry.

Regional Director definition clarified: specifies regional headquarters and state allocations under Companies Regulations, amendment taking effect.
The Companies (Amendment) Regulations, 2011 substitute the definition of Regional Director to designate the officer appointed by the Central Government in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs and to specify six regional directorates with their headquarters and the States and Union Territories each regional directorate will cover.

Assignment of Show Cause Notice under Customs Act: notice assigned to Commissioner of Customs for adjudication proceedings.
The Board assigns the Show Cause Notice issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence to the Commissioner of Customs, Ahmedabad, for the purpose of adjudication under the notification issued under sub section (1) of section 4 of the Customs Act, thereby designating the Commissioner as the proper officer to conduct the adjudication; the order also records a clerical correction to the party name.

Export controls on empty gelatin capsules to EU require CAPEXIL shipment clearance and a joint post shipment health certificate.
Export of empty gelatin capsules to the EU is permitted when produced from animal by products, subject to a consignment wise Shipment Clearance Certificate issued by CAPEXIL with exporter, plant, product and shipping details, and a post shipment consignment wise Health Certificate issued jointly by CAPEXIL and the Regional Animal Quarantine Officer detailing vessel, shipping bill and production process as required by EC regulations.

APEDA registration compliance deferred; exporters given transitional period to source meat from registered abattoirs for exports.
The amendment defers the exclusive sourcing requirement in Note-6 of Notification No. 82, which mandates exporters to attach a declaration and copies of valid APEDA Plant Registration Certificate(s) and to source meat and meat products only from APEDA registered integrated abattoirs or APEDA registered meat processing plants that source raw material exclusively from APEDA registered integrated abattoirs/abattoirs; this requirement will take effect on 15th June, 2012, while other provisions of Notification No. 82 remain effective from the original notification date.

Fixation of tariff values: amends notified tariff values for specified imported goods under Customs Act, updating table entries.
Substitutes the Table in the principal customs notification to fix tariff values in US$ per metric tonne for specified imports, listing values for edible oils (crude palm oil, RBD palm oil, palmolein variants, crude soybean oil) and other commodities, and adding entries for brass scrap (all grades) and poppy seeds, while noting unchanged values for certain edible-oil items.

Provisional anti-dumping assessment imposed on certain imported ceramic glazed tiles from China pending new shipper review; security may be required.
Pending completion of a new shipper review, imports of specified ceramic glazed tiles originating in or exported from China PR by the named producer through the named exporter shall be subject to provisional assessment; customs may require security or guarantee to cover any deficiency if a definitive anti-dumping duty is later imposed, and importers will be liable to pay duty recommended on review from the date of review initiation.

Denotification of SEZ land reduces Gurgaon IT SEZ area following statutory approval, updating notified survey parcels.
Denotification of 1.378 hectares from the sector specific Gurgaon SEZ for information technology and ITES is approved by the Central Government under the Special Economic Zones Act framework, reducing the notified SEZ area to 25.334 hectares and identifying six specific survey/killa parcels in Gurgaon that comprise the denotified land.

Preferential allotment rules require authorised special resolution, restricted allottees, banking channel payments and no public solicitation.
Amendments define preferential allotment to include shares and convertible instruments, require member resolutions to record personal details of proposed allottees and adhere to the statutory cap on recipients; mandate a special resolution authorised by the articles for any preferential issue to be acted on within twelve months; and prescribe invitation and allotment controls including completion and repayment timelines, banking channel payment, segregated application monies, prohibition on public advertising, and treatment of non compliant offers as public offers subject to securities laws.

Depreciation policy for mineral oil assets updated, specifying revised WDV and SLM rates for field equipment and rigs.
Amendment to Schedule XIV of the Companies Act, 1956 substitutes entries in sub-item B.7 for mineral oil concerns, specifying revised depreciation treatment for field operations (above ground) and listed equipment including portable boilers, drilling tools and well-head tanks, and adds entry 7A for rigs (NESD) with distinct depreciation rates and methods for single-shift operation under the Plant and Machinery heading.

Correction of corporate name: replaces Woongjin Chemicals co Ltd with Woongjin Chemical Co Ltd in customs notification.
The corrigendum to Notification No. 110/2010 Customs directs that the words and letters "Woongjin Chemicals co Ltd" wherever they occur in the notification shall be read as "Woongjin Chemical Co Ltd," amending the earlier text for identification and record purposes in the Official Gazette.

Denotification of Special Economic Zone area reduces biotech SEZ footprint and adjusts the notified zone under SEZ procedures.
The Central Government denotifies specified survey parcels aggregating to 1.8691 hectares from the sector specific Special Economic Zone for the biotechnology sector at Rahka and Rani ka Singola, resulting in a revised notified area; the action is taken under the second proviso to sub section (1) of Section 4 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 and rule 8 of the SEZ Rules, 2006 after satisfaction of requirements under sub section (8) of Section 3 of the Act.