Committee appointments under tax provision establish a three-year membership for the National Committee for Promotion of Social and Economic Welfare.
The Central Government, exercising powers under the Income-tax Act provision and the Income-tax Rules, reconstitutes the National Committee for Promotion of Social and Economic Welfare by appointing a Chairman and thirteen members named in the notification, and fixes their tenure to commence on the notification date for a prescribed three-year period, thereby formally establishing the Committee's membership and operational authority under the governing statutory framework.

Special Economic Zone designation for a sector-specific solar SEZ establishes approval committee, developer role, and inland container depot status.
Notification declares a sector specific Special Economic Zone (Solar SEZ) for specified survey parcels totalling 101.282 hectares at Mahrooinkurd and Chawardhal, Rajnandgaon, developed by M/s Lanco Solar Private Limited per approval under Section 3 of the SEZ Act. The Central Government constitutes an Approval Committee composed of designated ex officio officials, state nominees and a developer representative for SEZ approval purposes, and designates the area as an inland container depot under the Customs Act.

Special Economic Zone developer name amendment replaces the previously recorded developer in the IT/ITES SEZ approval notification.
Amendment to the constituting notification for a sector specific Special Economic Zone for IT/ITES at Koorgally, Mysore replaces the previously recorded developer name in the English version of S.O. 11(E) with a different corporate entity, updating the official designation of the zone's developer in the approval notification.

Commencement of Delhi VAT amendment effecting activation of amended VAT provisions after official notification.
Under the delegated power in sub section (3) of section 1 of the Delhi Value Added Tax (Amendment) Act, 2010, the Lieutenant Governor issued a notification appointing the date on which the Amendment shall come into force, thereby formalizing the commencement of the enacted changes to the Delhi VAT framework.

Fixation of tariff values updated for specified edible oils and brass scrap, maintaining prior unit rates where indicated.
The Board substitutes the Table in Notification No. 36/2001-Cus(N.T.), prescribing tariff values (US$ per metric tonne) for specified imports-Crude Palm Oil, RBD Palm Oil, other Palm Oil and Palmolein categories, Crude Soybean Oil, Brass Scrap (all grades) and Poppy Seeds-mostly retaining previously notified unit rates marked as "no change", to be applied for import valuation and customs assessment under statutory customs powers.

Deputation eligibility for Assistant Development Commissioner posts: fixed-term appointments require service records, integrity and vigilance clearances.
Three Assistant Development Commissioner posts in MEPZ Special Economic Zones are to be filled on deputation for an initial three year term, with the option to draw deputation allowance per Ministry of Finance rules. Eligible Central Government officers must meet prescribed grade or service conditions and have two years' experience in industrial development or foreign trade. Applications in the prescribed proforma must include five years of confidential reports, integrity and vigilance clearances, and penalty details; incomplete or late applications will be rejected.

Deputation eligibility for Stenographer Grade I: application requirements and procedural conditions for transfer on deputation.
Appointment to Stenographer Grade I at MEPZ SEZ is on deputation for an initial three year term with pay in PB 2 and applicable grade pay; the officer may opt for deputation allowance per Ministry of Finance rules. Deputation eligibility requires holding analogous posts or specified regular service in pre revised stenographer scales, shorthand at one hundred words per minute, English typing at forty words per minute, and word processing knowledge. Applications must include five years of confidential reports, integrity and vigilance clearances, and details of any penalties.

Deputation vacancies for Stenographer Grade III posts announced, with eligibility, documentation and deputation pay options specified.
Notification of deputation vacancies for two Stenographer Grade III posts at MEPZ SEZ for an initial three year period, with pay in the prescribed pay band and option to draw deputation allowance; eligibility includes officers holding analogous posts or Lower Division Clerks with requisite service and shorthand/typing speeds and knowledge of word processing; applications in the prescribed proforma must include five years of confidential reports, integrity certificate, vigilance clearance, and penalty details, and incomplete or late applications will be rejected.

Deputation appointments under cost recovery basis for SEZ accounts officers require confidentiality and vigilance clearance.
Two Section Officer (Accounts) posts in SEZs under MEPZ are to be filled on deputation on a cost recovery basis for an initial three year period extendable subject to satisfactory performance; applicants must meet prescribed service, qualification and experience criteria and submit the prescribed proforma with five years of confidential reports, integrity certificate, vigilance clearance and penalty particulars, failing which applications will be rejected.

Amendment to Newsprint Control Order adds a listed indigenous newsprint manufacturer, effective on Gazette publication.
Amendment adds M/s. Chamunda Papers Private Limited at Dheerkhera Industrial Estate, Hapur, as entry number 111 in item 4 of the Schedule to the Newsprint Control Order, 2004, under powers exercised by the Central Government, and provides the short title Newsprint Control (Amendment) Order, 2010, with commencement on publication in the Official Gazette.

Exchange Rate Determination: prescribed foreign currency conversion rates for import and export goods take effect from notified date.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, exercising statutory authority, prescribes conversion rates of specified foreign currencies into Indian rupees for customs purposes, effective from the notified date, superseding the prior notification; Schedule I lists per-unit rupee equivalents for major currencies for import and export goods and Schedule II lists the rupee equivalent for one hundred units of the Japanese Yen.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointed to centralize adjudication of specified customs show cause notices affecting listed importers.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs appoints the Commissioner of Customs (Imports), Mumbai as the Common Adjudicating Authority to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the officers specified in the Table for adjudication of the listed show cause notices, mapping each party and notice series to the issuing authority and the officer-designations whose powers are to be exercised by the appointee.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointed to adjudicate show-cause matters under the Customs Act, enabling centralized adjudication for affected locations.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs appoints the Additional Commissioner of Customs or Joint Commissioner, Ludhiana, as Common Adjudicating Authority to exercise the powers and discharge duties of specified Additional/Joint Commissioners at three customs formations for the purpose of adjudicating specified show-cause notice proceedings issued by the regional revenue intelligence unit, limited to those matters and referencing the originating filing.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointment transfers adjudicatory powers over import show cause notice concerning M/s Matex International.
Appointment authorises the Additional or Joint Commissioner of Customs, Ludhiana to exercise the powers and discharge duties of the Additional or Joint Commissioner of Customs (Import), Jawaharlal Nehru Customs House, solely for adjudication of the show cause notice issued by the Additional Director, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Ludhiana Regional Unit, in relation to M/s Matex International and others.

Customs notification amendment substitutes the previously notified effective date, extending the exemption deadline by later substitution.
The Central Government, invoking powers under the Customs Act, issues Notification No. 4/2011-Customs to amend Notification No. 21/2002-Customs by substituting the previously specified effective date in the proviso to the preamble, clause (f), with a later date; the instrument is framed as a corrigendum to budget-related miscellaneous exemption notifications and cites the principal notification and its prior amendment history.

Corrigendum to customs notification corrects product descriptions, replacing specified PVC phrases to clarify tariff coverage.
Corrigendum amends an earlier customs notification by substituting wording in the Note: replace "PVC films and tarpaulins" with "tarpaulins" and replace "PVC Rigid Films" with "PVC films," effecting a textual correction to the scope of the referenced tariff notification.

VAT exemption for charitable institution sales, permitted only if the institution is denied input tax credit under the amended schedule.
Amendment inserts a conditioned exemption in the Fifth Schedule permitting the named charitable mission to sell cassettes, CDs and laminated photographs prepared by it, provided that the mission shall not be entitled to claim input tax credit on purchases made by it.

Research exemption under section 35: approval subject to strict accounting, audit, and reporting conditions and potential withdrawal.
Approval is granted to Arogyadham Global Aids Research Foundation under clause (ii) of sub-section (1) of section 35 read with the Rules, effective AY 2011-2012, as an Other Institution partly engaged in research, subject to conditions: utilization of sums for scientific research; research conducted by faculty or enrolled students; maintenance of separate books of account for research receipts and applications; audit of such books by a qualified accountant with the audit report and an auditor-certified statement of donations and amounts applied to research furnished to the tax authority by the return due date. Approval may be withdrawn for specified defaults or cessation of genuine research.

Export exemption for cotton yarn manufactured exclusively from imported raw cotton permitted upon Central Excise certification and customs verification.
Manufacturers who produce and export cotton yarn exclusively from imported raw cotton are exempt from the export restriction, provided they obtain a certificate from the jurisdictional Central Excise Authority confirming exclusive manufacture from imported raw cotton; customs shall permit export only after verifying that such certificate has been issued by the competent Central Excise Authority.

Exchange of tax information empowers cross-border assistance with confidentiality and procedural safeguards under the India-Bermuda Agreement.
The notification gives effect under section 90 to the India-Bermuda Agreement for the exchange of information on taxes, applying immediately to criminal tax matters and to other covered matters from the date of entry into force for taxable periods beginning on or after that date. The Agreement mandates exchange of relevant information upon request, defines covered taxes and key terms, requires use of available information-gathering measures subject to proportionality, prescribes procedural content of requests and response obligations, permits limited grounds for refusal, mandates confidentiality, addresses costs, and provides for mutual agreement procedure and termination.