Member Qualifications: criteria and terms for appointment to the Delhi VAT Appellate Tribunal clarified, covering pay and tenure.
Rules define Administrative and Judicial Members of the Delhi VAT Appellate Tribunal with distinct eligibility based on prior judicial office, legal practice, or specified government grades; permit deputation appointments; require medical fitness and oath of office; prescribe selection by a committee with Lieutenant Governor finality; fix term limits, pay band fixation with advance increments for appellate experience, allowances, travel, leave, pension/provident fund treatment and other service conditions equivalent to central officers of corresponding rank.

Customs notification amendment updates currency denominations and replaces Burma/Burmese with Myanmar/Myanmarese in official text.
The notification amends an existing customs notification under section 76(2) by omitting a list of former national currencies, inserting the word Euro after 'Canadian Dollars', replacing the country name 'Burma' with 'Myanmar', and substituting the adjectival form 'Burmese' with 'Myanmarese', as textual updates to the principal notification.

Exemption period extended: customs notification amends expiry date for specified defence and programme imports to year-end.
The Central Government, exercising authority under the Customs Act, amends Notification No.39/96 by substituting in the Table against S.No.14, Explanation, the date "the 31st day of December, 2009" in place of "the 1st day of January, 2009", thereby extending the temporal application of the exemption for specified goods imported by defence and related entities and for the listed programmes.

SEZ service tax exemption: approved services used for authorised SEZ operations qualify for refund subject to procedural conditions.
Service tax on taxable services specified for relation to authorised operations in a Special Economic Zone is exempt for SEZ developers or units when those services are on an Approval Committee-approved list and actually used for authorised operations; exemption is provided by refund (except for services wholly consumed within SEZ) subject to actual payment of service tax, prohibition on taking CENVAT credit, filing procedural claims with the jurisdictional officer within prescribed time, obtaining an STC where required, submission of specified documents, and verification prior to refund with recovery provisions for erroneous refunds.

Import tariff classifications amended: many HS items reclassified, policy statuses changed, and licensing conditions updated under ITC(HS).
Notification amends Schedule I (Imports) of the ITC(HS) 2004-09 by substituting, inserting and omitting numerous headings, sub headings and item entries across HS chapters; revising chapter and sub heading notes and commodity descriptions; and changing import policy statuses to Free or Restricted and adding or altering import licensing conditions (including licensing for certain transmitters and controlled chemicals).

Import quota for marble from Bhutan restricts imports this financial year and assigns monitoring and allocation to Bhutan.
A combined annual import quota for marble from Bhutan, covering items in Chapters 25 and 68, is instituted effective from the notification date on a financial year basis, with monitoring and allocation to be made by the Government of Bhutan. Because imports from Bhutan have already exceeded the current financial year's permitted volume, no imports of marble from Bhutan shall be allowed for the remainder of the financial year ending 31st March.

Duty credit scrip entitlement for specified leather and garment exports to linked markets now applicable under MLFPS.
The amendment provides that for exports of specified leather products and specified garments, duty credit scrips under MLFPS shall be granted on the FOB value of exports when shipped to specified linked markets; the eligible products, linked markets and admissible export period/dates will be notified in Table 14 of Appendix 37D of HBP Vol. I.

Import prohibition on toys requires conformity certificates and independent accredited laboratory testing to permit entry to market.
Prohibits importation of toys under ITC (HS) Codes 9501, 9502 and 9503 except where consignments are accompanied by a manufacturer's certificate of conformity to ASTM F963, ISO 8124 (Parts I-III), IS 9873 (Parts I-III) or EN 71, and a Certificate of Conformance showing representative samples were tested by an independent laboratory accredited under ILAC/MRA and linked to the consignment's period of manufacture.

Import licensing conditions tightened: marble and artificial stone imports now subject to specified policy circular compliance.
Amendments to Schedule-I (Imports) to the ITC (HS) Classifications amend Import Licensing Notes at the end of Chapter 25 and Chapter 68 to require that marble and rough/unprocessed blocks and slabs of agglomerated/artificial stones be imported only subject to compliance with specified policy circulars, thereby incorporating those administrative conditions by reference under the powers conferred by the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 and paragraph 2.1 of the Foreign Trade Policy.

Actual user condition exemption allows raw sugar import authorisations to meet export obligations by procuring white sugar elsewhere.
The notification amends prior Advance Licensing Scheme notifications to exempt the actual user condition for authorisations issued for import of raw sugar during the specified period and allows export obligations to be fulfilled by procuring white sugar from other factories, thereby modifying user restriction and permissible fulfilment routes for those import authorisations.

Rescission of notification on exemptions for ancillary and small scale industries, effective on publication with savings for prior acts.
The Central Government rescinds a prior notification concerning exemptions and supportive measures for ancillary and small scale industrial undertakings under the Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951, having laid the draft rescission before Parliament for the prescribed period without modification. The rescission preserves acts or omissions predating it (savings clause) and takes effect upon publication in the Official Gazette, exercised under the Act's enabling powers.

Warehousing station designation enables customs authority to declare premises for regulated storage under customs law.
The Chief Commissioner of Customs (Preventive), invoking powers under a prior statutory notification, formally declares No. 32, Kallabhirampuram, Madhuranthankam Taluk, Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu, to be a warehousing station under Section 9 of the Customs Act, 1962, thereby identifying the premises as a site for customs-controlled storage and regulatory oversight.

Exemption approval under section 10(23C)(vi) conditions the charitable institution's tax status on continued compliance with applicable rules.
Approval is granted to Hari Davi Jhutharam Shishu Sadan, Pilani, for tax-exemption under section 10(23C)(vi) effective for the assessment year 2008-09 onwards, conditional on the society's continued conformity with the eligibility criteria and compliance obligations prescribed by that provision and the Income-tax Rules; the notification is issued by the Chief Commissioner of Income-tax, Jaipur.

Approval Committee for sector-specific SEZ for aluminium enables project appraisal and clearance under SEZ Act provisions.
Constitutes an Approval Committee under Section 13(1) and (2) of the Special Economic Zones Act to consider a sector-specific SEZ for manufacture and export of aluminium with an associated captive power plant proposed by M/s. Vedanta Aluminium Limited, for purposes of Section 14. The Committee's membership is specified: Development Commissioner as Chairperson (ex officio); Department of Commerce nominee; Zonal Joint Director General of Foreign Trade; Commissioners of Customs/Central Excise and Income Tax or their nominees; Director (Banking), Ministry of Finance; two Joint Secretary-level nominees from the Government of Orissa; and the developer's representative as special invitee.

Deeming Special Economic Zone as Inland Container Depot under customs law enables customs treatment for a specified aluminium SEZ.
The Central Government appoints 27 February 2009 as the date from which the proposed Special Economic Zone for manufacture and export of aluminium with a captive power plant at Bhurkamunda, Brundamal and Kurebaga villages, Jharsuguda, developed by M/s. Vedanta Aluminium Limited, shall be deemed to be an Inland Container Depot for the purposes of the Customs Act.

Special Economic Zone designation enables a sectoral aluminium manufacture and export SEZ with on-site captive power provision.
Notification designates an area in Bhurkamunda, Brundamal and Kurebaga Villages, Jharsuguda, Orissa, as a Special Economic Zone for manufacture and export of aluminium with an on-site captive power plant, noting prior approval under the Special Economic Zones Act and an approved change of SEZ location, and exercising powers under the Act and SEZ rules to formally notify the area (total 166.91).

Special Economic Zone authority constituted, establishing Falta SEZ Authority with specified ex officio posts and nominated members.
Constitutes the Falta Special Economic Zone Authority under the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005, with head office at Falta SEZ, Kolkata, specifying the Authority's composition: Development Commissioner as Chairperson ex officio, Joint Director General of Foreign Trade (or nominee), Joint Development Commissioner (or Deputy Development Commissioner), Joint Secretary (or nominee) and named private sector members; provides for nomination and substitution of members by subsequent notifications.

Constitution of Special Economic Zone Authority establishes specified ex officio and nominated members for Kandla SEZ.
Constitution of the Kandla Special Economic Zone Authority under the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005, establishing its head office at Gandhidham and specifying membership: the Development Commissioner as Chairperson, the Joint Director General of Foreign Trade (or nominee), the Joint Development Commissioner or Deputy Development Commissioner, and the Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce (or nominee) as ex officio members, together with two nominated industry members. Subsequent notifications substitute the nominated industry members to update the Authority's composition.

Constitution of Special Economic Zone Authority establishes statutory body and prescribes head office and member composition.
Establishes the Madras Special Economic Zone Authority under the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005, with its head office at MEPZ Special Economic Zone, Tambaram, Chennai. Specifies the Authority's composition: the Development Commissioner as Chairperson (ex officio); specified Central Government ex officio posts or their nominees at prescribed ranks as members; and two named private sector members. Issued by Central Government notification with an official file reference and authorized signature.

Constitution of Special Economic Zone Authority establishes Visakhapatnam SEZ Authority and prescribes its statutory membership.
Constitution of a Special Economic Zone Authority under Section 31 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 establishing the Visakhapatnam Special Economic Zone Authority at Duvvada, Visakhapatnam, and prescribing its composition: Development Commissioner as Chairperson (ex officio), specified ex officio officials (Joint Director General of Foreign Trade, Joint/Deputy Development Commissioner, Joint Secretary/nominee) and named private sector nominees as members.