Approval Committee composition changed: Development Commissioner designated ex officio Chairperson and a committee paragraph omitted for SEZ administration.
Amendment reconstitutes the Approval Committee for the IT/ITES Special Economic Zone at SIPCOT Siruseri by substituting paragraph 1 to designate the Development Commissioner of the Special Economic Zone as Chairperson, Ex Officio, and omitting paragraph 2 of the earlier notification.

Approval Committee composition changed: Development Commissioner designated Chairperson ex officio and a paragraph omitted for IT/ITES SEZ.
Amendment under Section 13(1) of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 substitutes paragraph 1 of the earlier notification to designate the Development Commissioner of the Special Economic Zone as Chairperson, ex officio, and omits paragraph 2 of S.O. 1257(E), dated 26th July, 2007, thereby altering the Approval Committee's constitution for the IT/ITES SEZ at Kundanahalli.

Approval Committee composition altered: Development Commissioner designated ex officio Chairperson for the IT/ITES SEZ, and paragraph removed.
Amendment under sub section (1) of Section 13 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 revises the Approval Committee for the IT/ITES Special Economic Zone at DevarabeesaIihalli, Bhoganahalli and Doddakanahalli by substituting the first serial entry to designate the Development Commissioner of the Special Economic Zone as Chairperson, ex officio, and omitting paragraph 2 of the original notification.

Approval Committee composition revised: Development Commissioner now Chairperson ex officio under SEZ Act amendment for IT/ITES Special Economic Zone governance.
The Central Government amends the notification constituting the Approval Committee for the IT/ITES Special Economic Zone by substituting paragraph 1 so that the Development Commissioner of the Special Economic Zone is Chairperson, ex officio, and by omitting paragraph 2, under powers conferred by the SEZ Act.

Approval Committee composition amended to designate Development Commissioner as Chairperson ex officio and remove paragraph two.
The notification amends the Approval Committee for the IT/ITES Special Economic Zone at Doddathogur by substituting the entry for serial number (1) to designate the Development Commissioner of the Special Economic Zone as Chairperson, Ex Officio, and by omitting paragraph 2 of the earlier notification.

Approval Committee composition changed: Development Commissioner designated Chairperson ex officio and a committee provision omitted for SEZ governance.
The notification amends the Approval Committee for the WIPRO IT/ITES Special Economic Zone by substituting serial number (1) in paragraph 1 to designate the Development Commissioner of the Special Economic Zone as Chairperson, ex officio, and by omitting paragraph 2 of the original notification.

Approval Committee composition changed: Development Commissioner now Chairperson ex officio under SEZ Act, altering SEZ committee membership.
The Central Government amends S.O. 1271(E) to substitute paragraph 1 serial (1) so that the Development Commissioner of the Special Economic Zone is designated as Chairperson, Ex Officio, and omits paragraph 2, thereby revising the Approval Committee composition for the IT/ITeS SEZ at Chandigarh under the SEZ Act.

Approval Committee composition updated: Development Commissioner designated Chairperson ex officio and prior paragraph removed by amendment
Amendment designates the Development Commissioner of the Special Economic Zone as Chairperson, Ex Officio by substituting the original serial entry and omits paragraph 2 from the Approval Committee constitution for the IT/ITES Special Economic Zone at Madhapur.

Approval Committee composition amended to designate Development Commissioner as Ex Officio Chairperson and omit a committee paragraph.
Amendment under Section 13(1) of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 replaces paragraph I of the earlier notification by designating the Development Commissioner of the Special Economic Zone as Chairperson, Ex Officio, and omits paragraph 2 of the prior notification, altering the constitution and operative provisions of the Approval Committee for the IT/ITES SEZ at Serilingampally Mandai.

Approval Committee composition amended: Development Commissioner designated Chairperson ex officio and paragraph two of the prior notification omitted.
Amendment to the SEZ notification reconstitutes the Approval Committee by substituting the first serial entry to designate the Development Commissioner of the Special Economic Zone as Chairperson, ex officio, and by omitting paragraph two of the original notification.

Approval Committee composition changed: Development Commissioner designated Chairperson ex officio and a committee paragraph omitted from prior notification.
The Central Government amends notification S.O. 1277(E) to substitute paragraph 1 so that the Development Commissioner of the Special Economic Zone is Chairperson, ex officio, and omits paragraph 2 of the original notification.

Approval Committee composition revised: Development Commissioner designated Chairperson ex officio by Central Government and a committee paragraph omitted.
The Central Government, under section 13(1) of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005, amends notification S.O. 1247(E) dated 26th July, 2007 for the IT/ITES SEZ at Indore by substituting paragraph 1 so that the Development Commissioner of the Special Economic Zone is the Chairperson, Ex Officio, and by omitting paragraph 2 of the earlier notification.

Approval Committee composition change: Development Commissioner designated Chairperson, with a prior paragraph omitted in the SEZ notification.
Amendment to the Approval Committee constitution for the IT/ITES Special Economic Zone at Bahadurpally substitutes the paragraph 1 entry to designate the Development Commissioner of the Special Economic Zone as Chairperson, Ex Officio, and omits paragraph 2 of the original notification, thereby altering the committee's composition under the enabling Special Economic Zones Act.

Approval under section 35(1)(ii) for research funding requires separate accounts, audited reports and certified donation statements to comply.
Approval under section 35(1)(ii) is granted to the Institute in the category of other institutions partly engaged in research, effective 1 April 2007, subject to conditions: sums must be used for scientific research carried out by faculty or enrolled students; separate books of account for research receipts and expenditures must be maintained and audited by a qualified accountant with the audit report furnished to the tax authority by the income-tax return due date; and a certified statement of donations and amounts applied for research must accompany the audit report. Approval may be withdrawn for specified failures or non-genuine research activities.

Specified Area designation extends customs vulnerability zone along the India-Bangladesh land border across multiple northeastern states under the Customs Act.
The Central Government designates an inland zone adjacent to India's land border with Bangladesh as a specified area due to vulnerability to smuggling, covering territory within West Bengal, Tripura, Assam, Meghalaya and Mizoram. Notification No.31/2008 Customs (N.T.) dated 25 March 2008 implements the statutory designation under the Customs Act and cross refers to a separate notification identifying the specified goods subject to the enhanced controls applicable in that zone.

Approval Committee composition changed: Development Commissioner now Chairperson ex officio, amending SEZ notification under Section 13 authority.
The Central Government, under the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005, amends the notification constituting the Approval Committee for the IT/ITeS Special Economic Zone developed by M/s. Tanglin Development Limited by substituting paragraph 1 to designate the Development Commissioner of the Special Economic Zone as Chairperson, Ex Officio, and by omitting paragraph 2 of the earlier notification.

Approval Committee for Special Economic Zone: constitution, membership composition and substitute representation rules for the engineering sector SEZ.
Constitutes an Approval Committee for the Special Economic Zone for the engineering sector at the SIPCOT Industrial Growth Centre and prescribes its composition: Chairperson as the Development Commissioner, specified ex officio members from central and state departments (commerce, foreign trade, customs and central excise, income tax, banking, state industrial guidance) and a developer representative as special invitee, with substitution rules for the Development Commissioner by an officer not below Joint Development Commissioner.

Approval Committee composition altered: Development Commissioner now Chairperson ex officio; a committee provision removed for IT/ITES SEZ at Mohali.
The Central Government amends the notification constituting the Approval Committee for the IT/ITES Special Economic Zone at Mohali by substituting the serial entry to designate the Development Commissioner of the Special Economic Zone as Chairperson, Ex Officio, and by omitting paragraph 2 of the earlier notification.

Prohibition on rice exports preserved, limited transitional exceptions allowed for shipments and customs certified consignments accepted before the cutoff.
The substitution to Para 2B permits only two limited transitional exceptions to the prohibition on Basmati and non-basmati rice exports: quantities being loaded onto ships at the time of the ban, and consignments at Land Customs Stations in West Bengal certified by Customs as accepted for export by the cut-off; all other transitional arrangements under the Foreign Trade Policy do not apply.

Expenditure allocation for income not includible in total income: prescribes apportionment method for direct costs, interest and investment-related charges.
Where the Assessing Officer is not satisfied with the assessee's claim regarding expenditure related to income not includible in total income, rule 8D prescribes that such expenditure be the aggregate of: directly attributable expenditure; an apportioned share of interest computed by the formula AxB/C (A = non-attributable interest; B = average value of investments yielding non-includible income; C = average total assets); and an amount equal to one-half per cent of the average value of those investments, with "total assets" excluding revaluation increases but including revaluation decreases.