Scientific research association approval requires dedicated research, audited accounts, and certified donation reporting for tax recognition.
Approval is granted to Amala Cancer Research Centre as a scientific research association subject to conditions: the sole objective must be scientific research conducted by the organization itself; it must maintain books of account, obtain an audit by an authorized accountant and furnish the audit report by the return due date; and it must maintain a separate auditor certified statement of donations received and amounts applied for scientific research. The Central Government may withdraw approval for failures to comply with these conditions or if research activity is not genuine.

Approval under section 35(1)(ii) permits research donations subject to separate accounts, audited reports, and certified donation statements.
Approval under Sec. 35(1)(ii) recognizes the organization as an 'other Institution' partly engaged in scientific research, conditioned on utilization of sums for research, conducting research via faculty or enrolled students, maintaining separate books for research receipts and expenditures, obtaining an audit by a qualified accountant and furnishing the audit report by the return due date, and providing a separately certified statement of donations and amounts applied to scientific research.

Approval under Section 35(1)(ii) grants research-institution status subject to audit, reporting and bona fide research conditions.
National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore is approved as an other institution partly engaged in scientific research for purposes of section 35(1)(ii), effective 1-4-2007, subject to conditions: sums must be used for scientific research; 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 tax authorities by the return due date; and a separate auditor-certified statement of donations received and amounts applied for research must be maintained and furnished. Approval may be withdrawn for noncompliance or cessation of genuine research.

Research institution approval for tax exemption - conditional recognition subject to audit, separate accounts, and genuine research.
Approval is granted to Herbicure Healthcare Bio-Herbal Research Foundation as an 'other Institution' partly engaged in scientific research under the cited tax provisions, subject to conditions: use of sums for scientific research; research performed by faculty or enrolled students; maintenance of separate books of account for research receipts and expenditures; submission of an auditor-signed audit report and a certified statement of donations and amounts applied for research by the income-tax return due date. The Central Government may withdraw approval for failures in accounting, reporting, genuine research activity, or noncompliance with the governing provisions.

Anti-dumping duty extension on Hexamine maintained pending review, continuing import restrictions under Customs Tariff Act powers.
The Government amends the notification imposing anti-dumping duty on Hexamine from Iran to insert a clause extending the notification's operation pending review. Pursuant to review provisions of the Customs Tariff Act and the Customs Tariff Rules, the notification is continued in force up to and inclusive of 16 March 2009 unless revoked earlier, thereby maintaining the temporal application of the duty while statutory review proceedings are pending.

Special Economic Zone notified for aluminium products; approval under SEZ Act enables development and operation.
Notification declares a sector specific Special Economic Zone for aluminium and aluminium products at Village Lapanga, Sambalpur, Odisha, under the powers of the Central Government pursuant to the SEZ Act and SEZ Rules. It records that M/s. Hindalco Industries Limited proposed the SEZ, that statutory requirements were satisfied and a letter of approval for development and operation was granted, and it specifies the total area notified for the SEZ. The notification was later rescinded by a subsequent government notification.

Anti-dumping duty on CD R imports imposed; country and producer specific per piece duties established for specified exporters.
Provisional anti dumping duty is imposed on Compact Disc Recordable (CD R) imports under sub heading 8523 40 following preliminary findings of dumped exports causing material injury; the notification prescribes country and producer/exporter specific per piece duties and identifies tariff classification, origin/export conditions and named producer exporter combinations for assessment and collection under section 9A(2) of the Customs Tariff Act and the anti dumping rules.

Electronic payment requirement: companies and audit-assessed persons must remit tax via internet banking or card payments.
Companies and persons subject to audit provisions must pay tax electronically, meaning via the authority bank's internet banking facility or by credit or debit cards; the term tax includes interest and penalty, aligning with the Act's definition.

Change of office designation: Commissioner of Income-tax (CIB) replaced by Director of Income-tax (CIB), effective on publication.
Substitution of the designation Commissioner of Income-tax (CIB) with Director of Income-tax (CIB) in S.O. 734(E) and S.O. 883(E) is effected by the Central Board of Direct Taxes under its delegated powers; the amendment takes effect from the date of publication in the official gazette.

Special Economic Zone notification establishes IT/ITES SEZ at Narivali enabling development and operation under SEZ Act
Notification designates a sector specific SEZ for information technology and IT enabled services at Narivali, Thane, Maharashtra, on the proposal of M/s. Lodha Dwellers Private Limited. The Central Government, having satisfied statutory prerequisites and granted a letter of approval for development, operation and maintenance, invokes its powers under the SEZ legislation and rules to notify specified survey parcels and their areas, totaling approximately 14.43.20 hectares, as the SEZ.

Special Economic Zone designation for IT and ITeS at Dahiwali notified under SEZ Act, specifying land parcels.
Notification designates a sector specific Special Economic Zone for information technology and information technology enabled services at Village Dahiwali, Maharashtra. The Central Government, satisfied that required conditions were met and having granted a letter of approval for development, operation and maintenance, exercises powers under the SEZ Act and rules to notify specified survey numbers as the SEZ and records the aggregated area and tabulated land parcels as the territorial scope.

Jurisdictional reallocation of customs administrations expands commissionerates' territorial oversight to include specified central excise and customs offices.
Amendment under sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Customs Act, 1962 substitutes Sl. No. 19 to list Cochin Central Excise; Calicut Central Excise and Customs; Thiruvanathapuram Central Excise and Customs; Cochin Customs; and Cochin Customs (Preventive), and substitutes Sl. No. 29 to list Bangalore Customs and Mangalore Customs under the Chief Commissioner of Customs, Bangalore.

Regulatory amendment: deletion of an export notification paragraph changes rice export storage rules, issued in public interest.
Deletes with immediate effect Paragraph 2.4 of Notification No. 38 (RE-2007)/2004-2009, as inserted earlier, thereby amending the export regulation applicable to rice brought into the godowns specified in that notification; the deletion is effected under the statutory powers invoked from the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act and the Foreign Trade Policy provisions and is issued in the public interest.

Adjudication power under section 83A expanded to cover higher service tax slabs with revised monetary thresholds.
Amendment revises the monetary descriptor in the Table of the principal Service Tax notification to alter the adjudication power allocation tied to a specified bracket, replacing the prior entry at the relevant serial point and thereby modifying which taxable amounts fall within that adjudicatory category.

Anti dumping duty on acetone imposed: definitive country, producer and exporter-specific duties specified, effective from provisional imposition date.
Imposition of definitive anti dumping duty on acetone (tariff item 2914 11 00) from specified countries and specified producers/exporters is based on findings of dumping, material injury and causal link; duty rates are set in a table by country of origin, country of export, producer and exporter and are payable in Indian currency with exchange rate determined on bill of entry date; duties apply from the provisional imposition date and the notification remains in force until the specified terminal date unless revoked earlier.

Approval Committee for an engineering SEZ established, specifying statutory membership and developer representation.
Constitution of an Approval Committee for the engineering sector SEZ at specified Gurgaon villages under sub section (1) of Section 13 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005, prescribing the Committee's purpose and detailed membership: Development Commissioner (Chairperson, ex officio); Ministry of Commerce officer (or nominee); Zonal Joint DGFT; Commissioners of Customs/Central Excise and Income Tax (or nominees); Director (Banking), Ministry of Finance; two nominated Joint Secretary rank officers; and the developer's representative as Special Invitee, with a deputation provision for the Development Commissioner.

Special Economic Zone designation for engineering sector enables development and operation under SEZ Act approval and rules.
Notification designates a Special Economic Zone for the engineering sector at villages Hamirpur, Khetawas, Wazirpur and Saidpur, District Gurgaon, to be developed and operated by M/s. Raheja Haryana SEZ Developers Pvt. Ltd., following satisfaction of statutory requirements and grant of a letter of approval on 10th August, 2007; the Central Government issues the formal notification under Section 4(1) of the Act and rule 8 of the SEZ Rules, recording a total area of 103.0154.

Inland Container Depot designation: engineering sector SEZ at Hamirpur deemed an ICD under the Customs Act, enabling customs treatment.
Appoints an engineering sector Special Economic Zone developed by M/s. Raheja Haryana SEZ Developers Pvt. Ltd. in specified villages, Gurgaon District, Haryana as an Inland Container Depot (ICD) under the Customs Act, 1962 by exercise of powers under sub section (2) of Section 53 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005, thereby subjecting the SEZ to the customs classification and procedural regime applicable to ICDs.

Special Economic Zone designation enables development and operation of an IT and ITES park at Mount Poonamalee after approval.
Notification designates a sector-specific Special Economic Zone for information technology and information technology enabled services at Mount Poonamalee High Road, Aiyappanthangal, Porur, Chennai, to be developed and operated by M/s. Estra IT Park Private Limited, following satisfaction of statutory requirements and grant of a letter of approval; the notification lists the specific survey numbers and areas totaling 10.194 hectares as the SEZ under the powers conferred by the SEZ Act and Rules.

Special Economic Zone notification establishes a free trade warehousing zone at Mannur and Valarpuram under SEZ law.
The Central Government notified land at Mannur and Valarpuram villages, Sriperumbudur Taluk, Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu, as a Special Economic Zone for a sector specific free trade warehousing zone established by M/s. J. Matadee Eco Parks Private Limited. The notification records satisfaction that the statutory requirements were fulfilled and that a letter of approval had been granted for development and operation of the zone. It specifies the notified area by village, survey numbers and aggregate extent under the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 and the SEZ Rules, 2006.