Special Economic Zone designation for services sector creates a notified SEZ area enabling development, operation and maintenance under SEZ Act.
The Central Government, under section 4(1) of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 and rule 8 of the SEZ Rules, 2006, notifies specified survey numbers in Village Talegaon and Panshil (Taluka Khalapur) and Village Bhokarpada (Taluka Panvel), Raigad, Maharashtra, as a sector specific Special Economic Zone for the services sector; the notification records a prior proposal by M/s Sunny Vista Realtors Private Limited, satisfaction of section 3(8) requirements and issuance of a letter of approval under section 3(10) for development, operation and maintenance, aggregating 139.83 hectares.

Export-related service exemptions: courier and transport services exempt when documentary evidence links service use directly to export shipments.
The amendment exempts courier and specified transport services received by exporters when used for export of goods, subject to documentary and linkage conditions: courier receipts must specify the exporter's IEC, export invoice number, nature and destination of the courier and recipient details and exporters must produce evidence linking the service to export; transport services must move goods directly from place of removal to the inland container depot, port or airport identified on the exporter's invoice, with corresponding details on lorry receipt and shipping bill and a declaration in the refund claim about non export use.

Rescission of provisional anti-dumping duty: central authority revokes prior notification under Customs Tariff powers.
Rescission of provisional anti-dumping duty on specified imports from the People's Republic of China is effected by notification No. 18/2008-Customs. The Central Government, invoking powers under the Customs Tariff Act and the implementing anti-dumping rules, expressly revokes the earlier Government notification No. 104/2007-Customs which had imposed provisional anti-dumping duty on those imports.

Anti-dumping duty on phosphoric acid from china imposed, with definitive exporter-specific rates and domestic currency payment requirement.
Definitive anti-dumping duty is imposed on phosphoric acid (technical, industrial or food grade) from the People's Republic of China, with specified duty rates differentiated by producer and exporter combinations and expressed per metric tonne. The duties operate from the provisional imposition date and are payable in domestic currency; exchange rate for conversion is as notified under the Customs Act with the bill of entry date as the relevant date. The notification specifies an overall temporal validity and names a particular producer/exporter with a distinct lower rate.

Prohibition on export of non-basmati rice: exemption allows limited export to Bangladesh via designated West Bengal buyer.
Prohibition on export of non-basmati rice is modified to permit export of a specified quantity to Bangladesh through the West Bengal Essential Commodities Supply Corporation Limited, provided the rice is procured exclusively from within the State of West Bengal; this addition amends a prior notification under the Foreign Trade Policy and takes immediate effect in the public interest.

Export prohibition exemption on wheat flour allows supply as relief to Bangladesh by Government of West Bengal under FTP.
A prohibition on export of wheat and wheat products is qualified by a targeted exemption: the prohibition shall not apply to the designated export of wheat flour (atta) to Bangladesh supplied by the Government of West Bengal as relief material, effected by an addition to the existing notification and effective from the stated date.

Prohibition on export of non-basmati rice exempted for shipments to Bangladesh as government-designated relief supplies.
Prohibition on export of non-basmati rice is amended to exempt a specified supply of non-basmati rice to Bangladesh provided by the Government of West Bengal as relief material; the change is effected by notification under the Foreign Trade Policy and declared effective from the stated earlier date as an administrative exception to the general export ban.

Special Economic Zone notification establishes a sector specific IT/ITES zone enabling development, operation and maintenance under SEZ law.
Notification designates specified survey parcels at Putlampalli Village as a sector specific Special Economic Zone for the information technology and information technology enabled services sector, following approval of APIIC's proposal and exercise of powers under the SEZ Act and SEZ Rules to notify the land for development, operation and maintenance as an SEZ.

Appointment of SEBI Chairman: C B Bhave named under statutory power and assumes office for a fixed term.
The Central Government, exercising powers under the SEBI Act and the rules on terms and conditions of service, appoints Shri C B. Bhave as Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India to assume office on completion of the predecessor's term and to hold office for the specified period from the date he assumes charge or until further orders.

Foreign Currency Exchangeable Bonds allowed with RBI approval, prescribed pricing, five year minimum maturity and restricted end uses.
The scheme permits Indian issuing companies within a promoter group to issue Foreign Currency Exchangeable Bonds to non residents exchangeable into shares of a listed offered company eligible for FDI; prior RBI approval is required, pricing must meet specified average market price tests, minimum five year maturity applies, exchange requires delivery of shares (no cash settlement), proceeds are restricted by ECB end use rules and outbound investment guidelines, corporate and SEBI approvals and disclosure obligations must be satisfied, and specified Indian tax withholding and non recognition rules apply to exchange and transfers between non resident holders.

Tariff values for specified edible oils, brass scrap and poppy seeds reaffirmed by Customs notification substituting the tariff table.
Substitutes the Table in the principal Customs notification to fix tariff values per metric tonne for specified commodities, including crude and refined palm oil and palmolein, crude soyabean oil, brass scrap (all grades), and poppy seeds; the substituted schedule records the tariff figures for each listed commodity and indicates where values remain unchanged.

Jurisdiction of income-tax authorities revised to reassign commissionerates and omit a prior entry, effective on publication.
Amendment under section 120 revises Schedule-I of Notification S.O. 733(E) by substituting the entries for Chief Commissioner of Income-tax, Kolkata-II and Chief Commissioner of Income-tax, Kolkata-IV to specify the Commissioners under their jurisdiction and by omitting a previously listed serial entry; the changes come into force upon publication in the Official Gazette.

Special Economic Zone notified for IT and IT-enabled services at Navalpattu, establishing an approved development area.
Notification designates a Special Economic Zone for information technology and information technology enabled services at Navalpattu Village, Tiruchirapalli Taluk, Tiruchirapalli District, Tamil Nadu, issued under the Special Economic Zones Act and SEZ Rules following grant of a letter of approval; the notified area comprises survey numbers 310/10, 310/11, 310/12 and 310/13 totaling the stated hectarage.

Public Financial Institution designation under Companies Act adds Jammu and Kashmir Development Financial Corporation to specified institutions list.
The Central Government, exercising powers under section 4A(2) of the Companies Act, 1956, declares Jammu and Kashmir Development Financial Corporation Limited to be a Public Financial Institution by amending the principal Gazette notification to add the corporation as a new serial entry following serial number 51, thereby including it in the list of specified public financial institutions.

Special Economic Zone designation for IT and ITES at Navalpattu following central approval under the SEZ Act.
Notification designates a sector-specific Special Economic Zone for information technology and information technology enabled services at Navalpattu Village, Tiruchirapalli Taluk, Tamil Nadu, following an application by Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu Limited and grant of approval under the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005; the Central Government, invoking Section 4(1) of the Act and rule 8 of the SEZ Rules, 2006, specifies the notified area by survey numbers and areas in the accompanying table.

Special Economic Zone notification designates specified land parcels as IT/ITES SEZ under SEZ Act, enabling development and operation.
Central Government notifies specified survey numbers and their areas at Zamin Pallavaram Village, Tambaram Taluk, Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu, as a sector specific Special Economic Zone for information technology and information technology enabled services, pursuant to sub section (1) of section 4 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 and rule 8 of the Special Economic Zones Rules, 2006, following grant of letter of approval under section 3 after satisfaction of required conditions; the notification lists each parcel and records the total area, and references subsequent de notification information.

Research tax deduction approval requires compliance with research-use, audit, and donation-reporting obligations or face withdrawal.
Approval is granted to Birla Research Institute for Applied Sciences, Nagda as an eligible institution for research tax treatment effective 1-4-2001, subject to conditions: sums must be used for scientific research; research must be conducted by faculty or enrolled students; separate books of account for research receipts and expenditures must be maintained and audited with the audit report furnished to the tax authority by the income tax return due date; a certified statement of donations received and amounts applied to research must accompany the audit report. Approval may be withdrawn for failures to maintain books, furnish audit report or statement, to carry on genuine research, or to comply with the approval conditions.

Approval under Section 35(1)(ii) for research institutions requires separate accounts and audited reports or faces withdrawal.
Dalmia Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Rajgangpur is approved as an other institution for purposes of clause (ii) of sub section (1) of section 35 effective 1 4 2003, subject to conditions: funds must be used for scientific research conducted by faculty or enrolled students; separate books of account must be maintained for research receipts and applications; an auditor's report by an authorised accountant and a certified statement of donations applied to research must be furnished with the income tax return; failure to maintain accounts, furnish reports, or to carry on genuine research, or other non compliance, may lead to withdrawal of approval.

Approval under section 35(1)(ii) permits donations for scientific research subject to auditing, separate accounts, and compliance conditions.
Approval under section 35(1)(ii) is granted to the Trust in the category of 'other institution' partly engaged in research, conditional on using receipts for scientific research, conducting research via faculty or enrolled students, maintaining separate books of account for research funds, obtaining an audit by a qualified accountant, furnishing the audit report by the income-tax return due date, and providing a certified statement of donations and amounts applied to research.

Special Economic Zone designation enables sector-specific chemical SEZ development at specified Gujarat villages under SEZ Act.
Notification designates a Special Economic Zone for chemicals at Villages Vilayat and Vorasamni, Taluka Vagra, District Bharuch, Gujarat, proposed by M/s. Jubilant Infrastructure Ltd. The Central Government, satisfied that statutory prerequisites were met and having granted prior approval for development, operation and maintenance, invokes powers under the SEZ statute and rules to notify the specified survey-numbered parcels as an SEZ, totaling 107.16.50 hectares.