Anti-dumping duty on white cement imposed, with conditional exemption for one exporter subject to contractual terms.
Imposition of anti dumping duty on white portland cement from specified countries follows findings of dumped exports causing injury; specified per tonne duties apply to exporters except a named exporter granted exemption contingent on meeting three conditions: minimum CIF price, imports through designated ports, and payment by Letter of Credit within thirty days. Duty is effective from the provisional duty date, payable in Indian currency, with exchange rate for calculation prescribed by government notification and relevant at bill of entry presentation; the measure has a fixed expiry date.

Investor Education and Protection Fund rules mandate remittance, accounting and committee oversight for grants and investor awareness programmes.
These Rules require companies to remit specified unpaid or unclaimed investor-related amounts into the Investor Education and Protection Fund within thirty days, submit stamped challans and a certified Form 1 to the Registrar, who must record and reconcile receipts and forward monthly abstracts. A Central Government nominated Committee, with power to form sub-committees, administers the Fund, recommends and disburses grants to registered associations (Forms 3 and 4), may call companies to pay dues, inspect records and the end use of grants, and is subject to annual internal audit and audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General.

Investor education and protection fund created under the Companies Act to consolidate unclaimed company amounts and support investor awareness.
The Central Government, under Sub section (1) of Section 205C of the Companies Act, 1956, notifies the creation of the Investor Education and Protection Fund as a repository for sums required to be credited under the Act, providing a statutory mechanism for collecting and allocating unclaimed company amounts to support investor education and protection.

Aggregate value counting for SSI duty exemption: specified clearances must be included and refunds on such clearances barred.
The notifications are amended to require that home consumption clearances of specified tariff headings and related parts during the transitional period be counted when computing the aggregate value for SSI duty exemption; refunds claimed for duty paid on those clearances before the effective date on the ground that they were included in the aggregate are not admissible; and the ANNEXURE is revised to replace the broad chapter reference with a narrowed list of included tariff headings.

Exchange rate amendment sets new Australian dollar valuation for import valuation, effective immediately under Customs notification authority.
Amendment to the customs exchange rate schedule substitutes the entry for the Australian Dollar in Schedule I to Notification No.38/2001 NT CUS, replacing serial number 2 and its related entries with the newly prescribed exchange rate for valuation of imported goods; the revised rate is declared effective from the date specified in the Notification.

Exchange rate amendment updates foreign currency rates for export goods, revising Australian Dollar and Swiss Franc values.
Amendment to the export-goods customs notification substitutes revised exchange rates in the Schedule for the Australian Dollar and the Swiss Franc, replacing the entries at the relevant serial numbers with the new rupee-equivalent rates; the amendment specifies the operative date from which these rates apply to export goods and records the administrative authority and file reference for the change.

Exchange rate notification updates the official rupee equivalence for a foreign currency, affecting import valuation and customs assessment.
Amendment to the customs notification updates the Schedule entry for a specified foreign currency by substituting a new official rupee equivalence, to be applied in import valuation and customs assessments from the stated effective date, pursuant to powers under the Indian Stamp Act and the Customs Act.

Anti dumping duty on Oxo alcohols: country and product specific duties imposed with notified currency conversion procedure.
Final imposition of anti dumping duty on specified Oxo alcohols (Normal Butanol, Iso Butanol, 2 Ethyl Hexanol, Iso Decanol and Iso Octanol) is imposed under section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act and relevant rules for imports from specified countries. The Government, accepting the designated authority's findings and incorporating appellate amendment, supersedes the earlier notification and prescribes country and product specific duty rates in the annexed table; duties are payable in Indian currency with exchange conversion determined by the notified rate on the bill of entry date.

Customs port designation: Vijaydurg authorised for loading molasses for export under Customs Act powers.
Amendment designates Vijaydurg as a customs port authorised for the loading of molasses for export by inserting item "(10) Vijaydurg - Loading of Molasses for export" into the Table against Maharashtra in Notification No. 62/94 Customs (N.T.), effected under clause (a) of section 7 of the Customs Act, 1962 as an administrative modification to the principal notification.

Disclosure exemption for tea cultivation and processing companies requires quantity and stock details and value reporting for purchased tea.
The Central Government exempts companies engaged in the cultivation or processing of tea from disclosing the value information specified in Schedule VI to the Companies Act, subject to conditions: disclose quantity and other particulars (excluding value) of green leaf tea produced and processed with opening and closing stock; and where green leaf tea is purchased, disclose the value of purchases in addition to quantity, particulars, and opening and closing stock. The exemption is effective for three years from Gazette publication.

Deposits from directors and members allowed with declaration; added small depositor disclosures and Regional Director enforcement.
The amendment permits private companies to accept amounts from persons who are directors, relatives of directors or members if the giver furnishes a written declaration that the funds are not obtained by borrowing or acceptance from others. It requires disclosure of the number and amount due to small depositors in default and any waiver of interest on such deposits, and inserts rule 11A authorising the Regional Director to make complaints under sub-section (2) of section 58AAA.

Rescission of anti-dumping duty on non-leather sports footwear from China withdraws prior notification, subject to past actions.
The Central Government, invoking powers under the Customs Tariff Act and the Anti dumping Rules, withdraws Notification No. 15/2001 Customs concerning non leather sports footwear from the People's Republic of China, with the withdrawal not affecting acts done or omissions occurring before the rescission.

Anti-dumping duty on non-leather sports footwear imposed, calculated as the gap between reference amount and landed value.
Imposition of anti dumping duty on non leather sports footwear from the People's Republic of China following findings of exports below normal value and material injury to the domestic industry. Duty applies to specified tariff sub headings and is calculated per pair as the difference between a category reference amount and the assessable "landed value" in US dollars. Two product categories-branded and other-have distinct reference amounts. Duty is effective from the provisional imposition date, payable in Indian currency, and uses the official rate of exchange for determination on the bill of entry date.

Exemption for 9mm pistol when manufactured by designated producer and cleared with ministry recommendation for supply to police forces.
Amendment inserts a conditional exemption for Pistol 9mm under Chapter 93 under section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944: the exemption applies where the pistol is manufactured by a designated manufacturer and supplied to State or Union Territory Police Forces, and where, prior to clearance, a Ministry of Home Affairs officer not below Joint Secretary recommends the exemption specifying full description and quantity.

Exchange rate determination for exports under Customs Act prescribes binding currency conversion rates for export valuation procedures.
Determination of exchange rates for exported goods under the Customs Act prescribes conversion rates for specified foreign currencies into Indian currency and vice versa, superseding the prior notification and providing two appended schedules (unit and per-hundred currency rates) to be applied for export valuation and related customs procedures from the notified commencement date.

Exemption of gold potassium cyanide used in-factory for manufacturing gold jewellery removes central excise duty on that input.
The notification inserts a new table entry exempting gold potassium cyanide used within the factory of production for the manufacture of gold jewellery, specifying a Nil rate of duty under the Central Excise Act and placing the entry after S.No. 45 of the principal notification.

Exchange rate determination for imported goods: prescribed schedule of conversion rates to govern customs valuation and stamp duty.
The Central Government prescribes specific exchange rates for conversion between listed foreign currencies and Indian currency to govern valuation of imported goods and calculation of stamp duty; the notification supersedes an earlier notification and requires that the rates set out in Schedule I and Schedule II be applied for the statutory calculations, adopting fixed numerical conversion figures per currency as the operative mechanism.

Appointment of Chairman: Shri Vinod Dhall named Department of Company Affairs chair under Companies Act authority.
The Central Government, under the authority of sub-section (4) of section 205C of the Companies Act, 1956, amends Notification No. SO 1087(E) dated 11-11-1999 by substituting the entry at serial number 1 to designate Shri Vinod Dhall, IAS, as Chairman of the Department of Company Affairs, effecting an administrative change in the earlier notification.

Schedule amendment removes specified serial entries, changing Companies Act schedule content under government notification.
The Central Government has amended Schedule XV to the Companies Act, 1956 by omitting serial numbers 3, 4, 5 and 6 and the entries relating thereto; the change was effected by government notification published in the Gazette and executed by the Department of Company Affairs under the statutory powers referenced in the notice.

Tariff exemption for rubberised coir mattresses introduced; footwear exempted subject to a retail price cap and deletions made.
The amendment substitutes S.No.173A to exempt footwear sold at or below a prescribed retail sale price and adds an explanatory definition of "retail sale price" as the maximum packaged consumer price inclusive of taxes, freight, commission and related charges; it also inserts S.No.243A (94.04) to grant Nil excise duty to rubberised coir mattresses and omits items (b) and (i) from column (3) against S.No.262, thereby further amending Notification No.3/2001-CE.