Special Economic Zone designation enables sector specific electronic hardware and IT/ITES development in the designated area after statutory approval.
Notification designates a Special Economic Zone for electronic hardware and software, including IT and ITES, at specified survey parcels in the villages of Ghamroj, Bhondsi and Mahendwada, 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; it records that M/s Progressive Buildestate Private Limited proposed the SEZ and that a letter of approval under sub section (10) of section 3 was granted after satisfaction of sub section (8) and related requirements, and tabulates the constituent survey numbers and areas totaling 29.939801711 hectares.

Tariff value amendment updates import valuation for specified edible oils, brass scrap and poppy seeds under the Customs Act.
The Board, invoking sub-section (2) of section 14 of the Customs Act, substitutes the Table in Notification No. 36/2001-Cus (N.T.) by issuing Notification No. 127/2008-Cus.(N.T.), dated 17 November 2008, which sets specific tariff values in US$ per metric tonne for listed goods, including various palm oils, crude soybean oil, brass scrap (all grades) and poppy seeds, thereby amending the prior tariff-value schedule for customs valuation.

Minimum area requirement for handicraft SEZs set at ten hectares under the Special Economic Zones Rules amendment.
Amendment to rule 5(2)(b) of the Special Economic Zones Rules, 2006 inserts a proviso requiring SEZs proposed exclusively for handicrafts to have an area of ten hectares or more and substitutes the phrase "provided further" with "provided also" in the second proviso; the Rules are titled the Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Rules, 2008 and commence on publication in the Official Gazette under the enabling Act.

Amendment to Companies General Rules substitutes specified statutory forms, altering procedural filing requirements under the Companies Act.
The Central Government, exercising powers under the Companies Act, issues the Companies (Central Government's) General Rules and Forms (Second Amendment) Rules, 2008 to substitute Forms 1B, 4, 4C, 18, 22 and 32 in Annexure A of the 1956 General Rules, thereby altering the prescribed formats and filing mechanics for companies and specifying the amendment's title and commencement.

Investor Education and Protection Fund reporting: substituted Form 1 prescribes mandatory company fields, verification and professional certification for filings.
Substitution of Form 1 requires companies to file an electronic Statement of amounts credited to the Investor Education and Protection Fund with mandatory company identifiers, service request number, payment date and mode, an itemised schedule of amounts by category (unpaid dividends, application money due for refund, matured deposits, matured debentures, interest, grants and donations), the related financial year(s), attachments, board resolution authorisation, digital signature by an authorised officer and certification by a practising accountant, cost accountant, company secretary or statutory auditor.

Focus Market Scheme eligibility extended to exports of cement and specified primary steel products under FTP amendment.
The amendment deletes sub paragraphs l and m of Paragraph 3.9.2.2, effective immediately, and stipulates that exports of cement in all types and forms and the Primary Steel Products listed in Public Notice No. 130(RE 2007)/2004 09 (as amended) made from the notification date are eligible for incentives under the Focus Market Scheme.

Corrigendum updates tax notification project description to add classrooms, seminar hall, buses, computers and furniture.
Corrigendum dated 12 November 2008 replaces the S. No. 13, Column (3) description in S.O. 54(E) (16 January 1998) with an expanded rural development project specification at Vinaypuram, District Bhilwara, Rajasthan, adding construction of three additional classrooms, one seminar hall, two student buses, one staff bus, ten computers, and other furniture to the originally listed school, welfare centre, staff quarters, guest house, laboratory and library hall, kitchen and dining hall, meditation hall, and administrative block.

Deduction under Section 35AC: specified institutions' projects approved with capped allowable deductions for a fixed approval period.
Notification approves specified institutions and their named projects as eligible for deduction under Section 35AC on the National Committee's recommendation, and for each project states the estimated cost and the maximum cumulative amount allowable as a deduction under the said section for a three-year approval period covering the financial years specified in the Table.

Inland Container Deport designation for an engineering sector SEZ enables customs treatment under the Customs Act.
Appoints 12 November 2008 as the effective date for treating the engineering sector Special Economic Zone at Kesurde Village, District Satara, Maharashtra, by M/s. Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation, as an Inland Container Deport under section 7 of the Customs Act, 1962, pursuant to powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 53 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005.

Approval Committee constituted for engineering sector SEZ at Kesurde Village with specified ex officio membership and developer invitee.
Constitutes an Approval Committee for the engineering sector Special Economic Zone at Kesurde Village, District Satara, Maharashtra, established under the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005, for consideration of the SEZ project by M/s. Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation. The Committee's composition is specified: Development Commissioner, SEEPZ as Chairperson; a Department of Commerce Director/Deputy Secretary or nominee; Joint Director General of Foreign Trade, Mumbai; Commissioner of Customs or Central Excise (or nominee); Commissioner of Income Tax (or nominee); Director (Banking), Ministry of Finance; two Joint Secretary level officers nominated by the State; and a Developer representative as Special Invitee, with a substitution provision for the Development Commissioner.

Special Economic Zone designation for engineering sector at Kesurde establishes notified SEZ area and land parcel schedule.
Notification establishes a Special Economic Zone for the engineering sector at Kesurde Village, District Satara, recording that a letter of approval for development, operation and maintenance was granted and that the Central Government approved a reduction in area. The notification lists the constituent land parcels by gut number and hectare area, and declares the aggregate notified SEZ area as 111.12 hectares under the statutory powers and rules authorising SEZ designation.

Appointment of Value Added Tax Officer to assist Commissioner in administration of Delhi VAT under statutory delegation.
Appointment of Om Prakash Pandey as Value Added Tax Officer with immediate effect to assist the Commissioner in administration of the Delhi Value Added Tax Act, effected by notification of the Lt. Governor under powers conferred by the Act and the applicable DVAT rules; the order formalises delegated administrative functions to support enforcement, assessment and implementation of VAT within the National Capital Territory of Delhi.

Import policy for marble tiles liberalised subject to a minimum CIF threshold and Nepal-origin processing restrictions.
Marble tiles (Exim Code 68022110) are classified as Free for import, subject to a CIF minimum threshold per square metre. The free import facility excludes certain Nepal-origin cases: it applies only to products processed or manufactured from marble mined in Nepal and does not apply to products manufactured or processed in Nepal using imported marble.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointment reallocates customs show-cause adjudication to a designated commissioner for centralized handling.
Designation of the Commissioner of Customs, Inter Container Depot, Tughlakabad, New Delhi, as the Common Adjudicating Authority to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the Commissioner of Customs, Chennai, for adjudicating show-cause proceedings arising from a Directorate of Revenue Intelligence reference concerning Mr. S.M. Asif and associated publications, thereby reallocating responsibility for those adjudications to the named commissioner.

Common adjudicating authority appointed to exercise Customs Act powers for adjudication of DRI show cause notices.
Designates a common adjudicating authority by appointing the Commissioner of Customs (Import), New Customs House, Mumbai to exercise the powers and discharge duties of specified territorial customs officers solely for adjudicating the show cause notices issued by the Directorate General of Revenue Intelligence, Zonal Unit, Ahmedabad concerning M/s Parth Marketing and others.

Common Adjudicating Authority designation centralises customs adjudication for a linked show cause notice to a single port authority.
Designation appoints the Common Adjudicating Authority at Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House, Nhava Sheva, to exercise the powers and discharge duties of several specified Customs Commissioners for adjudicating the show cause notice issued against M/s Tini Pharma Limited and others, consolidating jurisdiction and centralising the adjudication of that matter under the Customs Act.

Common adjudicating authority appointed to adjudicate show cause notices relating to KDL Biotech and associated customs proceedings.
Appoints a common adjudicating authority under sections 4(1) and 5(1) of the Customs Act to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of specified customs officers for the purpose of adjudicating show cause notices issued by the Directorate General of Revenue Intelligence relating to M/s KDL Biotech Limited and others.

Common adjudicating authority appointed to transfer adjudication powers for specified customs show cause proceedings to Nhava Sheva.
Appointment of the Commissioner of Customs, Nhava Sheva, Mumbai, as common adjudicating authority under sub section (1) of section 4 and sub section (1) of section 5 of the Customs Act, 1962, to exercise the powers and duties of the Commissioner of Customs, Inter Container Depot, Tughlakabad, New Delhi, limited to adjudication of matters relating to the show cause notice concerning M/s. Vishal Hira Merchants Private Limited and others arising from the specified DRI file.

Common Adjudicating Authority appointed to exercise delegated Customs Act powers for adjudication of a specified show cause notice.
Appoints a Common Adjudicating Authority under sections 4(1) and 5(1) of the Customs Act, 1962 by delegating to the Commissioner of Customs (Import), Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House, Nhava Sheva the powers and duties of two specified customs officers for the limited purpose of adjudicating matters arising from the show cause notice relating to M/s B.N. Industries and others issued by the revenue intelligence directorate.

Common adjudicating authority appointed to adjudicate show cause notices against Park Organics, consolidating customs adjudicatory powers.
Appoints the Commissioner of Customs (Export), Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House, Nhava Sheva, as a common adjudicating authority under sub section (1) of section 4 and sub section (1) of section 5 of the Customs Act, 1962, to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of specified customs officers for adjudicating show cause notices issued to M/s Park Organics Limited by the Directorate General of Revenue Intelligence, Mumbai Zonal Unit, consolidating adjudicatory competence from four named customs offices.