Extension of notification validity: expiry date substituted to continue specified state tax rate provisions for an additional period.
The State Government, acting under the Act and on the Council's recommendation, amends the principal notification by substituting the figures, letters and words "30th day of September, 2018" with the figures, letters and words "30th day of September, 2019", thereby extending the temporal applicability of the notification's rate provisions.

Extension of deadline for specified GST notification: Manipur postpones expiry to the following year on Council recommendation.
The State Government, exercising powers under section 11(1) of the Manipur Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 and on the Council's recommendation, amends Notification No. 8/2017-State Tax (Rate) by substituting the previously specified expiry date with a new later date in Notification No. 22/2018-State Tax (Rate) issued by the Finance Department.

Extension of notification period under state GST: administrative substitution of the previously specified terminal date for continued effect.
The State, invoking the power under section 11(1) of the Sikkim Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 and on the Council's recommendation, amends Notification No. 8/2017 - State Tax (Rate) by substituting the previously specified terminal date with a new terminal date throughout that notification, effected by a Commercial Taxes Division notification.

Exemption under section 9(4) CGST Act extended, deferring tax payment under central GST rules until revised date.
The amendment extends the exemption from payment of tax under section 9(4) of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 by substituting the earlier cutoff date in Notification No. 8/2017 - Central Tax (Rate) with a later date, thereby extending the period during which the specified central GST levy is not payable.

Extension of notification validity: State GST rate notification period extended to continue existing rate applicability.
Amends Notification No. 8/2017 State Tax (Rate) by substituting the figures, letters and words specifying the notification's expiry date with a later date, thereby extending the period during which the notification's rate provisions remain in effect under the State GST framework.

Extension of UTGST exemption postpones the notified cut-off date, maintaining relief under the relevant notification.
The Central Government amends Notification No. 8/2017-Union Territory Tax (Rate) by substituting the previously specified cut-off date with a later date, thereby deferring the expiry of the existing UTGST exemption established by the principal notification and its prior amendments; the change is made under the government's power to amend rate notifications and is published as Notification No. 22/2018 in the Gazette.

Extension of filing deadline for GSTR-6: returns for July 2017-August 2018 given an administrative extension under GST rules.
The Commissioner of State Tax, under sub-section (6) of Section 39 read with Section 168 of the Telangana Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 and Rule 65 of the Rules, extends the time limit for furnishing returns by Input Service Distributors in FORM GSTR-6 for July 2017 to August 2018 until 30th September 2018, superseding Notification No. 11/2018-State Tax dated 4th June 2018 except as to prior actions or omissions.

Special migration procedure for provisional taxpayers enabling GSTIN issuance and mapping of provisional IDs to new GSTINs.
Specifies a special migration procedure allowing persons with only a Provisional Identification Number to apply for GSTIN by filing FORM GST REG-01 after GSTN email, obtain ARN, new GSTIN and access token, provide new and old GSTIN details to GSTN for mapping, and perform first-time login with the old GSTIN to generate the Registration Certificate; such taxpayers are deemed registered from the commencement of the regime.

Extension of notification validity: state GST rate notification expiry extended to 30 September 2019 by gubernatorial amendment.
The Governor, exercising power under sub-section (1) of section 11 of the West Bengal Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 and on the Council's recommendation, amends the earlier departmental notification by substituting the expiry date "30th day of September, 2018" with "30th day of September, 2019", thereby extending the notification's period of application.

Appointment of Additional Director under the Prevention of Money laundering Act establishing specific enforcement officers and continuity.
The Central Government designates the Principal Special Director of Enforcement and the Special Director of Enforcement as Additional Director for purposes of the Prevention of Money laundering Act, 2002, exercising its statutory appointment power and superseding the prior 2005 notification while preserving prior actions and omissions.

Exemption from tax under section 9(4) extended to 30 September 2019 by official notification extension.
Exemption for payment of tax under section 9(4) of the CGST Act is extended by amending the prior state notification to substitute the earlier expiry with 30th September 2019, leaving all other terms unchanged; the amendment is made under the state provision empowering government action in the public interest on the council's recommendation.

Migration completion procedure enables provisional ID taxpayers to obtain a GSTIN via portal application and GSTN mapping.
Eligible taxpayers who received only a Provisional Identification Number must apply via FORM GST REG-01 on the GST portal, obtain a new GSTIN, ARN and access token, and then e mail the new GSTIN, access token, ARN and old GSTIN to the GSTN migration address so GSTN can map the new GSTIN to the old PID and the taxpayer can complete first time login to generate the registration certificate.

Public shareholding requirement mandates listed public sector firms to restore minimum public stake within a prescribed timeline under SEBI rules.
Amendment to rule 19A requires every listed public sector company with public shareholding below twenty five per cent at commencement to increase its public shareholding to at least twenty five per cent within two years from commencement in the manner specified by SEBI. It also requires any listed public sector company whose public shareholding falls below twenty five per cent after commencement to restore public shareholding to at least twenty five per cent within two years from such fall, in the manner specified by SEBI.

Declaration C Forms invalidated, nullifying listed forms as valid interstate concessional sales documentation.
Declaration 'C' Forms issued by specified dealers are declared obsolete and invalid for all purposes from their date of issue, with the notification listing individual cancelled C-Forms and identifying issuing dealers and recipients, thereby nullifying those forms as valid interstate concessional sales documentation under the Central Sales Tax rules.

Appointment of Commissioner of Customs (Appeals) assigns specified Central Excise Commissioners to hear designated Kolkata appeals filed before cutoff.
The Central Board appoints three Commissioners of Central Excise and Central Tax (Aizawl, Dimapur, Imphal) to function as Commissioner of Customs (Appeals) for the Kolkata appellate jurisdiction under sections 4(1) and 5(1) of the Customs Act, 1962, subject to the condition that they may hear only appeals assigned by order of the Principal Chief Commissioner or the Chief Commissioner of Customs, Kolkata and appeals filed on or before the specified cutoff.

Courier export declaration thresholds rise for eligible foreign-exchange MEIS consignments, expanding the value limit for specified electronic processing provisions.
Courier import and export electronic declaration processing is amended by increasing specified consignment value thresholds to five lakh rupees. Goods listed in Appendix 3C of the Foreign Trade Policy 2015-2020 under the Merchandise Exports from India Scheme, involving foreign-exchange transactions, are excluded from the relevant sub-clause within that value limit. The corresponding limit in regulation 2(2)(c)(ii) is also increased to five lakh rupees.

Courier clearance thresholds expand, with MEIS-listed exports receiving exemption where foreign-exchange transactions meet prescribed conditions.
Courier import and export clearance requirements raise the applicable consignment-value threshold from twenty-five thousand rupees to five lakh rupees. Goods listed in Appendix 3C of the Foreign Trade Policy (2015-2020) under the Merchandise Exports from India Scheme are excluded from the specified restriction where the consignment value is up to five lakh rupees and the transaction involves foreign exchange.

Delay of retaliatory customs duties: implementation deferred under the Customs Act to a later specified date.
Notification No.56/2018 amends Notification No.50/2017 Customs by inserting a proviso that defers the commencement of the entry at serial number 14A and the second proviso, providing that those provisions shall come into effect from a later specified date; the amendment is made under the Customs Act and the Customs Tariff Act and is inserted into the principal notification effective from 4 August 2018.

Compensation cess corrigendum corrects published wording, replacing a phrase to amend the notification text.
Corrigendum to the Compensation Cess (Rate) notification replaces the phrase "and no" with "and" at the specified Gazette location, constituting a ministerial textual correction to the published Notification No. 2/2018-Compensation Cess (Rate) and referencing the principal Notification No.1/2017-Compensation Cess (Rate).

Anti-dumping duty scope amended to exclude specified food and electronic grades of high-concentration hydrogen peroxide under customs notification.
The corrigendum to Notification No. 33/2018-Customs (ADD) amends the commodity description by substituting the words "Hydrogen Peroxide" with "Hydrogen Peroxide (other than of food grade and electronic grade having concentration of 90% and above)", thereby narrowing the scope of the anti-dumping duty entry to exclude specified food and electronic grades of high-concentration hydrogen peroxide.