Collector of Customs (Appeals) jurisdiction defined for specified customs and central excise collectorates across territorial areas.
Appointment of officers as Collectors of Customs (Appeals) under the Customs Act authorizes designated collectors with territorial competence for customs and central excise matters, superseding Notification No. 16/90-Customs (N.T.). The accompanying Table assigns each Collector of Customs (Appeals) jurisdiction over specified Custom Houses, Preventive Collectorates and Central Excise Collectorates across States and Union Territories.

Appointment of Principal Collectors establishes designated Collectors of Customs aligned with corresponding Central Excise jurisdictions under the Customs Act.
Appointment of Principal Collectors names specified officers as Collectors of Customs for areas coterminous with or corresponding to listed Central Excise or Customs collectorates, under the authority of section 4(1) of the Customs Act, superseding a prior notification and mapping subordinate customs and central excise jurisdictions (including preventive units) to each Principal Collector.

Customs exemption amendments add specified pharmaceuticals to exemption lists and remove an existing notification entry.
Amendments exercise executive power under section 25(1) of the Customs Act, 1962 to modify specified customs exemption notifications by inserting new serial entries adding named pharmaceutical products to exemption Tables/Schedules and by omitting an existing serial entry from a separate notification's annexed Table, thereby altering the enumerated items eligible for tariff exemption.

Customs exemption amendments remove specified schedule entries and add Rifampicin, modifying exemption notifications under Customs Act.
Under authority of section 25(1) of the Customs Act, specified entries are omitted from Notifications No. 89/85-Customs and No. 213/88-Customs, and Notification No. 216/92-Customs is amended to add a new Table entry for Rifampicin after the existing entry numbered fifty-two.

Customs exemption for imports used in bulk drug manufacture limits customs and additional duty on specified inputs.
The notification exempts specified imported goods, when imported for manufacture of listed bulk drugs, from so much of the customs duty in the First Schedule as exceeds the amount calculated at the rate of 10% ad valorem and from the whole of the additional duty leviable under section 3 of the Customs Tariff Act. The exemption is granted under sub section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 and applies only to goods described in the annexed Table corresponding to named bulk drugs such as Rifampicin.

Customs duty exemption for specified imports used in manufacture of listed pharmaceutical intermediates and finished drugs.
Exemption from customs duty is granted for specified imported inputs when imported into India for the manufacture of specified finished goods listed in the annexed Table. The Central Government, under section 25(1) of the Customs Act, 1962, exempts the goods specified in the Table from the whole of the customs duty leviable under the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975, limited to the input-output pairs enumerated (e.g., pancreas for insulin; DL-2 aminobutanol for ethambutol; 3-4 xylidine for Vitamin B-2; L-base for chloramphenicol; diethyl malonate and triethyl orthoformate for EMME; aceto butyrolactone for novaldimine; 2-6 xylidine for lignocaine).

Amendment to customs exemption alters specified goods entries, removing listed items and revising import permissions.
Notification No. 249/92-Cus amends Notification No. 64/79-Customs by omitting specified table entries relating to goods imported for the manufacture of drugs. Exercising powers under the Customs Act, 1962, the Central Government removes the entries corresponding to serial numbers 17, 18, 24, 25, 31, 34 and 35 from the Table, thereby deleting those specified goods from the exemption notification.

Delegation of regulatory powers under section 29A enables SEBI to exercise specified powers of the Central Government under the Act.
The notification directs that the Central Government's regulatory powers under sub section (5) of section 4 and sections 7, 8, 11, 12 and 16 of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 shall be exercisable by the Securities and Exchange Board of India, effecting an executive delegation under section 29A to centralise specified supervisory and regulatory functions in SEBI.

Customs fees updated: certified copy charges set at Rs. 50 under amended Levy of Fees regulations.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs amends the Levy of Fees (Customs Documents) Regulations, 1970 by substituting, in regulation 3's table, the entries for supply of certified copies with the fee "Rs. 50.00"; the amending regulations are titled and come into force on 3rd August, 1992.

Exchange rate determination for imported goods prescribed, affecting stamp duty calculation and customs valuation under statutory powers.
Prescribes exchange rates for specified foreign currencies into Indian currency and vice versa for calculating stamp duty and for section 14 of the Customs Act in relation to imported goods, superseding an earlier notification and fixing the rates effective 1st August 1992 by listing each currency with the amount equivalent to Rs.100 in the Schedule.

Exchange Rate Determination fixes conversion rates for foreign currencies for export goods, governing customs conversions.
Determination of exchange rates for conversion of specified foreign currencies for export goods under section 14(3)(a)(i) of the Customs Act, 1962, accompanied by a Schedule listing each foreign currency with its corresponding rate expressed as the amount of foreign currency equivalent to Rs.100, to be applied for customs conversion purposes.

Specification of NRI Bonds: Government designates SBI's NRI Bonds (Second Series) under an income tax provision.
Central Government, under sub clause (iid) of clause (15) of section 10 of the Income tax Act, 1961, by Notification No. S.O.551(E) dated 27 7 1992, specifies the NRI Bonds (Second Series) issued by the State Bank of India, a bank established under section 3 of the State Bank of India Act, 1955, for the purposes of that sub clause.

Income-tax appellate procedure updated: paper-book filing deadlines set and copying fees, including urgent and publisher rates, revised.
Amendment mandates submission of a duplicate indexed paper-book at least one day before hearing with proof of service a week prior, subject to bench condonation of delay. It establishes a per-page certified copy fee, doubles fees for urgent or immediate stenographer-copy delivery, allocates fifty percent of urgent typing fees to the typist, sets a publisher fee per page, and requires advance cash recovery of all certified-copy fees.

Advance Licence definition amended to specify qualifying licence types for import exemption under customs notification.
Amendment to Notification No. 204/92-Cus substitutes the Explanations to define Advance Licence as the Quantity based Advance Licence issued under specified paragraphs of the Export and Import Policy April 1992-March 1997, the Advance Intermediate Licence issued under the relevant paragraph, or the Quantity based Advance Licence issued under another specified paragraph, thereby specifying which licence types qualify for the customs exemption on materials imported against advance licences.

Coastal port declaration: pellet plant jetty designated for coastal trade in iron ore pellets and raw materials.
The Central Government, exercising the power under clause (d) of section 7 of the Customs Act, 1962, appoints the pellet plant jetty to be a coastal port for carrying on trade in iron ore pellets and their raw materials.

Exchange rate amendment adjusts notified customs rate for Swiss franc, replacing the schedule entry and specifying effectiveness.
Amendment to Notification No. 48/92-Cus substitutes the Schedule entry for serial No. 16 to revise the notified exchange rate for the Swiss franc; enacted under statutory powers in the Indian Stamp Act and the Customs Act, the substitution specifies the new notified rate and the date from which that rate is effective, thereby replacing the previous schedule entry used for customs exchange-rate purposes.

Tax exemption under section 10(23) granted with conditions on income application, permitted investments, distribution, and business income.
Notification grants tax exemption under section 10(23) to the Maharashtra Cricket Association, Pune for assessment years 1992-93 to 1994-95 subject to conditions: apply or accumulate income solely for its objects as modified by sections 11(2) and 11(3); invest only in forms permitted by section 11(5) except permitted voluntary contributions; do not distribute income to members except as grants to affiliated institutions; and exclude business profits unless incidental with separate books maintained.

Tax exemption under section 10(23C)(v) curtailed by strict conditions on application of funds, permitted investments, and business income.
Notification grants tax-exempt status to Sri Raghavendra Swamy Mutt for specified assessment years subject to conditions: income must be applied or accumulated only for the institution's objects; funds must be invested only in forms specified in section 11(5) except voluntary contributions held in kind; and business profits are excluded unless the business is incidental and maintained in separate books.

Tax exemption notification grants charitable trust recognition with conditions restricting investments and business income treatment.
Notification under section 10(23C)(v) notifies Sri Bala Murgan Devasthanam Trust, Ahmedabad for the specified assessment years subject to conditions: income must be applied or accumulated wholly and exclusively for its objects; funds must be invested or deposited only in modes specified in section 11(5) except certain voluntary contributions kept as jewellery or furniture; and business profits are excluded unless incidental to objectives and maintained in separate books.

Tax exemption under section 10(23C)(v) granted to Kurukshetra Development Board subject to application, investment and business conditions.
Notification under section 10(23C)(v) designates Kurukshetra Development Board, Haryana, for assessment years 1991-92 to 1993-94 subject to conditions: income must be applied or accumulated solely for its objects; funds must not be invested or deposited except in modes permitted by section 11(5) (excluding voluntary contributions maintained as specified articles); and the notification excludes business profits unless the business is incidental and separately accounted for.