In exercise of powers conferred under Paragraph 2.4 of the Foreign Trade Policy 2004-09, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby makes the following amendments in Handbook of Procedures.
Consequently, the above mentioned products/groups destined to specified linked markets only are entitled to benefit under Para 3.10.7 of Foreign Trade Policy (RE-2008)/2004-2009 on exports w.e.f 1.4.2008.
Shri Dinesh Verma, CIT(ITA), Central Board of Direct Taxes the entry, Shri Anand Kumar Kedia, Director (TPL-1II), Central Board of Direct Taxes shall be substituted.
Merchant Bankers, Registrars and Self Certified Syndicate Banks (SCSBs) are advised to provide the ASBA facility in rights issues with suitable modifications to ASBA process specified by SEBI for public issue.
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1B) of section 35B of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), the Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue No. 6/2007-Central Excise (N.T), published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section(i) vide number G.S.R.77(E),dated the 12th February, 2007, namely.
G.S.R. (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1B) of section 35B of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), the Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue No. 5/2007-Central Excise (N.T), was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section(i) vide number G.S.R.76(E), dated the 12th February, 2007, namely.
In exercise of powers conferred by Section 5, read alongwith Section 3(2) of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992, also read alongwith paragraph 2.1 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2004-09, the Central Government hereby amends Schedule – I (Imports) of the ITC (HS) Classifications of Export and Import Items, 2004-09.
The first amendment to the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 was published in Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide GSR No. 783-805(E) dated 29.12.2006. and was last amended by notification no. 15/2007-Cus(N.T) published vide GSR No. 102(E) dated 22nd February 2007.
The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Part II, Section 3, sub-section (i), Extraordinary, vide notification No. 23/2004-Central Excise (N.T.),dated the 10th September,2004,vide number, G.S.R. 600 (E), dated the 10th September 2004, and was last amended by notification No. 39/2007-Central Excise(N.T) dated the 13th November 2007, vide number ,G.S.R. 709(E), dated the 13th November, 2007.
Provided that the prohibition shall not be applicable on the import of pathological material and biological products for diagnostic and research purposes from South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation member countries on specific request.