« Top Headlines » Open DEMAT Account in 24 hrs  Mock Test Papers Series - I & II for Students appearing in CA Foundation January 2027 Examination.  Income Tax Rules 2026: CBDT Introduces Revised Form 161 for Penalty Waiver, Clarifies Misreporting Categories and Taxpayer Relief  ITR Filing and Income Tax Audit Deadline Extended: 5 Critical Things Taxpayers Must Know  Filing Belated ITR for AY 2026-27? Know Which Losses You Can Carry Forward and Which You May Lose  CBDT Extends Tax Audit Report Deadline to October 21, ITR Filing Last Date to November 21 for AY 2026-27  CBDT Extends AY 2026-27 ITR Filing Deadline for Tax-Audit Cases: New Dates and Key Compliance Details  Foreign Assets Missing From Your ITR? Income Tax Department Opens One-Time Disclosure Window  Tax Audit Deadline September 30: Why AIS, TDS and GST Figures May Not Match Your ITR and What Taxpayers Should Do  Tax audit deadline September 30: Common mistakes taxpayers should avoid  Your ITR says ‘verified’, but the refund hasn’t arrived? 5 reasons why your money could be stuck  Missed the ITR Deadline but TDS Refund Is Due? Here’s How You Can Still Claim Your Money «  Four negatives and two affirmatives... Corporate tax mop-up swells... » Govt clears 46 new SEZs August, 23rd 2006 The Government on Wednesday cleared 46 new Special Economic Zones including two multi-product SEZs spread over 2000 hectares by Essar in Jamnagar and AP Industrial Infrastructure Corporation in Vishakapatnam. While the SEZ promoted by Essar would have an area of 2,470 hectares, the APIIC's project would be spread over 2,309 hectares, according to a release issued here. Apart from a multiple product SEZ, AIIPC's 111 hectare SEZ for electronic hardware has also been approved by Commerce Minister Kamal Nath. Today's approval takes the number of aprovals to 150, as 104 SEZs had been cleared earlier. Of these 46 SEZ, as many as nine are from Maharashtra, seven from Andhra Pradesh, five from Karnataka and four each from West Bengal and Tamil Nadu. Three proposals of SEZs from Gujarat and Haryana have also been cleared while two SEZs have been given the go ahead, in Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Punjab and Uttaranchal. One SEZ each has been cleared in Rajasthan, Goa and Pondicherry. In Uttaranchal, the state development corporation would set up a 440 hectare SEZ. The biggest SEZ in Maharashtra would be developed by Viraj Profiles, which will be on 235 hectares of land.