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The government is trying to take up the issue of Indonesia proposing a tax of exports of coal at bilateral level, Coal Secretary Alok Perti said on Saturday. We have taken up the issues of export tax and restrictions in certain quality of coal by the Indonesian government with the Ministry of External Affairs and Finance Ministry, Perti said on the sidelines of the Fourth Asian Mining Congress and International Exhibition in Kolkata on Saturday. Full Article

The Ministry of External Affairs is in the soup for not filing e-TDS (tax deduction at source) for the past few years, and at fault are over 100 diplomats who have not given their PAN numbers to the ministry. Sources said the Income Tax (I-T) Department has taken up the matter with the MEA, and senior officials have been asked to pull up the erring diplomats posted in and outside the country. Full Article

Please refer to our circular letter DBOD. AML.No.11031/14.06.059/2009-10 dated December 21, 2009. We have since received from Government of India (Ministry of External Affairs) copy of note dated January 19, 2010 from the Chairman of UN Security Council's 1267 Committee regarding changes made in the Consolidated List of Individuals and entities linked to Al-Qaida and Taliban. Full Article

Please refer to our circular UBD (PCB) CO.BPD. Cir. No. 15 / 14.01.062 / 2009-10 dated October 22, 2009 on the above subject. We have since received from Government of India (Ministry of External Affairs) copies of notes dated September 3, 2009; September 23, 2009 and October 22, 2009 from the Chairman of UN Security Council's 1267 Committee regarding changes made in the Consolidated List of Individuals and entities linked to Al-Qaida and Taliban as specified below: Full Article

State and Central Co-operative Banks are required to update the consolidated list of individuals/entities as circulated by Reserve Bank and before opening any new account, it should be ensured that the name/s of the proposed customer does not appear in the list. Further, banks should scan all existing accounts to ensure that no account is held by or linked to any of the entities or individuals included in the list. Full Article

In the month of July the Central Vigilance Commission disposed of 522 cases referred to it for advice and launched prosecution against 22 officers. Of these, seven were from CBDT & MHA and two each from M/o Environment & Forest and MCD. Full Article