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Maharashtra's Rs.42,000 crore annual plan - an increase of over Rs.4,084 crore over last year's Rs.37,916 crore - for 2011-12 has been approved by the central government, an official said Friday. The plan was finalised at a meeting between Chief Minster Prithviraj Chavan and Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahulwalia in New Delhi Thursday, the official said, Full Article

Making payments through cheques may become a costlier affair from tomorrow, as RBI has allowed banks to levy higher service charges for their clearing, especially of high-value and outstation cheques. As per a RBI circular coming into effect from April 1, 2011, banks would be free to fix service charges on speed clearing of cheques of value above Rs 1 lakh. Full Article

NOTIFICATION NO. 90/2010 - It is hereby notified for general information that the organization M/s. National Council for Applied Economic Research, New Delhi has been approved by the Central Government for the purpose of clause (ii) of sub-section (1) of section 35 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (said Act), read with Rules 5C and 5E of the Income-tax Rules, 1962 (said Rules), with effect from 1-4-2002 (assessment year 2003-04) onwards in the category of 'other Institution',.. Full Article

NOTIFICATION NO. 91/2010- Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, New Delhi has been approved by the Central Government for the purpose of clause (ii) of sub-section (1) of section 35 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (said Act), read with Rules 5C and 5E of the Income-tax Rules, 1962 (said Rules), from assessment year 2010-11 onwards in the category of 'other Institution', partly engaged in research activities subject to the following conditions, namely :— Full Article

Tax authorities will not take legal recourse in cases where the disputed amount is below a certain threshold, as the government looks to reduce unproductive litigation. The new rules are in sync with a national litigation policy that seeks to make t Full Article

The government plans to keep a tight vigil on foreign investment inflows by making it mandatory for companies bringing in foreign equity to periodically disclose the end-use of such funds. The Economic Intelligence Council (EIC), led by finance minis Full Article

Delhi finally has its own excise Act. After years of preparation, the Delhi Excise Act 2009 came into effect from Monday. The Act replaces the outdated Punjab Excise Act 1914 and is modelled after the Model Excise Act suggested by the Centre. Full Article

Notification No.70 / 2010-Customs (N.T.) the Commissioner of Customs (Export), New Customs House, Mumbai, for the purposes of adjudicating the matters relating to Show Cause Notice issued to M/s. Frost International Limited, 402, Kalpana Plaza, 24/147B, Birhana Road, Kanpur and others, vide F.No. DRI/GRU/INV-01/09-10.Pt.II dated 25th May, 2010 by the Additional Director General, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Ahmedabad Zonal Unit, Ahmedabad. Full Article