Notifications issued By RBI, CBEC, IRDA, CBDT, RBI and DGFT

Policy Circular No.64 (RE-2010) /2009-14 Director General (Systems) have accorded SEZ port codes to the following 58 SEZs which have been uploaded on DGFT’s website Full Article

Policy Circular No. 63 (RE-2010)/2009-14 (i) The application for issue of RC can be for an amount upto a maximum quantity of 25,000 MT (Twenty five thousand metric tons). Earlier this limit was 10,000 MT per RC. [Please refer Para 3 of Policy Circular No. 62(RE-2010)/2009-14 dated 14.05.2012]. Full Article

The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance has issued a Notification No. 42/2012-Customs (N.T.) dated May 15, 2012 and thereby notifying change in tariff value of Brass Scrap (all grades), Poppy Seeds, Gold and Silver as shown in the tables below: Full Article

A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 128 Based on various queries received from Authorised Dealers, it is clarified that the conversion of the EEFC balances into rupee balances will only be applicable to available balances in the EEFC account which may be arrived at by netting off earmarked amounts on account of outstanding forward / option contracts booked before May 10, 2012. Full Article

Notification No. 43/ 2012-Customs (N.T.) 1. (1) These regulations may be called the Handling of Cargo in Customs Areas (Amendment) Regulations, 2012. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Handling of Cargo in Customs Areas Regulations, 2009, (hereinafter referred to as the said regulations),- Full Article

Vide Order dated 11.5.2012 passed in Pursuance of the consultations of the collegiums of the Income tax Appellate Tribunal consisting of the President and two senior-most Vice-Presidents, the following Members of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal have been transferred, Full Article

Trade Notice no. 07/ST/2012 A service provider opting for Centralised Registration for the first time for all their branches or converting from single registration(s) to centralised registration under Rule 4(2)(iii) of Service Tax Rules, 1994 shall fill the ST-1 Form online available at www.aces.gov.in. After filling the online application, the print-out of the ST-1 application along with the required documents as given in Annexure-I shall be submitted to the office of t.. Full Article

A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 127 It is clarified that the activity ‘leasing and finance’, which is one among the eighteen NBFC activities wherein FDI up to 100 per cent is permitted under the automatic route, subject to minimum capitalisation norms, covers only ‘financial leases’ and not ‘operating leases’, in so far as the NBFC sector is concerned. Full Article