Import permitted freely provided cif value is US$ 50 & above per square metre except, in case of import of the product from Nepal. However, the said exemption shall be applicable only on such imports, which have been processed/ manufactured out of marble mined in Nepal.
Oil prices are a barometer of the world economy. Rising prices between 2003 and 2007 reflected the best global economic growth in a generation. This high economic growth was brought to an end not only by underpricing of risk, excess liquidity and over-confidence but also by an increasingly unsustainable commodity boom – of which oil was a crucial part. Now, as the world has dropped into recession, oil prices have fallen by more than half.
Exporters of traditional items including textiles, gems & jewellery, handicraft and leather — hit hardest by the slowdown in the Western markets — may get access to cheaper credit to tide over the current global meltdown. The commerce department and the finance ministry are discussing an incentive package for identified labour-intensive export sectors, which could include provision of credit at a subsidised rate and for a longer period. Incentives may also be given to exporters to diversify to alternate markets less affected by the global crisis.
Sebi has once again attempted to walk the tightrope not by imposing restrictions, but by encouraging buying on bourses by relaxing the Takeover Code to extend creeping acquisition limit beyond 55%, if done on the floor of the stock exchange. With stock markets plummeting and most regulators imposing harsh measures like banning short selling, Sebi has once again (after relaxing restrictions on participatory notes) attempted to walk the tightrope for discouraging further selling not by imposing restrictions, but by encouraging buying on bourses by relaxing the Sebi (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 1997 (the “Takeover Code”) to extend creeping acquisition limit beyond 55%, if done on the floor of the stock exchange
