Hotels of one-star and above (including managed hotels) and heritage hotels approved by Department of Tourism (DoT) and other Service providers in tourism sector registered with DoT as well as Clubs having residential facility of minimum 30 rooms shall be entitled to duty credit scrip equivalent to 5% of free foreign exchange earned during preceding financial year / current financial year, as the case may be.
In exercise of powers conferred by Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 (No. 22 of 1992) read with Para 1.3 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2004-2009 (as amended from time to time), the Central Government hereby makes the following amendment in Foreign Trade Policy RE2006 and RE2007.
The principal Notification No.15/2002-Customs (N.T.), dated the 7th March, 2002 was published in the Gazette of India vide G.S.R 171 (E), dated the 7th March, 2002 and was last amended by notification No.112/2007-Customs (N.T.), dated the 14th November, 2007 [G.S.R. 710(E), dated the 14th November, 2007].
For FX earned during 2007-08, a single consolidated application for Duty Credit Scrip shall be filed with jurisdictional RA in ANF 3B along with documents prescribed therein. For FX earned during current financial year 2008-09, application for Duty Credit Scrip shall be filed on monthly/quarterly/half-yearly/annual basis, at the option of the applicant to be exercised along with first application for the current financial year.
In the statement of Standard Input Output Norms (SION) as contained in the Handbook of Procedures (V2), 2004-2009, as amended from time to time, addition/revision/amendments/corrections at appropriate places as mentioned in ANNEXURE A (Page-1) to this Public Notice are made.
In exercise of powers conferred under paragraph 2.4 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2004-09, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby makes the following additions in the Handbook of Procedures.
DoPT’s O.M. No. 31011/4/2008-Estt.(A), dated 23rd September, 2008 Consequent upon the acceptance of the recommendations of Sixth Central Pay Commission, it has been decided to make necessary additions/changes in the CCS (LTC) Rules, 1988 as indicated below:-
The Reserve Bank of India has set a limit for maximum transaction per day through mobile phones. A customer can, now, transect Rs 2,500 to a maximum of Rs 5,000 in a day. Customers must have access to a debit or credit card to avail mobile banking. Many Indian leading banks are providing mobile banking in the country. The banks need to inform RBI about the services they are providing thru mobile phones. The new guidelines, in this regard, are issued by the apex bank on Friday.
Circular No. 8 of 2008-Income Tax The Central Board of Direct Taxes, vide notification S.O. No. 752(E), dated 28-3-2008, inter alia, notified a new return forms for all the assessee for assessment year 2008-09.
The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section3, Sub-section (ii) vide number G.S.R. 576 (E) dated the 13th July, 1994 and was last amended by Notification No.24/2002- Customs, dated the 1st March 2002, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub- section (ii) vide number G.S.R. 121 (E), dated the 1st March 2002.
