Attention of Authorized Dealer Category – I (AD Category – I) banks is invited to the A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 22 dated December 7, 2000,A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 02 dated July 27, 2001 and A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 49 dated June 4, 2002 in terms of which it was advised that remittance in any form towards participation in lottery schemes are prohibited under the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999.
In exercise of powers conferred under paragraph 2.4 of Export and Import Policy, 2002-07(RE2003) and Foreign Trade Policy, 2004-09, Director General of Foreign Trade hereby makes the following amendments in the Handbook of Procedures (Vol. I) (RE2003); Handbook of Procedures (Vol. I) (RE2004) and Handbook of Procedures (Vol. I) (RE2005):
Consumers will have to pay at least Rs 5,000 more to buy a car and up to Rs 2,000 for purchasing a two-wheeler in Delhi as the state government is raising road tax on vehicles. Automakers say this would increase the cost of ownership of their vehicles which could have an adverse impact on sales volume.
Notification No. 40/2010-Income Tax In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 120 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Board of Direct Taxes hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) Central Board of Direct Taxes, number S.O. 732(E), dated the 31st July, 2001, namely:-
In order to give an opportunity to the defaulting companies to enable them to make their default good by filing belated documents and to become a regular compliant in future, the Ministry has introduced a Scheme namely, ‘Company Law Settlement Scheme, 2010,’ for condoning the delay in filing documents with the Registrar, granting immunity from prosecution and charging additional fee of 25 percent of actual additional fee payable for filing belated documents under the Companies Act, 1956 and the rules made there under.
Banks double expansion plans after RBI’s decision to allow them to open branches in Tier-III to VI cities without prior permission. An easing of the requirement to take the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) permission for opening new bank branches has led to a substantial rise in their number.
Market regulator Sebi wants to end the practice of placing restrictive clauses by companies which strip their ADR/GDR investors of voting rights. The Sebi board meeting last week had deliberated on the need to remove obstacles to bringing the holders of global and American depository receipts (GDRs/ADRs) at par with domestic investors.
Disputes have arisen in some parts of the country regarding applicability of service tax on certain activities such as shifting of overhead cables to underground on account of renovation/widening of roads; laying of electrical cables under or alongside roads/railway tracks; between grids/sub-stations/ transformers the distribution points of residential or commercial complexes and such activities as electrification of railways, installation of street-lights, traffic lights, flood-lights.
Medical care at overseas hospitals could well be within your reach with a number of health insurance providers planning to launch a premium health cover shortly. Health insurance providers, both private and state-owned, are readying products targeted at high networth individuals that would provide a cover of about Rs 50 lakh.
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