With immediate effect, existing entry against ITC (HS) code 1101 pertaining to wheat products, at Sl. No. 46A of the table in Paragraph 1 of Notification No. 33(RE-2007)/2004-2009, dated 08.10.2007 read with Notification No. 116 (RE-2008)/2004-2009, dated 3.7.2009.
Securities and Exchange Board of India has been dragged to the court by one of its employees for the first time in its history. Nagendar Parakh, the senior-most chief general manager of Sebi, filed a petition in the Mumbai High Court on May 3 challenging Sebi’s decision of denying him a promotion as an executive director even while junior officers were being elevated.
To give effect to announcement in the Budget Speech of Hon’ble Finance Minister for the year 2010-11, amendments have been made to the Maharashtra Value Added Tax Rules, 2005, published in the Official Gazette referred to above. These amendments have come into effect from 1st May 2010.
PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 64/2009-14, NEW DELHI: DATED THE 18th MAY, 2010. In exercise of powers conferred under paragraph 2.4 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-14, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby makes, with immediate effect, the following amendments in the Handbook of Procedures, Vol. 1:
In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 5 read with Section 3(2) of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No.22 of 1992) and read with Para 1.3 and Para 2.1 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-2014, the Central Government hereby makes the following amendment, with immediate effect, in Paragraph 1 of Notification No. 33(RE-2007)/2004-2009, dated 08.10.2007, as amended from time to time:
Currently, tax department is issuing more than 7.5 million permanent account numbers (PANs) in a year through NSDL and, nowadays, PAN is being allotted in less than a week time. With increased modernisation of the Tax Department and electronic processing of tax returns non- quoting of PANs by deductees is creating serious problems in processing of tax returns and in granting credit for tax deducted at source.
Addressing the Members of the Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry here today, Shri Anand Sharma, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, has said that “I am confident that in partnership with industry, academia and all stakeholders, we will be able to create a conducive environment, which would sustain the momentum of our economy and manufacturing in particular”.
Please refer to Circular No. 752/68/2003-CX dated 01.10.’03 amended by Circular No. 865/3/2008-CX dated 19th February 2008 on the above subject. At present adjudication powers in Central Excise cases have been delegated upto the level of Assistant Commissioners only, and Superintendents are not vested with any authority to adjudicate cases.
Income Tax department has released utility of ITR-1 for online filing of Income Tax return for A.Y. 2010-11/ F.Y. 2009-10. The same can be downloaded from the following link:-Download Return Preparation Software – ITR-1 (Saral II) Excel Utility (Version 1.0)
In exercise of the powers conferred by rule 18 of the Central Excise Rules, 2002 read with rule 14 of the Chewing Tobacco and Unmanufactured Tobacco Packing Machines (Capacity Determination and Collection of Duty) Rules, 2010, the Central Government hereby grants rebate of duty paid on the excisable goods as specified in column (2) of the Table annexed hereto,
