It is observed that many a time, names of Directors of various firms/companies are similar. It is, therefore, necessary to ensure that Directors are correctly identified and in no case, names appearing to be similar to the names of Directors appearing in the list of defaulting borrowers are wrongfully denied credit facilities on such grounds. To avoid such situations, it has been decided that the Director Identification Number (DIN) may be included as one of the fields in the data format submitted by State and Central Co-operative Banks to credit information companies. Such provision of DIN will further ensure that the data relating to credit information is accurate and complete.
Enforcement and tax officials will keep a close watch on the proceedings of players auction for IPL-4 which will see as many as 350 top cricketers from India and abroad go under the hammer in Bangalore later this week. The financial dealings and investments of the earlier editions of IPL are already under the scanner of agencies like the Income Tax department and Enforcement Directorate (ED) since last year when extensive searches were conducted at the IPL headquarters in Mumbai and offices of various franchises.
SEZ : Creation of Single Window Mechanism for granting various statutory approvals under Environmental and Regulation INSTRUCTION NO. 73, DATED 29-12-2010 The undersigned is directed to enclose a copy of D.O. letter No. 23-16/2009-HSMD, dated 23-11-2010 from Shri Rajiv Gauba, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests along with a copy of minutes of meeting […]
Around 100 cooperative sugar mills in Maharashtra have lost one round of a battle on income tax (I-T) arrears dating back to 1992-93, with an appellate authority rejecting their argument on dues. If the decision, by the commissioner of income tax (appeals), is not appealed again, the mills may have to pay Rs 2,500 crore in arrears.
The government has initiated an inquiry into Cadbury India’s takeover by US-based Kraft Food Inc on Delhi High Court’s directive, for alleged tax evasion and flouting of buyout norms. The Finance Ministry has initiated the inquiry under the Income Tax Act on the order of the High Court, which asked the government last month to complete the probe within 8 weeks.
With different tax rates leading to fuel prices varying from state to state, the oil industry has demanded inclusion of crude oil and its products, and natural gas in the reformist GST (Goods and Services Tax) regime. Petrofed, a body representing bo
Market regulator SEBI today warned brokers that any change in trade details of clients after execution would attract monetary penalty if the reason is not genuine. The decision has been taken to check any possible fraudulent activities by changing cl
The alleged mastermind of Rs 300 crore Citibank fraud, Shivraj Puri, invested most of the funds raised from corporate entities and high networth individuals in derivative instruments in stock markets.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said the government is examining the decision of the Income Tax tribunal in the Bofors case and will decide the future course of action later. “As the Law Ministry has pointed (out), we are examining the
Amid rising prices of cooking oil, the government is unlikely to increase import duty on crude and refined edible oils that currently stands at zero and 7.5 per cent, respectively. “There will not be any increase in import duty of crude and refined e
