In the last Video Conference as also through a Message from the Chairman’s Desk, all the CCITs were requested to personally monitor processing of Returns & expeditiously issue refunds. Still, out of around 61.4 lac Returns entered in the system but not yet processed, around 6.39 lac Returns have refund claims. All CCITs are once again advised to please ensure that all pending refunds are necessarily issued by March 15 2011. As no data is available with the Systems regarding refund returns received but still not entered, all the CCITs are requested to provide on or before Feb 28, 2011 details of such cases to DIT (Sys) – III , New Delhi at dit3.systems@incometaxindia.gov.in.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has filed a chargesheet in the Court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi against an ex-MLA of Punjab Vidhan Sabha from Sangrur Constituency for violation of provisions of Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), 1976.
The Economic Survey on Friday pegged the fiscal deficit for 2010-11 at 4.8 per cent, lower than the Budgetary estimates of 5.5 per cent, on the back of higher realisation from 3G spectrum auction and buoyancy in revenues. India’s fiscal deficit had ballooned to 6.3 per cent of the GDP in 2009-10 in view of stimulus spending worth billions of dollars to combat global financial meltdown, and was pegged at 5.5 per cent for the current fiscal.
The following reforms have been suggested by Economic Survey 2010-11 for overall growth of economy. Better convergence of the Schemes to avoid duplications and leakage and to ensure benefits reach to the targeted groups.Private sector participation in social sectors, such as health and education in the form of public-social-private partnership could be one of the possible alternatives for supplementing the on-going efforts of the Government.
On the occasion of Central Excise Day yesterday, the Union Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee, released “Innovations – The Pursuit of Excellence in Customs, Central Excise & Service Tax”, a compendium of unique practices and initiatives brought out by the Central Board of Excise & Customs. The compendium consolidates localized excellent practices so as to facilitate their replication and adoption in various offices across the country to enhance efficiency and effectiveness of the tax administration.
The advance estimates (AE) of the Economic Survey 2010-11 put the growth rate of the services sector at 9.6 per cent. This is despite global deceleration in the sector. The sector had registered 10.1 per cent growth in 2009-10.
The Economic Survey 2010-11 states that the infrastructure structure is a mixed bag of performance; some like telecommunications have done exceedingly well and in some others there have been less than targeted achievement. During 2007-08 to 2009-10, capacity addition is lower than the target in power, roads National Highways Developmant Project (NHDP), new railway lines and doubling of railway lines.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is set to present his sixth national budget Monday, with people hoping for measures that will help them brave high prices and industry expecting steps that would spur demand and reduce tax burden .
No increase in passenger fares and freight rates in the Railway budget presented on Friday, might be seen as an expectation of no significant increase in excise duties in the coming Union Budget on Monday. CARE Ratings on Friday said it expects no significant increase in excise duties in the coming Union Budget.
The Economic Survey 2010-11 today said there will be different set of norms for life and non-life insurance companies for coming out with a public float. “It is proposed that the disclosure requirements for life and non-life companies would be separately mandated given the nature of their respective business,” the Economic Survey tabled in the Parliament said.
