NOTIFICATION No. 20/2011-Central Excise- G.S.R. (E).-In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts mobile handsets including cellular phones, falling under chapter 85 of the First Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986), from so much of the duty of excise leviable thereon under the said First Schedule, as is in excess of the amount calculated at the rate of 1% ad valorem.
The Lok Sabha passed the budget proposals minus the 5% service tax on healthcare and diagnostic services provided by high-end hospitals that was withdrawn following widespread criticism. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee , however, indicated the levy, dubbed as ‘misery tax’, may be back once the comprehensive goods & services tax is rolled out.
Addendum to Circular no. Cir/ISD/1/2011 dated March 23, 2011 – Employees should be directed that any market related news received by them either in their official mail/personal mail/blog or in any other manner, should be forwarded only after the same has been seen and approved by the concerned Intermediary’s Compliance Officer. If an employee fails to do so, he/she shall be deemed to have violated the various provisions contained in SEBI Act/Rules/Regulations etc. and shall be liable for action. The Compliance Officer shall also be held liable for breach of duty in this regard.
Please refer to D.O.F. No. 275/68/91-CX.8A (Pt.), dated 17.-1.1992 addressed by the Member (Central Excise) to all Principal Collectors, and to all Collectors of Customs and Central Excise vide which a copy of Cabinet Secretariat’s O.M. No. 53/3/6/91-Cab. dated 31.12.1991 was circulated pertaining to constitution of a committee to give clearance to the disputes between the Government Department and another and one Government Department and a Public Sector Enterprises and Public Enterprises themselves before these are agitated in a Court/ Tribunal. Reference is also invited to subsequent O.Ms issued by the Cabinet Secretariat and the Circulars/ Instructions issued by the Board from time to time on this issue.
With a view to facilitating accounting of all the Government transactions of the current financial year (2010-11) by March 31, 2011, the National Clearing Cells functioning under the Regional Offices of Reserve Bank of India have been advised to conduct “Special Clearings” with same day return clearing in the evening / night of March 30 and 31, 2011. They have also been advised to ensure that the Clearing Houses under their jurisdiction conduct these clearings, keeping in view the operational convenience at the local centres, so that instruments relating to Government revenue received from members of the public are realised and the proceeds are credited to Government account by March 31, 2011.
Stipulated that transitional arrangements under para 1.5 of Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-14 will not be applicable to export of milk powders (including skimmed milk powder, whole milk powder, dairy whitener and infant milk foods), Casein and Casein products, export of which had been prohibited under Notification No : 23 (RE – 2010)/2009-2014 dated 18th February, 2011.
This question came up for discussion in the above mentioned case before their Lordships, and it was held that non-payment of costs, does not entail the dismissal of the suit. Order XVII rule (1) of the CPC provides that the court may, if sufficient cause is shown, at any stage of the suit, grant time to the parties or to any of them and may from time to time adjourn the hearing of the suit for the reasons to be recorded in writing. Rule (2) of this order provides that in every such case the court shall fix a day for the further hearing of the suit and shall make such order as to cost occasioned by the adjournment or such higher costs as the court deem fit.
After almost two years of planning, the National Payments Corporation has at last finalised the proposed unique India Card which once commercially launched would be an domestic alternative to the global real-time payment processing firms like Visa and MasterCard . “We have finalised name of the proposed card as Rupay at our board meeting here today. We have also finalised the logo for the same,” a senior official of the RBI-set up National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), told media this evening. The official sought not to be named.
Legislation passed Wednesday by Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Cabinet aims to making it easier for foreign professionals to get their qualifications recognized and use their skills in Germany. Germany estimates some 300,000 immigrants already living in the country have no right to work because their professional qualifications or degrees from foreign institutions are not recognized. At the same time, Germany faces a severe shortage of skilled labor, it’s unemployment rate dipped to 7.9 percent last month, one of the lowest in Europe.
The following are the texts of the Exposure Drafts of the proposed limited revisions to ‘Secretarial Standard on Meetings of the Board of Directors (SS-1)’, ‘Secretarial Standard on General Meetings (SS-2)’ and ‘Secretarial Standard on Minutes (SS-5)’, issued by the Secretarial Standards Board of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India, for comments. The comments and suggestions on the Exposure Drafts may be sent to Mr. Gopal Chalam, Dean, ICSI-CCGRT at Plot No-101, Sector – 15, Institutional Area, CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai-400 614 (E-mail: ccgrt@icsi.edu) with a copy to alka.kapoor@icsi.edu so as to reach by April 30, 2011.
