An Indian businessman has been sentenced to prison in California on charges he fraudulently tried to get H-1B work visas for workers from India to fill non-existent jobs in the US. Srinivasa Chennupati has been sentenced to six months in prison and three years of supervised release for making false statements on 11 applications for the high-technology worker visas, the Department of Justice said in a statement.
EXPORTS (including re-exports) : Exports during February, 2011 were valued at US $ 23597 million (Rs. 107215 crore) which was 49.7 per cent higher in Dollar terms (46.9 per cent higher in Rupee terms) than the level of US $ 15758 million (Rs. 73002 crore) during February, 2010. Cumulative value of exports for the period April-February 2010 -11 was US $ 208229 million (Rs 949278 crore) as against US $ 158497 million (Rs. 753384 crore) registering a growth of 31.4 per cent in Dollar terms and 26.0 per cent in Rupee terms over the same period last year.
With India’s sugar production set to exceed domestic demand, the government is likely to re-impose 60 per cent import duty on sugar from tomorrow. “The duty free notification lapses on today and from April 1 it automatically reverts back to the old duty structure,” the official source said.
Investment in infrastructure holds the key to India’s economic growth. It has been projected that India’s investment requirement in the 12th Five Year Plan is over a trillion USD of which half is expected to come from the private sector. To encourage greater private sector participation in the development of infrastructure in the country, the Union Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee during his budget speech of 2011-12 announced the decision of the government to further liberalise the policy relating to the investment in corporate bond market.
The Central Registry has become operational with effect from today i.e.31st March,2011.In his Budget speech for 2011-12, the Union Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee had announced that the Central Registry would be operationalised by March 31, 2011. The objective of setting-up the Central Registry is to prevent frauds in loan cases involving multiple lending from different banks on the same immovable property. The Central Registry Of Securitisation Asset Reconstruction And Security Interest Of India, a Government Company, licensed under Section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956 has been incorporated for the purpose of operating and maintaining the Central Registry under the provisions of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI Act 2002).
The Union Cabinet today approved creation of seven posts of Indirect Tax Ombudsman to be located at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Calcutta, Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Lucknow in the HAG + scale of Rs.75,500-80,000/- and the supporting staff. The Indirect Tax Ombudsman Guidelines, 2011 has also been approved.
Country’s Population Reaches 1210 Million as Per Census 2011. Up Remains Most Populous State With 199 Million. Overall Sex Ratio Reaches 940 – 7 Points Increases Over 2001. Literacy Rate Goes up to 74.04 Percent from 64.83 Percent
The Union cabinet on Thursday exempted ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 from income tax in view of the income coming in the country thanks to the tournament and earned by subsidiaries of ICC. The exemption will be available only where the contractual obligation to bear the income-tax liability is on these entities. The financial implication of the move will be around R45 crore.
Notification No 27/2011–Service Tax -By Notification No. 19/2009 dated 07.07.2009, service provided by one scheduled bank to another scheduled bank in relation to interbank transactions of purchase and sale of foreign currency, was exempted. Now this exemption is available to any bank, including a bank located outside India, or money changer.
Notification No. 26/2011–Service Tax- In case of continuous supply of service, every person providing such taxable service shall issue an invoice, bill or challan, as the case may be, within fourteen days of the date when each event specified in the contract, which requires the service receiver to make any payment to service provider, is completed
