Notification No.31/2011 – Service Tax – Government hereby exempts the taxable service as referred to in sub-clause (zzzzw) of clause (105) of section 65 of the said Act, when the declared tariff for providing of such accommodation is less than rupees 1000 per day from the whole of the service tax leviable thereon under section 66 of the said Act.
Notification No. 30/2011 – Service Tax – G.S.R. (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 93 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts the taxable service referred to in sub-clause (zzzzo) of clause (105) of section 65 of the Finance Act, from the whole of the service tax leviable thereon under section 66 of the said Act.
29/2011 – Service Tax, dated 25-04-2011- In exercise of the powers conferred by clauses (A) and (B) of section 71of the Finance Act, 2011 ( 8 of 2011), the Central Government hereby appoints the 1st day of May 2011, as the date on which the provisions of the said Act shall come into force.
Aiming to give more teeth to the investigation against black money, Income Tax Department hit by staff shortage today said it has sought an additional 22,000 staff to strengthen its various operations. Besides, the tax department will redeploy its existing manpower towards intelligence gathering, investigations and prosecutions.
The investigation relating to the issuance of new Unified Access Services Licenses and subsequent allocation of 2G spectrum during 2008-09 has established commission of offences punishable U/s 120-B IPC read with Section 7/11 & 12 of PC Act, 1988 against the then Union Telecom Minister; two Directors of Mumbai-based private company who were also promoters of a Mumbai-based private Telecom company; two Directors of another Mumbai based private company; one Director of Mumbai based private film company and one Director and one partner of Chennai based private TV company are liable to be prosecuted.
The regulations governing mergers, acquisitions and combinations under the Competition Act would be finalised by May 1, and implemented from June 1, said Minister for Corporate Affairs, Murli Deora, here today. The revised draft of regulations is in the final stages and we expect the notification to be finalised by May 1,” he told reporters at an event organised by the Indian Merchants Chamber (IMC) here today.
New Delhi , 21-04-2011 The CBI has registered three cases against a local Recruiting Agent(Delhi-based); three private firms; the then certain officers of Protector of Emigrants and other private persons with regard to illegal human trafficking of Indian workers.
There have been a number of articles on the Cabinet Secretary’s report regarding tapping of telephones which appeared in some section of the media. It is important that the correct factual position is presented to the media. The provisions for authorization of interception are contained in Section 5(2) of Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 read with Rule 419(A) of the Indian Telegraph Rules, 1951 as well as Section 69 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 read with Information Technology (Directions for Interception or Monitoring or Decryption of Information) Rules, 2009.
