Two and a half years after taking over as RBI governor ,D Subbaraoon Monday sought “legally-back formal autonomy”for the central bank besides suggesting a gradual shift to a committee-driven approach to setting of interest rates. But, when it came to losing RBI’s grip over what is now its turf-managing the government’s debt-the governor , who is a former Union finance secretary , stopped short of suggesting that the government abandon its plans to setup an independent debt management office.
Fearing possible black money flow and terror financing risks from Iran and North Korea into the Indian stock market, Sebi has asked bourses to be cautious in dealings with funds and entities from those countries. The country’s top bourse NSE’s investigation department today said in a circular to the bourse’s members that Sebi in a letter dated May 5 has informed it about Iran and North Korea not having appropriate ”anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT)’ norms.
This has reference to our tender advertisement No.: IRDA/IT/NTC/TNDR/085/05/2011 dated 2nd May, 2011. The dates for submissions of Technical / Commercial bids and for further tendering activities have been re-scheduled as detailed below:
The Delhi High Court today reserved its verdict on the bail pleas of five corporate executives, including three top Reliance ADAG honchos, arrested for their alleged roles in the 2G spectrum allocation scam involving former Telecom Minister A Raja. Justice Ajit Bharihoke reserved his order on bail pleas on Swan Telecom Director Vinod Goenka and Unitech’s Managing Director Sanjay Chandra and the three Reliance ADAG officials after CBI’s Special Public Prosecutor UU Lalit concluded his argument vehemently opposing their bail pleas.
Case continued to be argued at length by Mr. A S Chandiok, ASG, UOI for the third session also. He has argued the matter now for nearly 7 hours, by painstakingly taking the Court through allied laws, judgements of the constitutional benches, orders passed by the Courts in other Service tax matters. Case continued to be argued at length by Mr. A S Chandiok, ASG, UOI for the third session also. He has argued the matter now for nearly 7 hours, by painstakingly taking the Court through allied laws, judgements of the constitutional benches, orders passed by the Courts in other Service tax matters. Petitoners were awaiting their chance to present their final arguments as rejoinder, but that could not happen, as the ASG concluded when hardly any time was left for Mr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Mr. Ganesh, Sr. Advocates.
Reserve Bank of India has liberalised opening of Escrow Accounts for Foreign Direct Investment transactions vide A. P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 58 dated 2 May 2011. Hitherto, opening of Escrow / Special Bank Account by Non-resident Corporate(s) for the purpose of acquisition/transfer of shares / convertible debentures of an Indian Company was permitted only in cases of Open Offers / Delisting / Exit Offers subject to compliance with Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Regulations.
G Mohan Gopal, a former member on the board of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), has alleged that the Sebi board “abused” its powers to protect CB Bhave from being subjected to any independent inquiry with “respect to his actions as NSDL chairman” during the 2003-06 IPO scam.
As we know C forms are required to be submitted by a seller with the sales tax authorities after obtaining the same from the purchaser of goods if the sale is an interstate sales and CST has been charged at concessional rate of 2% as per the requirement of section 8(4) of CST Act 1956. Sometimes a dealer if has made an interstate sales at concessional rate of CST against C form then afterwards, the purchaser doesnot provide the requisite C form to the seller then in such case difficulties are faced by the seller at the time of finalizing of his assessment proceedings.
In accordance with the decision taken by institute recently, it is brought to the notice of the students that effective from June, 2011 Session, the system of dispatch of Admit Cards in physical form will be discontinued. The Institute will arrange to upload the E-Admit Cards on the website of the Institute which can be downloaded by the students.
Acting on a specific intelligence, the officers of DRI, Kolkata & Berhampore had effected a seizure of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) having total face value of Rs.3.00.000/- on 08.05.2011 at 06.00 hrs. from one person namely Jahangir Alam at Farakka railway station, Farakka, Dist-Murshidabad when he was about to board Malda town Farakka – New Delhi express train. The said FICN were recovered from one bag carrying by him. Altogether 500 pcs. of FICN comprising 400 pcs. of 500 denomination notes and 100 pcs. of 1000 denomination notes were recovered. The said FICN were seized under section 110 of the Customs Act, 1962 on reason to believe that the same had been smuggled into India from Bangladesh. The person (Indian national) involved in smuggling of the said FICN was arrested and produced before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Berhampore on 08.05.2011. Further investigation is in progress.
