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Manual of Dos & Don’ts covering various aspects of General Conduct, Financial administration, Tax administration and Vigilance Administration etc prepared by the Vigilance Directorate , was released by Shri Prakash Chandra, Chairman CBDT during the Video Conference on 29.07.2011.
The Reserve Bank of India today placed on its website, the Report of the Committee on Customer Service in Banks and sought comments/feedback from members of the public/all the stakeholders on the Committee’s recommendations. The comments/feedback may, latest by August 27, 2011, be emailed or may be sent by post/courier to the Chief General Manager, Customer Service Department, Reserve Bank of India, Central Office, Amar Building, First Floor, Sir P.M. Road, Mumbai-400001 or faxed to 91-22-22630482 / 22631744.
The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGOM) has allowed the export of 10 lakh tons of non-basmati rice, subject to a Minimum Export Price(MEP) of USD 400 per Ton, in its meeting held on 11th July, 2011. It was also decided that the export of non-basmati rice would be done by private parties from privately held stocks on purely commercial basis. Besides, prior registration of all export contracts would be done by DGFT on a first-come-first served basis subject to the following conditions:
The Foreign Trade Policy-2009-14 incorporates several measures of incentives for the export sector including the textiles and clothing viz. Inclusion of 26 new international markets under the Focus Market Scheme; enhancement of incentives available under Focus Market Scheme and Focus Product Scheme; broad basing the coverage of Market Linked Focus Product Scheme for textile products and extension of Market Linked Focus Product Scheme benefits for exports of textiles and clothing products to additional new markets. The Duty Entitlement Passbook Scheme has also since been extended from 30.6.2011 to 30.9.2011.
The government should end subsidised domestic cooking gas (LPG) for people with income of more than Rs 6 lakh per annum, a Parliamentary Panel has suggested. A 14.2-kg LPG cylinder in Delhi currently costs Rs 395.35. This is Rs 247 short of its market price. If the panel recommendation is accepted, people with more than Rs 6 lakh per annum household income will have to pay Rs 642.35 per bottle.
The Supreme Court is likely to start the final hearing on the high profile Rs 11,000 crore tax dispute between telecom major Vodafone and the I-T Department tomorrow– a development that corporate India has been keenly watching. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia is expected to start hearing the case immediately after concluding its hearing on a petition over right to education.
Issued by the Ministry of Small Scale Industries andS.O.563 (E) dated February 27, 2009 issued by Ministry of Commerce and Industry regarding substitution of term ‘Micro and Small Enterprises’ in place of the term ‘Small Scale Industries’ are enclosed. Kindly ensure that your internal guidelines / instructions are compliant with these notifications.
The Union Minister of State for Finance Shri Namo Narain Meena has emphasised on application of technical capabilities of the commercial banks to be leveraged with the outreach capabilities of the Regional Rural Banks (RRBs), Cooperatives and the Small Help Groups (SHGs) so as to serve every nook and corner of the country with money transfer services and other financial services that are in demand by the rural population.
Land is a State subject. Land for SEZs is procured as per the policy and procedures of the respective State Governments. As per information available in respect of 381 SEZs, 82.3% of land is waste/barren/dry/industrial, 15% of land is single crop and 2.7% of land is double crop. A Statement containing state-wise distribution of land area of SEZs is Annexed.
The Institute as part of its capacity building initiatives has chalked out action plan for organizing chain of programmes on XBRL through out India, through Regional Councils and Chapters. In this sequence your Institute has organised a nationwide webcast on XBRL on July 11 and July 20, 2011. I request the members to participate in these programmes in large numbers and acquire acumen in this new area.
