The government today approved amendments to the PFRDA Bill 2011 while agreeing to the proposed 26% foreign investment in the pension sector but refrained from providing assured returns to subscribers in the proposed law. The government had decided not to mention FDI cap in the legislation itself for retaining the flexibility of changing it through an executive order.
The government may impose a stamp duty of Rs 300 per crore (0.003%) on transactions in commodities, stocks and other derivatives, with the finance ministry moving a proposal to Cabinet for taking the final call, sources said. Despite strong opposition from the Ministry of Consumer Affairs (MCA), the finance ministry has placed the proposal before Cabinet, they said.
Failure of regulation, by wide agreement, was one of the main causes of the 2008 global financial crisis. It is unsurprising therefore that reforming regulation has come centre stage post-crisis. The progress in regulatory reforms over the last two years has been impressive, but the agenda ahead remains formidable. Regulation will bring in benefits by way of financial stability, but it also imposes costs. There are some ball park numbers for what the Basel III package might entail in terms of growth, but there has been no rigorous thinking on what the whole gamut of regulatory reforms currently on the agenda might mean for growth, equity and stability in terms of costs and benefits over time and in different regions of the world. Thinking through these vital and complex issues is the main motivation for the theme of this conference – Financial Sector Regulation – Equity, Stability and Growth in the Post-crisis World.
Reserve Bank hereby directs that with effect from April 1, 2012, RRBs should not make payment of cheques/drafts/pay orders/banker’s cheques bearing that date or any subsequent date, if they are presented beyond the period of three months from the date of such instrument.
It has now been decided, in consultation with the Government, to treat the issue / transfer of ‘participating interest/ rights’ in oil fields to a non- resident as Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) transaction under the extant FDI policy and the FEMA regulations. Accordingly, these transactions have to be reported as FDI transactions in terms of the provisions of Regulations 9 and 10 of the Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer of Issue of Security by a Person Resident outside India) Regulations, 2000 notified vide Notification No. FEMA 20/2000-RB dated May 3, 2000, as amended from time to time read with A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.63 dated April 22, 2009 — A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 45
Recent global financial crisis has revealed that financial systems around the world rely on safety nets to reduce the adverse impact of financial crisis as also to prevent the re-occurrence of the crisis. During the global crisis, uncertainty triggered panic reactions and collapse of banks. Under these circumstances, deposit insurance emerged as an important part of financial safety net in arresting panic reaction. Governments across the globe took measures such as raising the deposit insurance coverage limits, providing blanket guarantees, etc. These measures restored the public confidence in banking systems. Thus, the importance of deposit insurance as a tool for preventing and mitigating the impact of financial crises as also for the smooth running of financial systems and maintaining financial stability has been fully appreciated.
The C&AG’s role in the audit of social sector spending is particularly crucial. While the Government is committed to allocate the required resources for socio-economic development programmes for creating improved employment opportunities, better health and education capacities, improved water supply and sanitation, agriculture self-sufficiency and food security, we have to ensure that every rupee that is spent on these initiatives gets the best returns.
Key features of NSDL Return Preparation Utility (RPU) version 2.6- Unmatched challan: On import of consolidated file in the NSDL RPU (version 2.6), an alert message “Statement contains unmatched challan. The same has been highlighted in red colour” will be provided if the consolidated file imported contains unmatched challan. Deductee/ Salary details records with invalid PAN: On import of consolidated file in the NSDL RPU (version 2.6), an alert message will be provided ‘Statement contains invalid PANs. The same has been highlighted in red colour’ if the statement contains invalid PAN in deductee/ salary detail records.
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India has initiated an inquiry against Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd over the alleged increase of valuation of Jagati Publications owned by YSR Congress leader Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy. Mr G. Ramaswamy, president of ICAI — the regulatory body of chartered accountants — told this newspaper that the institute had started an inquiry based on media reports and had sought an explanation from the CA in question. “The preliminary inquiry is on,” he said, refusing to div-ulge more information.
As per the data provided, the total number of tax audit returns filed in respect of the financial year 2010-11 was 16, 16,096 which were conducted by 59,472 auditors. The data so provided is being further processed with regard to fake membership numbers, membership numbers which exceeded the specified number (ceiling) of tax audit assignments, etc. In order to prevent misuse of membership numbers of tax auditors, we have been given assurance that from next year onwards the uploading of tax audit report along with digital signatures would be made mandatory.
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