Vijay Mallya-promoted airlines has not defaulted on payment of dues towards provident fund of the employees. The government on Tuesday said it is taking action against debt-ridden Kingfisher Airlines for not depositing Rs 153 crore, which the company deducted as TDS from its employees, with the exchequer.
Advance tax collection from the country’s top 100 companies, according to the final numbers, declined by 1.4 per cent to Rs 30,763 crore in the third quarter of 2011-12, indicating sluggishness in the economy. These corporate houses had paid Rs 31,203 crore in the same period last year.
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (Insurance Brokers) Regulations, 2002 have laid down the functions of a Direct Broker in Regulation 3. Regulations 3(e) and 3(j) envisage that an insurance broker should render advice to a client on appropriate insurance cover and terms and assist in the negotiations of claims. However, as per Clause 7(e) of Schedule 3 of the said Regulations, an insurance broker should not to take up a recovery assignment on a policy contract which has not been serviced through him nor work as a claims consultant for a policy which has not been serviced through him.
Ref.DBOD.Ret..BC. No.66/12.06.001/2011-12 We advise that the name of State Bank of India Commercial and International Bank Limited has been excluded from the Second Schedule to the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 by notification DBOD.No.Ret.BC.35/12.06.059/2011-12 dated September 26, 2011, published in the Gazette of India (Part III – Section-4) dated October 29 – November 04, 2011.
It has been decided to permit banks to avail themselves of funds from RBI on overnight basis, under Marginal Standing Facility (MSF), against their excess SLR holdings. Additionally, they can also avail themselves of funds, on overnight basis below the stipulated SLR, up to one per cent of their respective Net Demand and Time Liabilities outstanding at the end of second preceding fortnight. In the event the banks’ SLR holdings fall below the statutory requirement, banks will not have the obligation to seek a specific waiver for default in SLR compliance arising out of use of this facility in terms of notification issued under sub section (2A) of Section 24 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.
In terms of paragraph 2 of the circular dated February 18, 2005 and paragraph 2 of the circular dated January 12, 2011, RRBs are required to prepare a risk profile of each customer and apply enhanced due diligence measures on higher risk customers. Some illustrative examples of customers requiring higher due diligence have also been provided in the paragraph under reference.Further, paragraph 5 of the circular dated February 18,2005requires RRBs to put in place policies, systems and procedures for risk management keeping in view the risks involved in a transaction, account or banking/business relationship.
In Re Shell Technology India Private Limited (AAR) – The applicant is said to be providing scientific and technical services to Overseas Shell group entities. SSSABV, a company incorporated in Netherlands, through its branch in the Philippines, is currently providing back office financial services relating to accounts etc. to the applicant. It is seen that software are installed for that purpose; but it has not been clarified whether they are installed in India or in the Philippines. It appears to us that this aspect may not matter, as the software is used by the Philippines branch of SSSABV for rendering the services to the applicant and not by the applicant itself,
In exercise of the powers conferred under Paragraph 2.4 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-14, the following correction is made in description of export item under Sl. No 1011, Product Code-62 Chemicals of the DEPB Rate Schedule.
Union Cabinet meeting on Tuesday cleared the Lokpal Bill, which may be tabled in Parliament on December 22. The final draft of the bill was okayed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh earlier today.
With direct tax collection target of Rs 5.85 lakh crore looking difficult to meet,the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on Monday said it will concentrate on big corporates and salaried employees to mop up the revenue.There is a concern… IIP and GDP are down.It will be difficult to achieve budget estimate, CBDT Chairman M C Joshi said.He,however,said the department was working hard to achieve the target given to it in the Budget.We will monitor tax deducted at source (TDS) and concentrate on bigger assessees, he said.
