The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested an Income Tax Officer and a Chartered Accountant, both of Aurangabad for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs.15,000/- from the complainant. A complaint was received at CBI, ACB, Pune from the complainant against the ITO Ward (1)(2), Aurangabad and a Chartered Accountant of Aurangabad regarding demand of Rs.25,000/- as bribe to settle one complaint received by ITO against him without enquiry.
Circular No. 28/2011-Customs, Representations have been received from the trade that, in some cases, field formations are collecting anti-dumping duty even after the expiry of the statutorily prescribed period of levy. It has been reported that the basis for such a practice could be that the notification providing for levy of anti-dumping duty does not specify the end date.
Notification No.58 /2011-Customs Whereas in the matter of imports of Sodium Tripoly Phosphate (STPP) (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling under sub- heading 2835 31 00 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), originating in, or exported from, People’s Republic of China (hereinafter referred as the subject country) and imported into India, the designated authority vide its preliminary findings notification No. 14/25/2009–DGAD, dated the 21st May, 2010, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 21st May, 2010 , had come to the conclusion that-
Driven by a hefty increase in tax refunds which more than doubled in the first quarter of the current fiscal, net direct tax collections dropped by almost 17% during the same period to Rs 57,268 crore. The net direct direct tax collections stood at Rs 68,675 crore in the same period last fiscal.
The Supreme Court today said the CBDT order, as and when it is passed, on Mahindra Satyam tax dispute case would not take effect for two weeks so that the IT company may challenge it in an appropriate forum.
Export of organic edible oil duly certified by APEDA with a ceiling of 10,000 MTs per annum has been exempted from the prohibition imposed on export of edible oils (which is up to 30.9.2011). Notification No. 51 dated 3.6.2011 – Export of organic pulses and lentils duly certified with APEDA with an annual ceiling of 10,000 MTs per annum has been exempted from the prohibition imposed on export of pulses. Earlier, it was permitted for export up to 31.3.2012.
Method of recruitment, age-Iimit, educational qualifications, etc.—The method of recruitment to the said post, age-limit, educational qualifications and other matters relating thereto shall be as specified in columns (5) to (14) of the said.
A draft Micro Finance Institutions (Development & Regulation) Bill, 2011 is now available on the website of Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance, Government of India. This draft Bill may be seen at http://finmin.nic.in/the_ministry/dept_fin_services/fin_services.asp . The Government, desires to have public comments and views of the stakeholders at the earliest on the draft Bill before finalizing the Bill. All comments and suggestions may be sent at acsec-bkg@nic.in.
The Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee has urged all Public Sector Banks/Financial Institutions to exert themselves in containing the downward trend of Asset Quality by devising suitable strategies for containing and rolling back NPAs. He was addressing the review meeting of the Chief Executives officers (CEOs) of Public Sector Banks/Financial Institutions, here today.
In supercession of all the previous circulars and instructions issued by Ministry of Corporate Affairs from time to time regarding name availability, the applicants and Registrar of Companies are advised to adhere following guidelines while applying or approving a name: As per provisions contained in Section 20 of the Companies Act, 1956, no company is to be registered with undesirable name. A proposed name is considered to be undesirable if it is identical with or too nearly resembling with:
