The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) will probe management and auditors of 12 listed companies, including Raj Television Network and Surya Lakshmi Cotton Mills, for allegedly providing false information about the shareholding pattern. ‘MCA believes the 12 companies under scanner furnished false info regarding their share breakup to Regional Directors (RDs)’, an official said. The ministry is likely to soon ask the Regional Directors concerned to probe role of auditors of the companies and also of their top management.
The government today created an email id for public to send their ideas and inputs to tackle issues arising out of blackmoney. The email — bm-feedback@nic.in — has been created on the server of the National Informatics Centre and the public can send their responses on the subject with immediate effect, a senior Finance Ministry officer said.
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has appreciated the action taken by India in handling tax evasion and black money issues. During the two day high level Seminar held on 13th and 14th June on “Adopting Tax System and International Tax Rules to the New Global Environment : a Shared Challenge for India and the OECD” at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi, both OECD and India decided to enhance their cooperation in dealing with issues relating to transfer pricing and promote better tax compliance and measures to improve the prevention and regulation of cross border dispute.
A recent directive by SEBI barring conversion of Indian Depository Receipt (IDR) into primary equity shares of foreign companies has dented the India listing plans of some multinationals in the technology sector, a senior i-banker said on Tuesday. ‘There was not much of interest in IDR to start with but due to this Sebi directive, some companies in the tech and tech-related space which had plans, are now rethinking their strategies,’ chief operating officer of Kotak’s Investment Banking division S Ramesh told reporters.
Notification No.40/2011-Service Tax- DATED 14-06-2011 – Section 65(105)(zzzp) of the Finance Act, 1994 – Transport of goods by rail service – Abatement provisions – Amendment in Notification No. 9/2010-ST, dated 27-2-2010 – Exemption extended till 1-1-2012. Notification No 09/2010-Service Tax, dated the 27th February 2010 provides abatement to transport of goods by rail. This notification was effective from 01.04.2010 and similar amendments were made and in the previous round, it was made effective from 1 st July 2011. Now it is effective from 01.01.2012.
Notification No.39/2011-Service Tax Section 65(105)(zzzp) of the Finance Act, 1994 – Transport of goods by rail service – Exemption to transportation of specified commodities – Amendment in Notification No.8/2010-ST, dated 27-2-2010 – Exemption extended till 1-1-2012 – NOTIFICATION NO. 39/2011-ST., DATED 14-06-2011
Notification No. 38/2011-Service Tax – Notification No 07/2010-Service Tax, dated the 27th February 2010 Rescinds Notification No. 33/2009-S.T dated 01.09.2009 [which actually exempts transport of goods by rail and if this exemption is withdrawn, the service becomes taxable]. This notification was to be effective from 01.04.2010 and then extended to 01.07.2010, further extended to 01.01.2011, then to 01.04.2011 and then to 01.07.2011 and now further extended to 01.01.2012.
CIR/MIRSD/4/2011 It has been felt that there need to be common rating symbols and definitions (i) for easy understanding of the rating symbols and their meanings by the investors, and (ii) to achieve high standards of integrity and fairness in ratings.
With an aim to regulate the credit system to the advantage of the country, the Reserve Bank today said NBFCs cannot open subsidiaries or enter into joint ventures abroad without its permission. ‘No NBFC shall open subsidiaries/joint ventures/ representative office abroad or shall make investment in any foreign entities without obtaining prior approval in writing from the Reserve Bank of India,, the central bank said in a notification.
Reserve Bank today admitted that its own tight monetary policy, besides rising crude oil prices and uncertain global environment, poses a threat to India’s growth momentum in the current fiscal. ‘The slackening of global recovery, high oil and commodity prices, deceleration in domestic industrial growth, uncertainty about continuation of strong growth in agricultural sector and impact of monetary policy actions pose downside risks to India’s GDP’, RBI said in a report.
