Competition watchdog CCI has issued a show cause notice to the National Stock Exchange (NSE) asking why a penalty should not be imposed for its unfair trade practices in connection with currency derivatives trading . The commission has found NSE guilty of violating Section 4 of the Competition Act, which is abuse of dominant position, according to a source in the CCI.
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has issued a corrigendum after noticing some errata on the circular issued on March 31st, 2011 regarding the filing of Balance Sheet and Profit & Loss Account in extensible Business reporting language (XBRL) mode. Accordingly, the circular No. 9/2011 has been rectified as under:
India today signed a Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) with the Republic of Colombia for the avoidance of double taxation and for the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income. The Agreement was signed by Shri Sudhir Chandra, Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes on behalf of the Government of India and by Mr. Juan Alfredo Pinto Saavedra, Ambassador of the Republic of Colombia to India, on behalf of the Republic of Colombia.
Government has released the Quarterly Report on debt management pertaining to the quarter Jan-March 2011, here today. The Middle Office (MO), Department of Economic Affairs in the Ministry of Finance has been bringing out the Quarterly Report on debt management since September 2010. This Report for the quarter Jan-March 2011 is the fourth such report in the series. The report has been placed on the website of Ministry of Finance i.e. www.finmin.nic.in .
Haryana Governor Jagnnath Pahadia today urged the officers of Indian Revenue Service (IRS) to curb the menace of hoarding and pilferage of taxes, according to an official release. The Governor was speaking at a function to give away completion certificates of the On-the-Job-Training Course to the 64th Batch of Probationer Officers of Indian Revenue Service (IRS) at Haryana Raj Bhavan here today, said the release.
The Supreme Court today banned the production, sale and use of controversial pesticide Endosulfan in the country for the next eight weeks, holding that human life is more important than anything else. Keeping in mind various judgements of this court under Article 21 (right to life and liberty) of the Constitution and particularly keeping in mind the precautionary principle we, hereby, direct and pass ad-interim order for immediate ban on production and use of Endosulfan all over India, a bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia said.
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The Intellectual Property regime in India underwent significant changes after India’s accession to WTO in 1995. After an intense national debate a number of safeguards were included in amendments to the Patents Act made in 1995, 2002 and 2005. These safeguards were designed to prevent evergreening of patents and included a higher threshold for inventive step and a prohibition from patenting new forms of known substances which do not result in the enhancement of the know efficacy of these substances. We have also opposed the provision of data exclusivity and patent linkage. Such a stance has been consistent with our obligations under TRIPS and seeks to meet our developmental objectives specially relating to ensuring the availability and affordability of essential medicines. When concern was raised by various quarters about the Indian stand in various Free Trade Agreements, especially in the context of the Indian Pharma products, the Prime Minister firmly directed that the Indian side shall not take on any obligation beyond TRIPS/ Domestic Law. This stand, that we shall not exceed TRIPS/Domestic law in respect of Patents, has now been decisively ingrained in our IPR policy.
CIRCULAR NO. DNPD/4/2011, DATED 13-5-2011 – With regard to the newly created category of self-clearing member, in the currency derivatives segment of a Stock Exchange, communicated vide Notification No. LAD NRO/GN/2011-12/01/11486, dated April 6, 2011, it is clarified that such self-clearing member shall have a minimum net worth of Rs. 5 crore.
Notification No. 26/2011 – Income Tax Whereas, an Agreement between the Government of Republic of India and the Government of the Isle of Man for the Exchange of Information with respect to taxes was signed at London on the 4th day of February, 2011; And whereas, the date of entry into force of the said Agreement is the 17th day of March, 2011, being the date of later of the notifications of completion of the procedures as required by the respective laws for entry into force of the said Agreement, in accordance with paragraph 2 of article 13 of the said Agreement;
