Notification No. 3/2012-Central Excise In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 23/2003-Central Excise, dated the 31st March, 2003, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide number G.S.R. 266(E), dated the 31st March, 2003, namely :
ICWAI has received a communication from Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), a fully Central Govt. owned company which is providing telecom services throughout the Nation, seeking a panel of Cost Accountant Firms for the purpose of selection and appointment of Cost Auditor from amongst such panel, for their 24 circle office and 2 District offices namely Chennai phones and Kolkata phones.
The Union Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee said that the decline in the monthly headline inflation for December 2011 to 7.47% as against 9.11% in November 2011 was mainly due to significant decline in inflation for primary articles including food inflation in the month of December 2011. Shri Mukherjee was reacting to the monthly headline inflation data which was released today for December, 2011. The Finance Minister Shri Mukherjee said that he is confident that moderation in inflation would continue in the coming months though softening in the prices of manufactured goods despite the rapid decline in non-food primary inflation may be more gradual. The Finance Minister said that headline inflation should be between 6 and 7 per cent in March end 2012.
Notification No. 2/2012-Central Excise – In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 5/2006-Central Excise, dated the 1st March, 2006 which was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide G.S.R. 95(E) dated the 1st March, 2006, namely: –
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs Government proposes to set up National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) and National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) which will replace Company Law Board, Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction and Appellate Authority for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction.
India’s exports for the month of April- December 2011 have registered a growth of 25.8%, at US $ 217.6 billion. Interacting with the media persons here today, Shri Rahul Khullar, Commerce Secretary, informed that during the period April—December 2011, the imports were US $ 350.9 billion with a growth of 30.4% and a Balance of Trade stood at US $ (-)133.3 billion, during the same period. Shri Khullar also informed that India’s exports in December 2011 were US $ 25 billion and imports stood at US $ 37.8 bn Balance of trade for the month of December 2011 stood at (-) 12.8 billion US $.
Circular No.02/2012-Customs – Your kind attention is invited to the Circular No.30/2011-Customs, dated 19.07.2011, regarding procedure on refund of 4% CVD (SAD). The above Circular provides the facility of manual filing of Bill of Entry for utilizing the amount of re-credited 4% CVD refunds (SAD) for payment of duty in case of re-credited DEPB/ Reward Scheme scrips upto 15.09.2011. However several representations have been received from trade and industry to extend the time limit for using re-credited 4% CVD (SAD) amount in DEPB as they have not been able to utilize the re-credited DEPB/Reward Scheme scrips within the stipulated time.
Notification No.8/2012 – Customs (ADD) – In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) of section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), read with rules 18 and 20 of the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Anti-dumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995, the Central Government hereby makes the following amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 70/2010-Customs, dated the 25th June,2010, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R.553 (E), dated the 25th June, 2010, namely,-
Notification No. 3/2012 – Customs (N.T.) In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary and expedient so to do, hereby fixes the tariff values specified in column (4) of the Table below, in respect of the imported goods of the description specified in the corresponding entry in column (3) of the said Table, having regard to the trend of the value of such or like goods and makes the following further amendment in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 36/2001-Customs (N.T.) dated the 3rd August, 2001, namely: –
