In exercise of the powers conferred by section 30 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (15 of 1992), the Board hereby makes the Regulations to amend the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Merchant Bankers) Regulations.
As part of the Passport Seva Project, 77 Passport Seva Kendras (PSKs) are being established across the country on public-private-partnership basis as approved by the Union Cabinet in September 2007. Tata Consultancy Services have been entrusted inter alia with setting up the PSKs in cities as well as smaller towns, providing IT infrastructure and manpower.
Circular No. 963/06/2012-CX Whether the FDR is required to be submitted to the jurisdictional officer in-charge of the Mega Power Project or to the jurisdictional officer in-charge of the factory from where the goods are cleared for supply to such project: It is clarified that the FDR is required to be submitted to the jurisdictional Deputy Commissioner or Assistant Commissioner, in-charge of the factory from where the goods are cleared in terms of this notification and not to the jurisdictional officer, in-charge of the Project.
Trade Notice 25 Facility for online filing of Aayat Niryat Form 2E (application form for SCOMET Licence) is being introduced by DGFT to reduce time and transaction cost for the exporters and facilitate faster processing of SCOMET applications. Online SCOMET application can be accessed on the DGFT website under the icon ‘ECOM Application’.
As you are aware, all the SLBC convenor banks have been advised vide circular RPCD.CO. LBS.HLC.BC. No. 56/02.19.10/2009-10 dated February 26, 2010, to maintain the SLBC websites where all instructions pertaining to the Lead Bank Scheme and Government Sponsored Schemes are made available and are accessible to the common man desiring any information relating to the conduct of meetings or State wise data/Bank wise performance.
Circular No.10/2012-Customs Your kind attention is invited to the Circular No.02/2012-Customs, dated 16-02-2012, 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 31-03-2012.
Bankers to an Issue (BTIs) are required to furnish periodical reports on quarterly and annual basis in electronic form in the prescribed format in terms of SEBI Circulars No. RBT(G I Series) Circular No. 1(95-96)) dated April 21, 1995, BTI Circular No. 3(1 999-2000) dated July 09, 1999, and Cir No. MIRSD/DPS-2/BTI/Cir¬15/2008 dated May 06, 2008.
There is no ambiguity, whatsoever, in the Notification issued by the Central Government. The Notification speaks of finished goods produced or manufactured by a 100% EOU and if it is sold in a DTA, the said EOU can take the benefit of the Notification No.8/97-CE. An exemption notification has to be interpreted in the light of the words employed by it and not on any other basis:
All persons including physically handicapped persons can book full fare tickets on payment through the internet. However, booking of concessional tickets requiring verification of the requisite concession certificate and also retention of copies of the said certificate issued/signed by the competent authority at the railway counter as documentary evidence is not done through internet. Accordingly, the facility of e-ticketing has not been extended to such cases where the physical document is to be verified at the time of booking on concessional fare in case of disabled persons.
Point of taxation Rules amended- In case of new levy, no tax is chargeable on services for which invoice issued and payment received within 14 days of date of new levy. Normally, date of payment shall be earlier of the date when the payment is entered in the books or credited to bank account. However, in case of new levy or change of rate of service tax, the date of payment shall be taken to be the date when the payment is actually credited in the bank statement of the aseessee if it is later than four days from the date of new levy. By this budget, the rate of service tax shall change to 12.36% w.e.f 1st April 2012. Hence, any advances received upto 04th April 2012 shall be taxed at 10.3% whereas amounts credited beyond that date shall be taxed at the rate of 12.36%.
