The Ministry have revised form AOC-4 which would be deployed shortly, Further, Form AOC.-4 (XBRL) and Form AOC-4 (CFS) are also under revision and this may be available for deployment by end of August, 2016.
Para 3.05 of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2015-20 provides for export of goods through select foreign post offices as a part of e-Commerce exports. Exports of goods through foreign post office using e-commerce shall be permitted through the Foreign Post Offices at Delhi, Mumbai & Chennai
Lok Sabha passed a comprehensive Benami Transactions Prohibition Amendment Bill 2016, with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley assuring that genuine religious trusts will be kept out of the purview of the legislation.
It has had brought to notice that Aadhaar card is being made mandatory for availing government benefits like subsidized LPG, PDS supplies and pensions. Government had taken note of the concerns raised, stated that no one will be denied of benefits for want of Aadhaar and that necessary instructions will be issued, if required.
G.S.R.747(E).-In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) read with clause (k) and clause (m) of sub-section (2) of section 59 read with section 44 of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 (1 of 2014), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Public Servants (Furnishing of Information and Annual Return of Assets and Liabilities and the Limits for Exemption of Assets in Filing Returns) Rules, 2014
Electronic Verification Code (EVC) can be generated through State Bank of India, AXIS bank and Canara bank ATMs. This will facilitate these bank’s customers, who may not have a Net-Banking account, to e-verify their return. Other banks are expected to launch this facility.
The unit shall be required to have a premises for secure storage of goods procured duty free under this notification and the final products manufactured or produced therefrom and the details of the premises shall be declared to the said officer.
Notification 52/2003-Customs dated 31.03.2003, as amended from time to time, exempts specified goods when imported for use in the units, from payment of Customs duties, subject to various conditions stated therein. The notification provides for warehousing of imported goods, to be used for manufacture of goods or other operations as well as their ex-bonding under certain circumstances.
The Department of Revenue has been delegated power to frame the detailed guidelines regarding registration of contracts with Narcotics Commissioner, Gwalior for import of poppy seeds.
Grant Thornton India has successfully assisted one of its clients in the IT sector in inking their first unilateral Advanced Pricing Agreement (APA) with the Indian Revenue within two years of filing the application in 2014. This is a milestone achievement for Grant Thornton as the APA scheme is still in its nascent stage in India.
