Today, however, I want to talk about the resolution of financial distress. I will argue that the slowdown in credit growth has been largely because of stress in the public sector banking and not because of high interest rates. As such, what is required is a clean-up of the balance sheets of public sector banks, which is what is underway and needs to be taken to its logical conclusion.
Please refer to the paragraph 27 of the first bi-monthly monetary policy statement for 2016-17. It was indicated therein that RBI will issue draft guidelines on Standardised Approach for measuring counterparty credit risk exposures (SA-CCR) by end-May 2016. This revised method will replace the Current Exposure Method (CEM), presently being used by banks for measuring exposure for counterparty credit risk arising from derivative transactions and will be implemented from April 1, 2017.
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the establishment of Fund of Funds for Startups (FFS) at Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) for contribution to various Alternative Investment Funds (AIF), registered with Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) which would extend funding support to Startups.
Application of General Anti Avoidance Rule- 10U. Chapter X-A not to apply in certain cases.—(1) The provisions of Chapter X-A shall not apply to—any income accruing or arising to, or deemed to accrue or arise to, or received or deemed to be received by, any person from transfer of investments made before the 1st day of April, 2017 by such person.
It is reiterated again that all out efforts are to be made to ensure that the targeted taxpayers are well-informed about the Scheme and are adequately guided and facilitated for filing declarations so that they can avail maximum benefits under the Scheme. which is under highest consideration of the Government during coming months.
Action Taken on the observations/Recommendations of the Public Accounts Committee contained in their Forty Second Report (16th Lok Sabha) on Non-compliance by the Ministries/Departments in timely submission of Action Taken Notes on the Non-Selected Audit Paragraphs (Civil and other Ministries.
As per the new published in http://www.arabianbusiness.com Saudi Arabia’s market regulator i.e. Capital Market Authority’s (CMA) Committee for the Resolution of Securities Disputes (CRSD has barred the local unit of New York-based accountancy firm Deloitte & Touche from providing accounting services for listed companies in the kingdom for two years for breaching rules on accumulated losses. […]
Procedure for online submission of statement of deduction of tax under sub-section (3) of section 200 and statement of collection of tax under proviso to sub-section (3) of section 206C of the Income-tax Act, 1961 read with rule 31A(5) and rule 31AA(5) of the Income-tax Rules, 1962 respectively
Additional quantity of 1,146 MTs (One Thousand One Hundred and Forty Six metric tons) of raw cane sugar to be exported to USA under TRQ upto 30.09.2016 has been notified.
The Hon’ble Madras HC in the above cited case held that the one time upfront payment made by assessee lessee to lessor for the acquisition of leasehold rights over an immovable property for a long duration of time say 99 years could not be taken to constitute rental income at the hands of the lessor because the dominant intention of leasing is sale of rights in immovable property for a long period of 99 years.
