The Empowered Group of Ministers on fuel headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has decided to up diesel prices by Rs 3 per litre, confirmed oil minister Jaipal Reddy. While addressing the press post the EGoM meet, he said kerosene prices have been hiked by Rs 2 per litre while LPG rates have been raised by Rs. 50 per cylinder. The price hike is excluding value added tax (VAT). The oil ministry had earlier said there wouldn’t be any hike in prices.
Notification No.52/2011-Customs, New Delhi, the 25th June, 2011 -G. S. R. (E). – In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), 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. 21/2002-Customs, dated the 1st March, 2002 which was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide G.S.R.118 (E) 1st March, 2002, namely
Notification No. 33/2011-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. 4/2006-Central Excise, dated the 1st March, 2006, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 94 (E) dated the 1st March, 2006, namely: –
Quashing a case filed against a cardiologist for stocking various medicines in his hospital allegedly for sale without licence, Madras High Court Bench here on Wednesday ruled that mere possession of drugs would not constitute an offence under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act.
The centre is likely to come out with a uniform and market-friendly stamp duty structure for transactions in the capital and commodities markets within two weeks, a senior finance ministry official said. Department of Economic Affairs and Department of Revenue are in consultation to evolve a market friendly stamp duty structure, a senior ministry official said.
In the long-running tussle between the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and its younger rival MCX-SX, the Competition Commission is believed to have penalised NSE for abusing its dominant market position. As a penalty, NSE has been asked to pay 5% of its average annual turnover and also “cease and desist” of unfair trade practices in the currency derivative trading, sources said.
The Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed the Reserve Bank of India to disclose an advisory note it issued to ICICI Bank for alleged violation of any RBI guidelines or for contravention of the provisions of money laundering and foreign exchange acts. The case relates to an RTI application filed by SS Vohra, who had sought to know details of such advisory notes issued by the apex bank to Patna and Hong Kong branches of ICICI Bank.
The Government of India signed a Protocol, amending Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) with Government of Singapore for effective exchange of information in tax matters today. The Protocol was signed by Shri Prakash Chandra, Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on behalf of the Government of India and Ms. Karen Anne Tan Ping Ming, High Commissioner of Singapore to India, on behalf of the Republic of Singapore.
For the first time, DBRS has upgraded the trend of India’s Long Term foreign and local currency debt ratings from BBB (low) Negative to stable outlook. DBRS, an international sovereign credit rating agency, has been rating India’s debt since June 2007. Elaborating on the upgrade in the credit rating trend for India, DBRS has appreciated the efforts of the Government of India stating that there is ‘evidence of a stronger commitment to fiscal deficit reduction [in the] 2011-12 Budget’.
Broad Structure of Proposed Infrastructure DEBT funds (IDFs) Finalized; IDFs — A Novel Attempt to address the Issue of Sourcing Long term DEBT for Infrastructure Projects; RBI to Issue Regulations for Setting-up of IDFs on Company Route
