The Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee has said that a robust comprehensive and transparent accounting system is a must for any government. He was inaugurating a day- long national conference of the State Finance Ministers on ‘Accrual Based Financial Reporting in Government’, here today. Shri Mukherjee stated that accrual based financial reporting in the Government is an important initiative in the reform of the system of accounts and financial reporting in the public domain.
Following three months of consecutive decline, foreign direct investment (FDI) flows into India grew by about 43 per cent to USD 3.12 billion in April, 2011. The country received USD 2.17 billion worth of FDI in April, 2010. The figure is showing a recovery in the global markets, especially in European economies, an official said.
Emphasising on the need to boost growth in the manufacturing sector, Bharat Forge Chairman and Managing Director Baba Kalyani today expressed hope that the soon-to-be-announced manufacturing policy would give an impetus to the sector.
Circular No. 947/08/2011-CX – On the issue of applicability of excise duty on uniforms or made-up articles like quilt, blankets, towels, linen etc bearing the name or logo of a school, security agency, company, hotel or airline etc., it is clarified that such products would not merit treatment as ‘branded’ products merely because the name of the school, institution or company or their logo is either printed, embroidered or etched on them. This is equally true of made ups such as towels, linen etc bearing the name of a hotel, restaurant or airlines. In all these cases, there is no nexus between such a name or logo & the product at the time of its sale which is essential ingredient in the definition of the term ‘brand name’. Unless such garments/made- ups also bear a brand name in addition to the name or logo of the school, security agency, hotels, airlines and company, such goods would not attract the excise duty.
The Registrar of Companies are hereby advised that after the date of implementation of Digital Certificates, no certificates shall be issued manually. All such pending certificates which are required to be issued manually, should be issued by 30th June, 2011.
GENERAL CIRCULAR NO. 39/2011, DATED 21-6-2011- The Ministry has issued a General Circular No. 29/2011, dated 20-5-2011 wherein it was informed that in order to cut timelines and an another step towards ‘Green Initiative’ it has been decided that all certificates and standard letters issued by the Registrar of Companies will now be issued electronically under the Digital Signature of the Registrar of Companies.
Trade Circular No. 10T of 2011 The amendments carried out in respect of taxation of liquor have been explained in details in the Trade Circular No. 8T of 2011 referred here in above at Sr. No.(3). The procedure to fill up the information about turnover of liquor sales while uploading the Returns is explained in this circular. No new form of Return has been introduced for liquor dealers. The dealers dealing in liquor shall continue to file returns in the same form (form 231 to 235) in which they were filing returns before the amendments.
mt. Shyamala Gopinath, Deputy Governor relinquished the office of Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India in the forenoon today. Smt. Gopinath was appointed Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India on September 21, 2004 for a period of five years. On completion of her term, she was re-appointed for a further period up to June 20, 2011.
Notification No. 49 /2011-Customs 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.107/2008-Customs, dated the 6th October, 2008, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 718 (E), dated the 6th October, 2008, namely:-In the said notification, in the Table, in column (4), for the entry ‘75%’, wherever it occurs, the entry ‘100%’ shall be substituted.
It has been observed that the Commissionerates often correspond on sensitive and policy related issues directly with the Ministry of Commerce / DGFT without keeping Board posted. In one case where sensitive war material was found in a consignment of heavy melting scrap (HMS) despite a certificate to the contrary from an authorized inspection agency listed in Appendix-5, DGFT Hand Book of Procedures (HBP) (Volume –I), the Commissionerate directly referred the matter to DGFT for appropriate action against the said agency without informing the Board.
