Regulation of Tariff has been mandated to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) vide the TRAI Act of 1997. As per the extant TRAI guidelines, there is no bar on offering tariff plans such as Zero Rental Plans provided that there are no fixed monthly charges applicable in such plans.
Composite FDI (Direct + Indirect) in telecom sector is 74%, which is sectoral cap. After increase of FDI limit from 49% to 74% in November 2005, the companies as per list given in the Annexure have utilized increased FDI ceiling for telecom services.
The Government has said that the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has not reported any irregularities in the accounts and violations of auditing norms by some Indian Premier League (IPL) teams. This information was given by Shri Salman Khurshid, Minister of Corporate Affairs, in written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.
Concerned over brokers misusing the funds lying in investors’ trading accounts, market watchdog SEBI has asked the brokerage entities to return the clients’ un-utilised cash at the end of every month or quarter.
Under attack for rising prices, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday said the government was making every possible effort to control “high inflation” and insulate poor from its adverse impact.
The contracts for export of cotton shall be registered with the Textile Commissioner prior to shipment. Clearance of cotton consignments by Customs should be after verifying that the contracts have been registered.
With immediate effect existing entries at point no. 1 in the ‘Nature of Restriction’ against Sl. No. 45 AA (relating to export of Basmati rice including PUSA Basmati 1121) in Notification No. 55(RE-2008)/2004-09 dated 5th November, 2008 shall be substituted to read as under:-
The Maharashtra Sales Tax Department (MSTD) has issued a trade circular no. 19T of 2010 dated 23 June 2010 clarifying certain aspects regarding filing of returns for the financial year 2010-2011 as per the periodicity of returns displayed on MSTD’s web site.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) having considered it necessary in public interest and to regulate the financial system of the country to its advantage had laid draft guidelines on the regulation of issue of non-convertible debentures (NCDs) with maturity of less than one year .
In continuation of its efforts for trade facilitation, CBEC has rolled out a new centralized, web-based and workflow-based software application called Automation of Central Excise and Service Tax (ACES) in all 104 commissionerates of Central Excise, Service Tax and Large Tax Payer Units (LTUs) as on 23 December, 2009. ACES is a Mission Mode Project (MMP) of the Government of India under the national e-governance plan and it aims at improving tax-payer services, transparency, accountability and efficiency in the indirect tax administration in India. This application has replaced the current applications of SERMON, SACER, and SAPS used in Central Excise and Service Tax for capturing returns and registration details of the assessees and hence, in suppression of the CBEC Circular No.791/24/2004-CX. dated 1 June 2004 and CBEC Circular No. ST 52/1/2003 dated 11 March 2003, revised circular no. 919/09/2010-CX is being issued.
