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Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said the government is negotiating changes in a tax treaty with Mauritius, the country which accounts for the maximum foreign investment in India. So far as Mauritius is concerned, we are having discussions with them for amendment of the avoidance of double taxation agreement. Talks are going on, Mukherjee told PTI when asked whether the government is looking at the possibility of imposing levies on inflows from tax havens.
The introduction of big-ticket tax reforms through the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime seems unlikely from next April with the BJP-ruled states today stating that they would not like to be reduced to ‘municipality or corporations. The kind of draft that they [central government] have presented…I do not think it could be passed. Which state will agree to become a municipality or corporation? To hand over all the powers to the Centre and then beg before it for money is against the spirit of the Sarkaria Commission report, Madhya Pradesh Finance Minister Raghavji told reporters here.
PSU banks should be made to bid for surplus funds with the state-owned firms, rather than getting them through a common rate of interest, the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) has said. In a communication to the Finance Ministry, the DPE has written to the Finance Ministry arguing that these banks must compete among themselves for deposits of the PSU firms, which had a surplus of about Rs 2.50 lakh crore at the end of March, 2010.
India is likely to allow foreign individuals to invest in mutual funds in the next two weeks but with a cumulative cap of USD 10 billion, an official said today. The detailed guidelines are being worked out jointly by the finance ministry, RBI and Sebi. These will be notified by the capital market regulator, the Finance Ministry official said.
The Union Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee said that core inflation in May,2011 is higher at 8.71 per cent in comparison to 7.93 per cent in April,2011 and 10.34 per cent in March 2011. Finance Minister Shri Mukherjee said that we would keep a close watch on developments, both domestic as well as international, in the coming months and make appropriate adjustments as we go along.
Under pressure from civil society to take concrete action on black money, the government today said it has enough tools to deal with transactions arising from non-cooperative jurisdictions and would take action as and when necessary. We have developed a toolbox… We have enabled ourselves to declare (tax havens) as non-cooperating jurisdiction and countries as and when the situation arises. We will take appropriate steps, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee told reporters here today.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said 73,000 villages in the country would have banking facility by next year. By March 31, 2012, banking facility will be available in 73,000 villages across the country going by the current pace of work, Mukherjee said after inaugurating a Punjab National Bank (PNB) branch at Talai under Raghunathganj police station area in Murshidabad district.
The finance ministry is bringing under one umbrella the intelligence and criminal investigation units of the Income Tax department to enhance prosecution powers to counter terror financing and check transactions that pose threat to national security. The department will now train and designate its officials in the rank of Inspectors as ‘Special Agents’ and ‘Agents’ (Criminal Investigation) while the newly-created Directorate of Criminal Investigation will be headed by the Director-General of Intelligence (Income Tax).
Union Finance Minister, Shri Pranab Mukherjee has urged the officers of Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC) to make sustained and strategic efforts throughout the year for the realisation of the challenging revenue target of Rs. 3,92, 908 crore for indirect taxes for 2011-12. He was addressing the Annual Conference of Chief Commissioners and Directors General of the Central Board of Excise and Customs at Vigyan Bhawan, here today.
The French Finance Minister, Ms. Christine Lagarde called on the Union Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee today as part of her effort to seek support for her candidature to the post of Managing Director, IMF. During her talks, she outlined her vision for reforms that IMF needs to undertake and the role it can play in addressing the current challenges confronting the world economy including G-20 matters.
