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The purpose of these rules is to introduce clarity and certainty in the matter of levy and collection of Service Tax particularly in situations of change of rate of service tax or imposition of service tax on new services. At present there is lack of clarity as to the date from which the changed rate or a new levy of service tax become payable and tax payers as well as tax officials face uncertainty in this regard as the provisions are not explicit.
Noting that public disclosure of names of bank loan defaulters could harm investors’ interests, Government today ruled out a legislation to recover non-performing assets. “Government’s interest is to reduce NPAs and recover outstanding loans from big, medium and small defaulters,” Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said in the Lok Sabha.
The Maharashtra Government has decided to impose an environment tax on 15 lakh private vehicles registered in the State which are more that 15 years old and six lakh goods and transport vehicles that are more than eight years old.
The Minister of Corporate Affairs has informed the Lok Sabha that during the period from 01/04/2007 to 31/7/2010, investigations into the affairs of 44 companies have been referred by the Ministry to Serious Fraud Investigation Office. Giving this information in written reply to a question Shri Salman Khurshid, Minister of Corporate Affairs,
According to the new rules on ‘time of supply’, service tax will also be levied at the point of raising invoice. At present, service tax is charged only when the amount is received. However, it has been proposed in the new rules that it be levied when the consideration is received or when the invoice is raised, whichever is earlier.
Chief Justice of India S.H. Kapadia pointed out that the government took away powers under Section 24 of the Criminal Procedure Code, under which Public Prosecutors were appointed in consultation with the Chief Justices of the High Courts. “Why the power was taken away I don’t want to comment,” he said.
The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for the release of a sum of Rs.4,868 crore (subject to actuals) as interest subvention to Public Sector Banks (PSBs), Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) and Cooperative Banks and to NABARD for refinance to RRBs and Cooperative Banks at concessional rates to reimburse the amount of interest subvention to ensure that the farmer, in general, should receive short term crop loan at 7 percent per annum ( 5 percent for prompt payers) with an upper limit of Rs. 3 lakhs on the principal amount during 2010-11.
The Motor Vehicle Amendment Bill, which has several recommendations related to improving the safety on roads, has been further delayed. It may be introduced in the winter session of Parliament. The Road Transport Minister, Mr Kamal Nath, had stated that the Ministry would try to present the Bill in the Monsoon Session.
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has selected three Biometric Solution agencies and awarded contract to consortiums led by M/s Accenture, Mahindra Satyam ~ Morpho and L1 Identity Solutions to implement the core biometric identification system in for the “Aadhaar” programme.
India has become a member of elite global body Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a standard setting body to combat money laundering and terror financing. Membership of FATF has been granted to India in its Plenary held in Amsterdam, Netherlands from 23rd to 25th June, 2010.
