In order to introduce Phase 1 of Faceless Assessment at Bengaluru and Chennai from 8th June 2020 for imports primarily made under Chapters 84 and 85 of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 at these Customs stations, Board has issued two notifications, as follows:
As a result of Cyclone ‘Nisarga’, there are reports of loss of human lives and loss of belongings in the affected Districts of primarily the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat. In order to extend every possible facilitation in quick and timely settlement of life insurance claims, you are advised to take the following actions immediately in all the states affected by the cyclone:
IRDAI examined the requirement to obtain LEI by its regulated entities and the entities dealing with the regulated entities and notifies who needs to obtain this. Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India Circular Ref. No: IRDAI/F&A/CIR/MISC/134/06/2020 Date:05-06-2020 Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) code To All the insurers Re: Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) code **** A. […]
SEBI now has decided to introduce a framework for Regulatory Sandbox. Under this sandbox framework, entities regulated by SEBI shall be granted certain facilities and flexibilities to experiment with FinTech solutions in a live environment and on limited set of real customers for a limited time frame. These features shall be fortified with necessary safeguards for investor protection and risk mitigation.
No Mutual fund schemes shall invest in physical goods except in ‘gold’ through Gold ETFs. However, as mutual fund schemes participating in ETCDs may hold the underlying goods in case of physical settlement of contracts, in that case mutual funds shall dispose of such goods from the books of the scheme, at the earliest, not exceeding the timeline prescribed below
NPS withdrawals including partial withdrawal are allowed as defined under NPS exit regulations. NPS Subscribers who intend to withdraw are required to submit the duly filled-up withdrawal forms along with the Supporting documents to the associated Nodal officers/ Points of Presence (POP) for processing their request.
IRDA clarified that time limit for ensuring compliance with directions regarding Public Disclosures on websites by insurers for the period ending 31st March 2020 is also extended by 30 days.
AIFs and VCFs may submit the regulatory filings for the months ending March, April, May and June 2020, as applicable, on or before August 07, 2020.
Keeping in view the present COVID 19 situation RBI extends the timeline for compliance in respect of a few areas under Section 10(2) read with Section 18 of Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007.
CBIC extends validity of all the AEO certificates expired/expiring between 01.03.2020 and 31.05.2020 to 30.06.2020, except for those entities against which a negative report is received during this period.
