The limits for investment by FPIs for the quarter October-December 2017 is increased by INR 80 billion in Central Government Securities and INR 62 billion in State Development Loans. The revised limits are allocated as per the modified framework prescribed in the RBI/2017-18/12 A.P.(Dir Series) Circular No.1 dated July 3, 2017, and given as under.
Clarification regarding the timelines for making applicable/available new Form DPT-3 issued vide the Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Second Amendment Rules, 2017.
The valuation of imported and export goods is governed by the provisions of Section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 and the rules made thereunder. The Customs Valuation (Determination of Value of Imported Goods) Rules, 2007 (CVR) contain the detailed provisions for arriving at the transaction value of the imported goods, on which the customs duty is levied.
To reduce interest rate risk in a debt portfolio, mutual funds may hedge the portfolio or part of the portfolio (including one or more securities) on weighted average modified duration basis by using Interest Rate Futures (IRFs).
SEBI (International Financial Services Centers) Guidelines, 2015 were issued on March 27, 2015. Subsequently, vide circular CIR/MRD/DSA/41/2016 dated March 17, 2016, SEBI has specified that Commodity Derivatives shall be eligible as securities for trading and the stock exchanges operating in IFSC may permit dealing in commodity derivatives.
SEBI in the past has taken several steps to tackle the menace of Unauthorized Trades viz Periodic Running Account Settlement, Post transactions SMS/email by exchanges/Depositories, Ticker on broker/DP websites etc. It was observed that in spite of measures taken, a considerable proportion of investor complaints is of the nature of Unauthorized Trades.
SEBI vide circular no. SEBI/HO/MIRSD/MIRSD2/CIR/P/2016/95 dated September 26, 2016, has issued guidelines covering broad areas for enhanced supervision based on the recommendation of the committee constituted by SEBI. Further SEBI issued certain clarification vide circular CIR/HO/MIRSD/MIRSD2/CIR/P/2017/64 dated June 22, 2017
Every registered person shall display his certificate of registration at his principal place of business and at every additional place or places of business. It is also required to display his GSTIN on the name board which should be exhibited at the entry of his principal place of business and at every additional place or places of business.
Provisional Ids and Access Token of Phase 13 dealers, are now made available by GSTN. Dealer can obtain their Provisional Ids from department’s portal www.mahavin using their login credentials. The list of all such dealers is published under GST Tab on Mahavat portal. This phase 13 mainly considers the 367 dealers whose Provisional IDs are recently restored.
Attention of Authorised Dealer Category-I (AD Category-I) banks is invited to Schedule 5 to the Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident outside India) Regulations, 2000 notified vide Notification No. FEMA.20/2000-RB dated May 3, 2000, as amended from time to time.
