An Indian employee will be treated as International Worker only when (i) he has worked or is going to work in a foreign country with which India has entered into Social Security Agreement and (ii) he is eligible to avail the benefits under a social security programme of the said foreign country.
It is, however, seen that a number of associations have not validated their foreign contribution designated accounts causing problems for the banks to comply with the provisions of FCRA 2010/FCRR, 2011. A list of such organizations is attached.
RBI has today tightened the norms for issuance of masala bonds by Indian corporates – raising of such INR denominated debt would now be subject to RBI approval, will have to adhere to all-in-cost ceilings (earlier permitted at arm’s length) and cannot be issued to related parties.
Following criteria are laid down to curb the misuse of the facility of auto downloading of Statutory Forms provided at the dealer’s end in the online module. The system/EDP branch will put a block on this facility and the Assessing Authority/Ward Incharge may take appropriate action on such blocked forms after verifying the due purchases viz a viz the sales and other relevant documents.
It has been stated that since transfer of shares to IEPF under section 124 (6) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with rules referred to above takes place on account of operation of law hence the procedure followed during transmission of shares may be followed in such cases and duplicate shares need not be issued in such cases.
In accordance with point No.VII (3) of Guidelines on Point of Sales Person (POS) No. IRDA/Int/GDL/ORD/183/10/2015 dated 26th October 2015, the insurance companies and insurance intermediaries are advised to keep with them the record of the particulars of the PoS and the business procured by them, as per format given at Annexure I.
It it hereby notified for information of the Members of Bar, Parties-in-Person and all concerned that the Competent Authority has directed that henceforth the case file/paper book shall have one common index, having running pagination, as per the format attached herewith.
It has now been decided to operationalize SEBI Intermediary Portal https://siportal.sebi.gov.in) for the entities to submit the mutual funds registration applications online.
The present system for allotment of ‘Rotation Number’ for vessels has been reviewed. Under the present process for the allotment of ‘Rotation Number’ for a vessel that calls on a port, the concerned Shipping Line or Shipping Agent (SL/SA) must file an application with the designated section in the Custom House, along with the desired particulars in the prescribed format.
Attention is invited to the Target Plus Scheme (TPS) (Para 3.7.1 of FTP 2004-2009) which was announced by DGFT on 31.08.2004 with the objective to. accelerate growth in exports by rewarding Star Export House who have achieved minimum export turnover in free foreign exchange of Rs. 10 crores in previous licensing year.
