It has now been decided that Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) formed and registered under the Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008 shall be eligible to accept Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) subject to the conditions given in Annex I.
Establishment of Connectivity with both depositories NSDL and CDSL – Companies eligible for shifting from Trade for Trade Settlement (TFTS) to Normal Rolling Settlement
In order to facilitate receipt of foreign inward remittances directly into bank accounts of the beneficiaries, it has been decided to allow foreign inward remittances received under Rupee Drawing Arrangement (RDA) to be transferred to the KYC compliant beneficiary bank accounts through electronic mode, such as, NEFT, IMPS, etc.
Since, the notification came into effect from 05.03.2014, the fourth quarter return for the year 2013-14 will continue in the same format as existing at the beginning of the quarter and may be filed with aforesaid blocks (R 10 & R 11). However, information pertaining to year 2009-10 and 2010-11 shall not be provided in the block R 10, since default assessment for missing forms for these years has already been carried out.
The Commissioner of Customs concerned should ensure that in case of import of formulations, samples of its technical grade/material is tested. For this purpose actual physical sample of such technical grade of each consignment has to be provided by the importer which will be subjected to all tests applicable to the indigenous manufacturer such as the examination of chemical composition, test with regard to bio efficacy and human safety as well as its probable effect on the soil and human life.
1. Pursuant to the announcements made in the First Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement, 2014- 15 dated April 1, 2014 by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), it has been decided as follows: 2. FIIs/QFIs shall henceforth be permitted to invest only in dated government securities having residual maturity of one year or above.
Vide circular CIR/MRD/DP/22/2013 dated July 08, 2013, SEBI in consultation with RBI had increased the initial margins and extreme loss margins by 100% for USD-INR contracts in the currency derivatives segment.
With the amendments to Prevention of Money Laundering (PML) Rules, notified by the Government of India vide Notification No. 12 of 2013 dated August 27, 2013 and in terms of amended Rule 3, every reporting entity is required to maintain a record of all transactions including the record of all cross border wire transfers of more than Rs. 5 lakh or its equivalent in foreign currency, where the place of either origin or destination of the fund is in India.
With a view to further liberalising the existing facilities, it has now been decided to allow all resident individuals, firms and companies, who have actual or anticipated foreign exchange exposures to book foreign exchange forward contracts up to US$ 250,000 on the basis of a simple declaration without any requirement of further documentation.
To make things absolutely clear it is hereby notified that the financial statements (and documents required to be attached thereto), auditors report and Board’s report in respect of financial years that commenced earlier than 1st April, 2014 shall be governed by the relevant provisions/Schedules/rules of the Companies Act, 1956.
