Circular No. 961/04/2012-CX As you are aware, Duty refund procedure (DRP) prescribed by Notification No. 20/2004-CE(NT) dated 6.9.2004 has been rescinded vide Notification No. 25/2011-CE(NT) dated 5.12.2011 w.e.f 1st March, 2012. Export to Nepal under claim of rebate is permissible under Notification No. 19/2004-CE(NT) dated 6.9.2004 as amended by Notification No. 24/2011-CE(NT) dated 5.12.2011 issued under rule 18 of Central Excise Rules, 2002 and under bond/LUT vide Notification No. 42/2001-CE(NT) dated 26.6.2001 [as amended by Notification No. 26/2011-CE(NT) dated 5.12.2011] in terms of Rule 19 of Central Excise Rules, 2002.
CIRCULAR No. IRDA/F&I/CIR/INV/69/03/2012, dated 26-3-2012 Under Clause 4 of the reference first cited, Life Insurance Companies are required to compute and declare NAV on a daily basis as per the provisions of Circulars 1, 2 and 3 referred to above. In 2009, a one time relaxation was provided vide communication at SI. No. 4 above.
SEBI issued Circular No. Cir/ISD/1/2011 dated March 23, 2011 & an addendum to it on March 24, 2011 (available on www.sebi.gov.in) addressing the way unauthenticated market related news or rumours circulated by SEBI Registered Market Intermediaries through various modes of communication has to be dealt with.
Circular No.09/2012 – Customs Doubts have been raised whether on imports of Ore Concentrate classifiable under Chapter 26 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975, the benefit that is admissible to “Ore” under Serial Number 4 of the Notification No. 4/2006 – CE dated 1.3.2006 can be granted to the Concentrate of that Ore. The issue was taken up for discussion during the Conference of Chief Commissioners of Customs on Tariff and allied matters held in May 2011.
It has been decided that AD Category-I banks may allow repayment of such loans to NRE / Foreign Currency Non-Resident (Bank) [FCNR(B)] account of the lender concerned subject to the condition that the loan to the resident individual was extended by way of inward remittance in foreign exchange through normal banking channels or by debit to the NRE / FCNR(B) account of the lender and the lender is eligible to open NRE / FCNR(B) account within meaning of the Foreign Exchange Management (Deposit) Regulations, 2000 notified vide Notification No. FEMA 5/2000-RB dated May 3, 2000, as amended from time to time. Such credit shall be treated as an eligible credit to the NRE / FCNR(B) account in terms of Para 3(j) of Schedule-1 read with Para 5 of Scheule-2 of Notification No. FEMA 5/2000-RB, ibid.
In continuation of this office O.M. of even number dated 7.03.2012 the undersigned is directed to say that Shri Sudhir Additional Secretary in this Ministry shall be the nominee of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs in the Committee to formulate a policy document on Corporate Governance.
Clarification – Prior intimation to the Reserve Bank of India for raising the aggregate Foreign Institutional Investors / Non-Resident Indian limits for investments under the Portfolio It is hereby clarified that the Indian company raising the aggregate FII investment limit of 24 per cent to the sectoral cap/ statutory limit, as applicable to the respective Indian company or raising the aggregate NRI investment limit of 10 per cent to 24 per cent, should necessarily intimate the same to the Reserve Bank of India, immediately, as hitherto, along with a Certificate from the Company Secretary stating that all the relevant provisions of the extant Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 regulations and the Foreign Direct Policy, as amended from time to time, have been complied with.Investment Scheme.
It has now been decided, to allow FVCIs to invest in the eligible securities (equity, equity linked instruments, debt, debt instruments, debentures of an IVCU or VCF, units of schemes / funds set up by a VCF) by way of private arrangement / purchase from a third party also, subject to terms and conditions as stipulated in Schedule 6 of Notification No. FEMA 20 / 2000 -RB dated May 3, 2000 as amended from time to time. It is also being clarified that SEBI registered FVCIs would also be allowed to invest in securities on a recognized stock exchange subject to the provisions of the SEBI (FVCI) Regulations, 2000, as amended from time to time, as well as the terms and conditions stipulated therein.
In continuation of this office O.M. of even number dated 7.03.2012, the following amendments /modifications are made in the composition of the Committee to formulate a policy document on Corporate Governance.
Circular No. 153/04/2012 – Service Tax The work relating to Service Tax has grown multi-fold over the years with the expansion of tax base and there is an imminent need for addressing the issues referred by the field formations expeditiously for issue of suitable directions by the Board. Further, TRU is also over burdened with a number of references on technical matters from the Commissionerates.
