It is now clarified, that the dealers who are required to file audit report u/s 61 of MVAT 2002 for the financial year 2010-2011 besides filing audit report, should furnish the following documents namely-
It has been decided that mutual funds can participate in repos in corporate debt securities as per the guidelines issued by RBI from time to time, subject to the following conditions: a. The gross exposure of any mutual fund scheme to repo transactions in corporate debt securities shall not be more than 10 % of the net assets of the concerned scheme. b. The cumulative gross exposure through repo transactions in corporate debt securities along with equity, debt and derivatives shall not exceed 100% of the net assets of the concerned scheme.
Pension products offered by life insurance companies have a special role to play in promoting and protecting the social security by provision of stable and adequate retirement income. The regulatory framework for pension business of life insurance industry should take into consideration the long-term risks inherent in the pension products. The need for greater security of the pensioner’s fund and the stability and financial viability of the insurance companies need to be balanced for healthy growth of the sector. Authority issues following instructions under section 14 of IRDA Act to achieve the above stated objectives.
Circular No. 52/2011-Customs, Dated-11th November, 2011.- References have been received on divergent practices being followed by field formations regarding classification of TV tuners. It was reported that external TV tuners are being classified in heading 8528 or 8529, and internal PCI TV tuners / cards are being classified in subheading 8528 or 8529 or subheading 8473.
I am directed to invite your kind attention to an issue which has been raised before the Board as to whether duty credit scrips issued under the Chapter 3 schemes of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) viz Served from India Scheme (SFIS), Vishesh Krishi Gram Udyog Yojana (VKGUY), Focus Market Scheme (FMS), Focus Product Scheme (FPS) and Status Holder Incentive Scheme (SHIS) can be utilized for clearance of goods from Custom Bonded warehouses.
DEPB on export of Cotton yarn including Melange yarn and Cotton which was withdrawn earlier has been restored by the above mentioned Public Notices. During that period as DEPB was not available on export of Cotton yarn including Melange yarn, the exporters have made their exports under Free Shipping Bills.
Message exchange between DGFT and Customs is operational only in respect of Advance Authorization (on and after 01.04.2009), Export Promotion Capital Goods (on and after 01.04.2009), Duty Free Import Authorization (on and after 13.10.2011) and DEPB (which is on EDI mode for almost 6 years). Only these authorizations are therefore available for ‘on-line’ verification.
Attention is invited to para 4.28 (ii) of HBP v.1 regarding regularization of bona fide default by the authorization holders. In case of any shortfall in value, authorization holder is required to deposit an amount equal to 1% shortfall in FOB value in Indian Rupee. Clarification has been sought on the exchange rate applicable for determination of shortfall in Export Obligation.
Reserve Bank today said that transfer of shares between Indians and non-residents will not require its permission in several key areas like financial services. Amending the Foreign Exchange Management Regulations, the RBI said that its prior permission would not be necessary where the company whose shares are being transferred is engaged in any financial service.Besides, the RBI permission has also been done away with for transfer of shares between residents and non-residents in cases where the Foreign Investment Approval Board ( FIPB) has already given its clearances and the SEBI guidelines have been adhered to.
Attention of Authorized Dealer Category-I (AD Category-I) banks is invited to A.P.(DIR Series) Circular No.55 dated April 29, 2011, in terms of which the limit for FII investment in non-convertible debentures / bonds issued by Indian companies in the infrastructure sector was enhanced from USD 5 billion to USD 25 billion. This was subject to the conditions that such instruments shall have a residual maturity of five years and above, the investments would have a lock-in-period of three years and ‘infrastructure’ would be as defined under the extant External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) policy.
