Please refer to paragraph 2.3 of our Master Circular RPCD. CO. RRB. No. BL. BC.8/03.05.90-A/2009-10 (RBI/2009-10/41) dated July 1, 2009 in terms of which amalgamated RRBs having 75 or more branches will be allowed to open one Regional Office (RO) for every 50 branches, and RRBs, which had not undergone amalgamation (stand alone) and having 50 or more branches, are allowed to open one RO for every 25 branches.
The National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) system has been successfully handling significant volumes, ever since its launch in November 2005. More than 6 million transactions were processed by the system during the month of January 2010 alone. The coverage has also increased substantially with the participation of over 63,000 bank branches spread across the length and breadth of the country.
As per the present guidelines, in advertisements through audio-visual media like television, a statement “Mutual Fund investments are subject to market risks, read the offer document carefully before investing” is required to be displayed on the screen for at least 5 seconds and be accompanied by a voice over reiteration.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday withdrew the special short-term foreign currency borrowings facility for non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) and housing finance companies. The central bank made the decision after reviewing the macroeconomic conditions and improvements in the domestic credit and liquidity conditions, it said in a statement.
In the aforesaid instructions field formations were directed to decide the cases pertaining to SCNs issued to the Oil companies on the inter company sale during the relevant period on the basis of the decision of CESTAT, Bangalore in the case of CCE Vishakhapatnam vs HPCL [2005 (187) ELT 479 (Tri.Bang.)] as the SLP filed by the department had been dismissed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court as reported in 2006 (196) ELT A 72 (SC).
UCBs – Prevention of Money-laundering (Maintenance of Records of the Nature and Value of Transactions, the Procedure and Manner of Maintaining and Time for Furnishing Information and Verification and Maintenance of Records of the Identity of the Clients of the Banking Companies, Financial Institutions and Intermediaries) Amendment Rules, 2009 – Obligation of banks / Financial institutions.
In this regard, certain representations were received from the Trade seeking clarification on the said circulars. The matter is examined in this office and it is now clarified that Circular No.35-T of 2005 and Circular No. 1-T of 2006 are withdrawn. It is hereby informed that the following types of papers would now be covered by the scope of this entry.
Procedure to re-credit 4% Special Additional Duty (SAD) of Customs in DEPB, VKGUY, FPS, FMS, MLFPS scrips in view of the refund facility allowed under Customs Notification No. 102/2007-Customs dated 14th September, 2007 (as amended) to be read with the Customs instructions communicated vide F.No.354/129/2007-TRU dated 14.9.2007, Customs circular No..6 /2008-Customs dated 28th April, 2008 and 6 /2009-Customs dated 9th February, 2009—regarding.
All mutual funds shall provide transaction details, including inter scheme transfers, of money market and debt securities on daily basis to the agency entrusted for providing the benchmark yield/ matrix of spread over risk free benchmark yield.
In the Trade Circular cited at reference No. 3 above, in the para 5 it is provided that if the periodicity determined by the department and periodicity at which the dealer has filed returns is different, then the said dealer shall file revised returns for the said period as per the periodicity determined by the department by 31st January 2010.
