Companies have approached the department and courts for refund of the excess registration fees paid by them on account of the said anomaly.
Commissioner of Customs (Preventive), New Delhi has brought a case of misuse of Duty Drawback Scheme where the exporters tried to avail benefits of Drawback Scheme by misdeclaring export goods as ‘leather harness’ whereas on an actual examination the consignments were found to contain rags of leather hunters/whips on which no drawback is admissible. This case has been made by Preventive Commissionerate at ICD, Patparganj and another container of the same intelligence has been detained at Nhava Sheva for investigation.
The Engineering Export Promotion Council has represented that duty drawback rates in respect of these products have been determined by taking into consideration only ‘Steel’ as the input. Therefore, they should be permitted to avail of the Cenvat facility as regards the other inputs other than ‘Steel’, for example, consumables, furnace oil, high speed diesel oil, light diesel oil, superior kerosene oil, machinery spares, die blocks, etc.
Circular No. 690/06/2003-CX I am directed to say that doubts have been raised regarding leviability of Central Excise Duty on “Steel Formers” consumed captively in the Induction Furnaces. “Steel formers” are hollow cylindrical profiles. They are placed inside the crucible of the Induction Furnace. The space between the crucible and the former is packed with ramming mass (mixture of Sodium Silicate & Boric Acid) and asbestos sheets. Then the hollow portion inside the former is charged with scrap iron, sponge iron, etc.
directed to forward here with a copy of the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2002 published in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary) on 1st January, 2003 for your information and necessary action.
In continuation to this Department’s General Circular No. 9/2002 dated 18.4.2002, it is clarified that for Housing Finance Companies registered with the National Housing Bank under Housing Finance Companies (NHB) Directions, 2001
I am directed to forward herewith a copy of the Notifications published in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary) for your information and necessary action:-
Disqualification of Directors under Section 274(1)(g) of the Companies Act, 1956 – Clarificar
SEBI, in its endeavor, to make processing of application for registration/renewal simpler, speedier and effective, advise all the existing/prospective ‘Portfolio Managers.
Circular No.689/5/2003-CX I am directed to say that Board has observed that different practices are being followed in field formations on the issue of maintenance of records by first stage and second stage dealers and pre-authentication of invoices issued by second stage dealers/ dealers of imported goods. Instances have come to the notice of the Board that the proper records are not being kept by such dealers and the pre-authentication of the invoices by the central excise officers is still being insisted upon.
