The 122nd Constitution Amendment Bill, 2014 has been passed by the Parliament and after ratification by fifty percent of the States, the same has been enacted as 101st Constitution Amendment, Act, 2016. No Goods and Service Tax (GST) Bill has so far been passed.
RBI has informed that the Scheduled Commercial Banks are free to determine their savings bank deposit interest rate, with the approval of their respective Board of Directors, subject to the following two conditions:-
Submission of old currency notes of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000; The grace period for Indian citizen residing in India is March 31, 2017 and for Indian citizen resident outside is June 30, 2017
Roll out of GST-1st July 2017; Draft CGST Law and Draft IGST Law approved in the 11th Council Meeting held on 4 March 2017. Steps taken to ensure rollout of GST by 1st July 2017 include approval of the Draft GST Compensation Law by the GST Council
The figures for indirect tax collections (Central Excise, Service Tax and Customs) up to February 2017 show that net revenue collections are at Rs 7.72 lakh crore, which is 22.2% more than the net collections for the corresponding period last year.
Direct tax collections up to February, 2017 continues to show a steady growth trend. The collection net of refunds stands at Rs. 6.17 lakh crore which is 10.7 % more than the net collections for the corresponding period last year.
Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) attracts a concessional rate of 5% Basic Customs Duty (BCD) and 14% Basic Excise Duty (BED). The comparison of Retail Selling Price of Petrol and Diesel, as on 01.03.2017, with neighbouring countries is as under:-
Seven foreign Re-insurers to set up branches in India The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has issued Certificate of Registration to Seven foreign Re-insurers to set up branches in India. The details are as follows: 1)Munchener Ruckversicherungs-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft. 2) Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd. 3) SCOR SE – India Branch 4) Hannover Ruck […]
Government approves renewal of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and the College of Banking and Financial Studies (CBFS), Oman
All of us are back together once again after the recess during the Budget Session of the Parliament. There will be detailed discussion on the Budget and I am sure the level of debate and discussion will be of good quality. It will be focused on the issues pertaining to the welfare of the poor.
