• Prime Minister calls for understanding and restraint, otherwise our security and integrity can get adversely affected. • Prime Minister cautions against ‘some people who want to create disturbances in the country so that our progress gets stalled’. • Prime Minister vows that ‘we will not let this happen’. • Prime Minister says this is time ‘to rise above personal or political interests and build consensus on issues of national importance’.
Today, our nation stands at a threshold. There are important issues on which we must focus, and as we do so, keep in mind that these are times, when we should also be on our guard, about not straying away from our main objective, of strengthening the nation in its many aspects. This is a time for introspection, a time to take well thought out measures, and to prepare well for the future. There have been occasions earlier, when confronted with many questions, we did find answers. The real strength of a nation is judged not by the challenges it faces, but by its responses. Therefore, as we analyze, make policies, legislate, implement schemes and enforce laws, we must not, forget that the purpose of all our efforts is to move on the path of progress while ensuring that morals and ethics in our society do not get eroded.
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) will submit a report to the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) next month with its recommendations on tackling issues related to black money. A nine-member committee is looking into India’s Double Taxation Avoidance Treaty Agreements (DTAAs) with various countries and a report is expected in September, ICAI president G Ramaswamy said today.
Only 6.74 lakh claims for refund of income-tax are pending with the I-T Department after it launched a special drive to clear the pendencies, Parliament was informed today. Responding to a query in the Lok Sabha, the Finance Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, said while the department does not maintain records on the quantum of income-tax refunds claimed, as of March 31, 2011, approximately 38.26 lakh returns claiming refund were pending for processing.
Union Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said there would be no more tax-free zones in the country. Tax-free zone status in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand was being withdrawn gradually following opposition by different states, Mukherjee said. Renewal of tax free zone status of Sikkim, which would expire in 2017, would be reviewed on the basis of the socio-economic conditions of the state at that time, he told reporters.
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With an aim to shielding investors from vested interests and potential corporate scams, market regulator the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has proposed to frame a strict set of rules for research analysts and wants an independent oversight body for auditors. At the same time, the market watchdog is planning to prescribe a fresh set of guidelines for dealing with conflict of interest of associated persons in the market. It would also set up a separate unit for monitoring ‘Systemically Important Financial Institutions’ or very-large market entities.
Gross direct tax collections during the first four months of the current fiscal (April – July 2011) were up by 26.63 percent and stood at Rs.1,32,542 crore as against Rs.1,04,668 crore during the same period in last fiscal. Gross collection of corporate taxes in this period was up by 29.56 percent to Rs.85,222 crore as against Rs.65,776 crore during the same period in last year while gross collections of personal income tax rises by 21.64 percent during this period and stood at Rs.47,214 crore as against Rs.38,816 crore during the same period in last year.
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The upheaval in domestic markets that followed the US economic downgrade notwithstanding, RBI on Friday said the liquidity in the Indian banking system was not under stress and the central bank was monitoring the situation closely.
