With India’s sugar production set to exceed domestic demand, the government is likely to re-impose 60 per cent import duty on sugar from tomorrow. “The duty free notification lapses on today and from April 1 it automatically reverts back to the old duty structure,” the official source said.
Investment in infrastructure holds the key to India’s economic growth. It has been projected that India’s investment requirement in the 12th Five Year Plan is over a trillion USD of which half is expected to come from the private sector. To encourage greater private sector participation in the development of infrastructure in the country, the Union Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee during his budget speech of 2011-12 announced the decision of the government to further liberalise the policy relating to the investment in corporate bond market.
The Central Registry has become operational with effect from today i.e.31st March,2011.In his Budget speech for 2011-12, the Union Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee had announced that the Central Registry would be operationalised by March 31, 2011. The objective of setting-up the Central Registry is to prevent frauds in loan cases involving multiple lending from different banks on the same immovable property. The Central Registry Of Securitisation Asset Reconstruction And Security Interest Of India, a Government Company, licensed under Section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956 has been incorporated for the purpose of operating and maintaining the Central Registry under the provisions of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI Act 2002).
The Union Cabinet today approved creation of seven posts of Indirect Tax Ombudsman to be located at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Calcutta, Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Lucknow in the HAG + scale of Rs.75,500-80,000/- and the supporting staff. The Indirect Tax Ombudsman Guidelines, 2011 has also been approved.
Country’s Population Reaches 1210 Million as Per Census 2011. Up Remains Most Populous State With 199 Million. Overall Sex Ratio Reaches 940 – 7 Points Increases Over 2001. Literacy Rate Goes up to 74.04 Percent from 64.83 Percent
The Union cabinet on Thursday exempted ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 from income tax in view of the income coming in the country thanks to the tournament and earned by subsidiaries of ICC. The exemption will be available only where the contractual obligation to bear the income-tax liability is on these entities. The financial implication of the move will be around R45 crore.
Vodafone, the world’s largest mobile operator by revenue, is to pay $5 billion in cash to buy out Essar Group from their Indian joint venture and bring an end to their increasingly fractious relationship. Vodafone, which has faced a host of problems since entering the fiercely competitive market in 2007, will take over Essar’s 33 per cent of the Vodafone Essar Limited company, giving it direct ownership of 75 per cent of the Indian operator.
Making payments through cheques may become a costlier affair from tomorrow, as RBI has allowed banks to levy higher service charges for their clearing, especially of high-value and outstation cheques. As per a RBI circular coming into effect from April 1, 2011, banks would be free to fix service charges on speed clearing of cheques of value above Rs 1 lakh.
Market regulator Sebi today constituted a 16-member committee which will suggest a roadmap for developing corporate bond market in the country. The ‘Corporate Bonds & Securitisation Advisory Committee’ would be chaired by R H Patil, the Chairman of Clearing Corporation of India Ltd (CCIL), Sebi said in a statement.
The Minister of State for Finance Shri Namo Narain Meena launched facility of Income Tax payment through ATMs by Union Bank of India here today. Senior officials from Ministry of Finance including Shri Sunil Mitra, Revenue Secretary, Shri Shashi Shekhar Sharma, Secretary, Financial Services, Shri Sudhir Chandra, Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) and Chairman and Managing Director of Union Bank of India, Shri M.V.Nair were present among others on the occasion.
