The Reserve Bank of India does not have any estimate of alleged illegal gold transactions going on in the country, according an RTI reply. The application addressed to the Finance Ministry was transferred to the Bankers’ Bank for a reply on the issue of illegal gold transactions, ‘hawala’ trade and blackmoney stashed away in banks abroad, but the RBI said it had no information on these issue.
Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the Trademarks (amendment) Bill of 2009, which enables a person or an enterprise to seek registration of a trademark in any of the 84 member countries of the Madrid Protocol through a single application. The amendment bill, which provides for a simplified trademark registration process,
Mooting greater transparency regarding donations by corporate houses to political parties, the Corporate Affairs Minister, Mr Salman Khurshid, said on Wednesday that his Ministry has already recommended the inclusion of norms for disclosure of the details of such funding in the new Companies Bill.
In terms of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Master Circular dated July 1, 2010 on Customer Service, banks have been advised that they should exercise due care and necessary precautions for the protection of the lockers provided to the customer.
The amount of excise duty collected from chewing tobacco Including Kara Masala, Kimam etc. during 2008-09 and 2009-10 is Rs. 916.63 crore and Rs. 1062.05 crore respectively. The excise duty collections from other tobacco varieties and products like cigarettes, bidis, cigars for the years 2008-09 and 2009-10 is Rs. 9798.75 crore and Rs. 10045.35 crore respectively.
Immediate appropriate action is taken by the Directorate of Enforcement under the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999, whenever any specific case of unauthorized maintenance of foreign bank account or retention of funds in foreign banks by any person resident in India comes to its notice.
Several countries have submitted data to Government of India on Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) black money. The German Tax Authorities have provided to the Indian Government information available with them regarding accounts concerning Indian nationals with the LGT bank of Liechtenstein.
The draft Direct Taxes Code (DTC) along with a Discussion Paper was released for public discussion in August 2009. The Discussion Paper mentioned that profit-linked incentives are inherently inefficient. Essentially, a profit-linked incentive is regressive in nature.
No Separate funds are being released for setting-up of Aayakar Seva Kendras as of now. The concerned Chief Commissioners of Income Tax are incurring the expenditure out of the allotted budget grant.this information was given by the Minister of State for Finance, Shri S.S.Palanimanickam in a written reply to an Unstarred Question raised in Rajya Sabha today.
The Ministry of External Affairs is in the soup for not filing e-TDS (tax deduction at source) for the past few years, and at fault are over 100 diplomats who have not given their PAN numbers to the ministry. Sources said the Income Tax (I-T) Department has taken up the matter with the MEA, and senior officials have been asked to pull up the erring diplomats posted in and outside the country.
