However, this was creating problems for banks using Core-Branch Banking Solutions (CBS), which enables customers to access their accounts from any branch. The Indian Banks’ Association in a representation to the Income Tax department had said that for banks using the CBS software, interest payable on fixed deposits is calculated generally on a daily or a monthly basis but is parked in the provisioning account for monitoring only.
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), working under the aegis of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, organizes campus placement programme for the benefit of newly qualified Chartered Accountants twice every year. The first phase of the programme is going on these days at 5 cities namely Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai and New Delhi. It will continue till 10th March, 2010.
The Government has informed Lok Sabha that the Competition Commission of India (CCI) has received information under section 19 of the Competition Act, 2002 against some Banks/Housing Finance Institutions with regard to anti-competitive agreements on imposing penalty for pre-payment of home loans.
Mandatory doubling of the limit for collateral free loans to micro and small enterprises (MSEs) sector to Rs.10 lakh from the present Rs. 5 lakh, increase in the extent of guarantee cover, absorption of guarantee fees for the collateral free loans by CGTMSE subject to certain conditions, lower guarantee fees for women entrepreneurs and enterprises in the North-East, simplification of procedure for filing claims with CGTMSE and increasing awareness about the scheme are some of the recommendations of the Working Group set up to review the Credit Guarantee Scheme of the Credit Guarantee Fund Trust.
The Government has informed Lok Sabha that a Coordination and Monitoring Committee (CMC), co- chaired by Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs and Chairman, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has been set up to look into issues relating to companies that had come out with public issues and vanished and to monitor the progress of action taken against such vanishing companies and their promoters. Specific criteria have been adopted by CMC for identification of such vanishing companies.
Creating a record in its placement history, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has placed three of its candidates at a record salary of close to Rs 70 lakh with Singapore-based Olam International. This is the highest ever salary offered to fresh CAs recruited from the ICAI campus, the apex body that conducts the CA examination and places the successful candidates every year. Earlier, a record salary of Rs 38.25 lakh was offered in 2007.
Market regulator SEBI today decided to expand the scope of employees quota in public issues of companies by making staff of subsidiaries eligible to paticipate in such offers made by the parent firm. Besides, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), in its meeting here decided that institutional investors will have to pay upfront 100 per cent money in primary issues like retail investors.
Chinese philosopher Confucius had once said, ‘ The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.’ As I take this first step as 58th President of the second largest accountancy body of the world, I wish to thank all those who have supported and guided me to reach this position today. I thank the members of both 20th as well as 21st Council for reposing trust and confidence in me by electing me as the Vice-President and then as the President of the ICAI during 2009-10 and 2010-11 respectively.
The Union Budget proposes to expand the definition of construction service and levy tax on houses under construction as well. The new rule, which will come into effect when Parliament approves the budget, says service tax would be imposed if payments were made before the completion of construction.
Income Tax department is understood to have detected an evasion of Rs 502 crore (Rs 5.02 billion) by two major steel manufacturers after it conducted searches and surveys against them in various parts of the country. The department has detected evasion in two companies– Bhushan Steel and Bhushan Power and Steel after it undertook action at 11 premises in cities like Delhi , Chandigarh, Ghaziabad, Raigarh, Ranchi, Mumbai and Kolkata .
