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Consultation paper for guidelines for public issue of units of Real Estate Investment Trusts

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SEBI REIT Regulations were notified on 26th September, 2014, thereby providing a regulatory framework for registration and regulation of REITs in India. The Regulations, inter alia, provide that ‘The Board may specify by issue of guidelines or circulars, any other requirements, as it deems fit, pertaining to issue and allotment of units by an REIT.

Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2015

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in the case of an arbitration other than international commercial arbitration, the principal Civil Court of original jurisdiction in a district, and includes the High Court in exercise of its ordinary original civil jurisdiction, having jurisdiction to decide the questions forming the subject-matter of the arbitration if the same had been the subject-matter of a suit, but does not include any Civil Court of a grade inferior to such principal Civil Court, or any Court of Small Causes;

Reg. Penalty in cases where despite addition tax payable under MAT Provisions is higher than under Normal Provisions

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CIRCULAR NO. 25/2015 Penalty u/s 271(1)(c) wherein additions/disallowances made under normal provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961 but tax levied under MAT provisions u/s 115JB/115JC, for cases prior to A.Y. 2016-17-reg.- Section 115JB of the Act is a special provision for levy of Minimum Alternate Tax on Companies, inserted by Finance Act 2000 with effect from 1-4-2001.

Recording of satisfaction note U/s. 158BD/153C of the Act- reg.

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CIRCULAR NO. 24/2015 Several High Courts have held that the provisions of section 153C of the Act are substantially similar/pari-materia to the provisions of section 158BD of the Act and therefore, the above guidelines of the Hon’ble SC, apply to proceedings u/s 153C of the IT Act, for the purposes of assessment of income of other than the searched person. This view has been accepted by CBDT.

Restructuring of Maharashtra Sales Tax Department

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The department had adopted functional organization structure as required for VAT administration. The functional organization led to creation of various flinctional divisions to look after a particular functional aspect in respect of a dealer. In view of the same various compliance related issues of dealers Were handled by different functional officers from functional divisions like Return.

Roadmap for opening brick and mortar branches in villages with population more than 5000 without a bank branch of a scheduled commercial bank

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You are aware that SLBC Convenor banks were advised vide circular RPCD.CO.LBS.BC. No. 86/02.01.001/2011-12 dated June 19, 2012 to prepare a roadmap to provide banking services in all unbanked villages with population less than 2000 through a combination of business correspondents (BCs) and branches. Banks were also advised to ensure that there is a brick and mortar branch to provide support to a cluster of BC units at a reasonable distance of 3-4 kilometers.

New Numbering Format for Patent Applications & Examination Request wef 01.01.2016

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The new numbering system for patent applications shall have 12 characters fixed length numeric standard Patent Application Format , applicable to all the Patent Offices in India and shall include identifiers of Year of filing, Jurisdiction, type of application and application number as per Annexure-1

Extension of Credit Facilities to Overseas Step-down Subsidiaries of Indian Corporates

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(i) Banks may extend funded and/or non-funded credit facilities to the step-down subsidiaries of Indian companies including to those beyond the first level, to finance the projects undertaken abroad. (ii) The immediate overseas subsidiary of the Indian company must be directly controlled by the Indian parent company through any of the modes of control recognised under the Indian Accounting Standards.1 In addition, the Indian parent company must directly hold a minimum 51% of its shareholding.

Discontinuation of the requirement for Paper to Follow (P2F) for Central Government cheques under Cheque Truncation System

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With a view to enhancing efficiency in cheque clearing, Reserve Bank has introduced Cheque Truncation System (CTS) for clearance of cheques, facilitating the presentation and payment of cheques without their physical movement. Taking this initiative forward, it has now been decided in consultation with the Office of the Controller General of Accounts (CGA), Ministry of Finance, Government of India, to dispense with the current requirement of forwarding the paid Central Government cheques in physical form (commonly known as P2F) to the Government departments.

Investment by Gold ETFs in Gold Monetisation Scheme of Banks

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As per RBI notification dated October 22, 2015, the Gold Monetisation Scheme, 2015 (GMS) will replace the Gold Deposit Scheme, 1999 (GDS). However, the deposits outstanding under the GDS will be allowed to run till maturity unless these are withdrawn by the depositors prematurely.

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