Ministry of Labour & Employment issued notifications enhancing statutory wage ceiling from existing Rs. 6,500/- to ₹ 15,000/-, fixing minimum pension of ₹ 1000/- per month and 20% additional relief on the amount of assurance benefit admissible under EDLI Scheme, 1976.
Ministry of Corporate Affairs has clarified the following issues with respect to the capitalisation of borrowing costs in power projects: 1) Borrowing costs incurred during extended delay in commencement of commercial production after the plant is otherwise ready, can not be capitalised by virtue of AS-10 & AS-16 issued by ICAI.
The Government of India, vide Notification No. S.O. 2113(E), dated 22 August 2014, has reviewed its policy for private investment in rail infrastructure and amended the list of industries reserved for public sector under item No. 8 of Schedule I of the Notification No.S.O.477(E) dated 25 July 1991. Accordingly it has been decided to permit FDI in the following activities of the Railway Transport sector.
On a review, it has been decided to simplify the procedure by delegating powers to the AD Category – I banks to approve even those cases where the AMP of the fresh ECB is exceeding the residual maturity of the existing ECB under the automatic route subject to the following conditions:
Notification No. 26/2014–Central Excise (N.T.) Dated- 27th August, 2014 (1) These rules may be called the CENVAT Credit (Eighth Amendment) Rules, 2014. (2) They shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
Norms for contribution to Core SGF as well as default waterfall have been specified with a view that all the stakeholders (CC, SE and CMs) are incentivised to adequately monitor the risks brought into the system.
1. Single document for proof of identity and proof of address- There is now no requirement of submitting two separate documents for proof of identity and proof of address. If the officially valid document submitted for opening a bank account has both, identity and address of the person, there is no need for submitting any other documentary proof.
In the I& B and Defence sectors where the sectoral cap is less than 49%, the company would need to be ‘owned and controlled’ by resident Indian citizens and Indian companies, which are owned and controlled by resident Indian citizens.
11. Determination of rate of exchange.– The rate of exchange for determination of value of taxable service shall be the applicable rate of exchange as per the generally accepted accounting principles on the date when point of taxation arises in terms of the Point of Taxation Rules, 2011.
Clause A & B of Finance Act, 2014 for Services of radio taxi and services of advertisement other than selling of space for advertisements in print media, such services should be taxable from 1st October, 2014 and Clause C of finance Act, 2014 relating to substitution of explanation to section 67A for meaning of rate of exchange, such subtitled explanation should be applicable from 1st October, 2014.
