Notification No. 17/2013-Central Excise Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following amendments in each of the notifications of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) specified in column (2) of the Table below, which shall be amended or further amended, as the case may be, in the manner as specified in the corresponding entry in column (3) of the said Table,
CBEC hereby determines that the rate of exchange of conversion of each of the foreign currency specified in column (2) of each of Schedule I and II annexed hereto into Indian currency or vice versa shall, with effect from 17th May, 2013 be the rate mentioned against it in the corresponding entry in column (3) thereof, for the purpose of the said section, relating to imported and export goods.
I am directed to inform that Ministry of Labour and Employment, Govt. of India, vide its letter No. R-11018/1/2013.SS-II dated 15.05.2013 has conveyed the approval of the Central Government under para 60(1) of Employees’ Provident Fund Scheme, 1952 for crediting interest @ 8.50% on EPF accumulation for the financial year 2012-13 to the account of each member of the EPF Scheme.
The Service Tax Voluntary Compliance Encouragement Scheme (VCES) has come into effect upon enactment of the Finance Bill 2013 on the 10th May, 2013. The Service Tax Voluntary Compliance Encouragement Rules, 2013 has been issued to bring into effect the Scheme. Some references have been received seeking clarification as regards the scope and applicability of the Scheme.
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Board of Excise & Customs, being satisfied that it is necessary and expedient so to do, hereby makes the following amendment in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 36/2001-Customs (N.T.) dated, the 3 rd August, 2001, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section-3, Sub-section (ii) vide number S. O. 748 (E), dated the 3rd August, 2001, namely:-
In exercise of powers conferred by Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act,1992, as amended, read with paragraph 1.3 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-14 the Central Government hereby makes the following amendments in respect of Sl. No. 179 of Schedule 2 of ITC(HS) Classifications of Export and Import Items.
Doubts have been raised regarding classification of products commercially referred to as Tablet Computers under the Customs Tariff which is harmonised with the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, commonly known as HS Nomenclature. The two major competing headings are 8517 and 8471.
In exercise of powers conferred under Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 read with paragraph 2.1 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-2014, as amended from time to time, the Central Government hereby makes the following amendment in Chapter 8 of ITC (HS) 2012, Schedule 1 (Import Policy).
SEBI vide Circular No. CFD/DIL/3/2013 dated January 17, 2013 made amendments to Equity Listing Agreement and SEBI (Employee Stock Option Schemes and Employee Stock Purchase Schemes) Guidelines, 1999 (SEBI (ESOS and ESPS) Guidelines, 1999).
The nominated agency/bank may import gold on outright purchase basis subject to the condition that although ownership of the gold shaft be passed on to the importer at the time of import itself, the price of gold shall be fixed later, as and when the importer sells the gold to the users.
