The following agencies are approved as Pre Shipment Inspection Agencies (PSIA) and enlisted in Appendix 5 of the Handbook of Procedures (Vol-I), Appendices and Aayaat Niryaat Forms:
Notification No. 17 (RE-2012)/2009-14 The Procedure and conditions for export of cotton w.e.f 1st October 2012 have been notified. This is similar to Notification number 113 of 4th May 2012, except appropriate changes in para 2(iii).
A. Rationalisation in the categorisation and value limits of PPIs – The five categories of semi-closed PPIs as indicated in our previous guidelines have been replaced with three broad categories as under: Semi-closed system prepaid payment instruments can be issued upto Rs.10,000/- by accepting minimum details of the customer provided the amount outstanding at any point of time does not exceed Rs 10,000/- and the total value of reloads during any given month also does not exceed Rs 10,000/-. These can be issued only in electronic form;
In the Companies (Issue of Indian Depository Receipts) Rules, 2004, in rule 10, for sub-rule (i), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely
Notification [F. No. 9/1/2011 – CL.V], dated 1-10-2012 In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 620 of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956), the Central Government hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the erstwhile Department of Company Law Administration vide number S.R.O. 355, dated 17th January, 1957, a copy of this notification having been laid in draft before both houses of Parliament as required by sub-section (2) of that section, namely:-
Notification No. 56/2012-Customs following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 96/2008-Customs, dated the 13th August, 2008, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide number G.S.R. 590 (E), dated the 13th August, 2008, namely:-
Issue (a) : Whether service tax of 4.944% (60% abatement) will apply to related charges such as reconfirmation fee, upgrade fee, date change, additional collection, etc., levied by airlines to passengers?
The Board has decided that the Income-tax offices all over India shall make special arrangements by opening of receipt counters on 29th & 30th September, 2012 being Saturday & Sunday respectively for the convenience of taxpayers.
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs vide its General Circular No.30/2012 Dated 28.09.2012, mandates the due date of filing of e‐forms 23AC(Non‐XBRL) and 23ACA (Non XBRL) as per new schedule VI extended in following manner without any additional fee :‐ • Company holding AGM or whose due date for holding AGM is on or before 20.09.2012, the time limit will be 03.11.2012 or due date of filing, which ever is later.
In exercise of powers conferred under paragraph 2.4 of the Foreign Trade Policy 2009-2014, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby makes the following amendment at Sl.No. 7 under Sub-heading Delhi in Appendix 4C (List of Agencies authorized to issue Certificate of Origin–Non Preferential) of the Handbook of Procedures-Volume 1 (Appendices and Aayat Niryat Forms), 2009-2014.
