It has now been decided to allow QFIs to hedge their currency risk on account of their permissible investments (in equity and debt instruments), as per the details given in the Annex.
Consequent upon inclusion of special provisions in respect of International Workers (IWs) and signing of Social Security Agreements (SSAs) with a number of countries by the Government of India, the benefit of “detachment” is being availed by the posted Indian employees by obtaining a Certificate of Coverage (COC) on the basis of which they are exempted from making contributions in other country up to a certain period.
I am directed to refer to this Ministry’s letter of even no. dated 3 1.7.2012 on the subject cited above and say that wherever fee on pending cases under section 17, 18, 19, 141 and 188 of the Companies Act, 1956 have already been paid by the companies/stakeholders at the time of filing of petition, consequent upon the transfer of applications/petitions from Company Law Board to the concerned Regional Directors.
I am directed to refer to this Ministry’s letter of even no. dated 31-7-2012 on the subject cited above and say that wherever fee on pending cases under sections 17, 18, 19, 141 and 188 of the Companies Act, 1956 have already been paid by the companies/stakeholders at the time of filing of petition, consequent upon the transfer of applications/petitions from Company Law Board to the concerned Regional Directors,
Notification No.40 /2012-Customs (ADD) Seeks to levy anti-dumping duty on imports of Metronidazole, originating in, or exported from People’s Republic of China, for a further period of five years
Representations have been received from trade as well as the field formations regarding the applicable rate of additional duty of customs (CVD) on Fertilizers when imported into India. Doubts have arisen in view of the fact that in Notification No. 12/2012-Customs, dated 17-03-2012, except for Serial Number 200(ii) [where the CVD rate of 1% is mentioned in column (5)] the entry in this column for all other Serial Nos. is
Notification No. 36/2012-Income Tax In the Income-tax Rules, 1962 (hereafter referred to as the principal rules), – (a) after rule 10E, the following rule shall be inserted, namely.- Advance Pricing Agreement Scheme- 10F. Meaning of expressions used in matters in respect of advance pricing agreement.—For the purposes of this rule and rules 10G to 10-I,-
The vehicles imported under this scheme shall be registered either as a tourist vehicle or shall have an appropriate registration specific to a particular state enabling the vehicle to be used for tourist purpose. A copy of the Registration certificate should be submitted to the concerned Licensing Authority as a confirmation of the vehicle having been imported and capital good installed.
It has been observed that a large part of litigation in the Direct Taxes matters involves interpretation of legal provisions. Lack of desired clarity on a contentious legal issue, amongst the officers of the department, sometimes leads to inconsistent approach on the same issue giving rise to further litigation. With a view to provide clarity on contentious legal issues, promote consistency of approach on a given issue and reduce litigation, it has been decided to set up the following institutional mechanism to formulate ‘Departmental View’ on contentious legal issues:
A representative not below the rank of Joint Secretary from Wo Power 14.A representative not below the rank of Joint Secretary from Wo Petroleum 15.A representative not below the rank of Joint Secretary from Mbo Highways 16.A representative not below the rank of Joint Secretary from Wo Urban
