The Ministry has constituted an Expert Group to study the legislative and regulatory architecture of The Societies Registration Act, 1860 governing the functioning of societies in India and also to study the ground situation with respect to the operation of the said Act so as to identify the regulatory gaps and oversight mechanism with a view to formulate a Model Law on the subject. The Expert Group has submitted its report to the Ministry on 5.07.2012 proposing a legislation titled as ‘Multi-state Societies Registration Bill, 2012’. The Report and the proposed Bill has been uploaded for ready access at the website of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs viz. www.mca.gov.in.
Notification No.36 /2012-ADD, New Delhi, dated the 16th July, 2012 Whereas in the matter of imports of ‘Grinding Media Balls’ (excluding Forged Grinding Media Balls, hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), classified under Chapter 73 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), originating in, or exported from, Thailand and People’s Republic of (China PR) (hereinafter referred to as the subject countries) and imported into India, the designated authority in its final findings vide notification No. 14/34/2010-DGAD, dated the 22nd May, 2012, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated 22nd May, 2012, had come to the conclusion that –
1. SEBI has received representation from various portfolio managers seeking clarification regarding investment in short term liquid Mutual Funds by portfolio managers. 2. It is hereby clarified that pending investment of funds, any short term deployment of funds in liquid Mutual Funds for the purpose of cash management shall be maintained on the lines as specified by the SEBI circular no. IMD/DoF-I/PMS/Cir-4/2009 dated June 23, 2009.
It has now been decided to allow QFIs [hereinafter defined as per the revised definition in terms of para 2 (v) below] to purchase on repatriation basis debt securities subject to the following terms and conditions : (i) Eligible instruments and eligible transactions – QFIs shall be permitted to invest through SEBI registered Qualified Depository Participants (QDPs) (defined as per the extant SEBI regulations) in eligible corporate debt instruments, viz. listed Non-Convertible Debentures(NCDs), listed bonds of Indian companies, listed units of Mutual Fund debt Schemes and “to be listed” corporate bonds (hereinafter referred to as ‘eligible debt securities’) directly from the issuer or through a registered stock broker on a recognized stock exchange in India.
Kindly make a reference to para 2(v) of our circular IDMC. PDRS. No. PDS.1/03.64.00/2000-01 dated October 6, 2000 on the captioned subject wherein it has been stated that services of brokers should not be used for sale of securities allotted in primary issues on the same day. 2. The guidelines have since been reviewed and it has been decided that services of brokers can also be availed for carrying out such sale contracts.
The Reserve Bank of India has, in consultation with stakeholders, today rationalised charges that banks can levy on customers for transfer of funds through National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT). Now banks can levy not more than `2.50 (exclusive of service tax) for funds transfer upto Rs. 10,000. Charges for transfers beyond this limit would remain unchanged, that is, Rs. 5 for transfers between Rs. 10,001 to Rupees one lakh; Rs. 15 for transfers between Rupees one lakh and above and upto Rs. 2 lakh; and Rs. 25 for transfers beyond Rs. 2 lakh.
The Prime Minister has approved the constitution of an Expert Committee on GAAR to undertake stakeholder consultations and finalise the guidelines for GAAR. This committee would manage the consultation process and finalise the draft GAAR Guidelines. 2. While postponing GAAR by one year to 2013 was a very welcome move, a widespread consultative process is necessary to generate a discussion on GAAR provisions so that there is an informed debate on how GAAR is going to operate. Some steps have been taken in this direction:
. Section 192A of the Companies Act, 1956, read with the Companies (Passing of the Resolution by Postal Ballot) Rules, 2001 (the Rules) obligates the listed companies to conduct certain businesses only by way of postal ballot. The Companies Act and the Rules also permit the companies to pass any other business through postal ballot apart from those businesses which are to be transacted mandatorily through postal ballot. Further, SEBI (Buy Back of Securities) Regulations, 1998, SEBI (Delisting of Equity Shares) Regulations, 2009, SEBI (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2009 and SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011 require listed companies to pass certain additional businesses through postal ballot.
Notification No. 45/2012-Customs In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 12/2012- Customs, dated the 17th March, 2012, which was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 185(E), dated the 17th March, 2012, namely:-
Notification No. 58/2012-CUSTOMS (N. T.) 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 3rd 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:-
