SEBI simplified the account opening process for investors and made it uniform across intermediaries in the securities markets vide aforementioned circulars. Further, to avoid duplication of KYC process with every intermediary, KRA system was developed for centralization of the KYC records in the securities markets. The system was made applicable for new clients who opened accounts with the intermediaries from January 1, 2012.
In the event of disaster, the disruption in trading system of stock exchanges / depository system may not only affect the market integrity but also the confidence of investors. In order to address this issue, the current BCP – DR setups of some of the stock exchanges having nation-wide terminals and depositories were examined by the Technical Advisory Committee of SEBI (TAC). Based on the recommendations of TAC, the broad guidelines for BCP – DR are given below:
In terms of para 6 of the circular, four domestic credit rating agencies viz. CARE, CRISIL, FITCH India and ICRA have been accredited for the purpose of risk weighting the banks’ claims for capital adequacy purposes. The long term and short term ratings issued by these domestic credit rating agencies have been mapped to the appropriate risk weights applicable as per the Standardised Approach under the Basel II Framework.
Please refer to Para 3 of our circular RPCD.CO.Plan.BC.No.49/04.09.01/2010-11 dated January 28, 2011 on the captioned subject, wherein it was advised that the misclassifications reported by Principal Inspecting Officers, during the current year would be added to the shortfall reported by banks, as on the last reporting Friday of the following year, for allocations to various funds.
Instruction No. 3/2012, dated 11-4-2012 With a view to improve the quality of representation and to streamline the process of engagement of Standing Counsels for the Department to represent before various High Courts and other judicial forums and in supersession of the existing Instructions of the Board on the subject in general, and Board’s letter in F. No. 20/20/67-ITJ (1) dated 08.01.1968, Board’s letter in F. No. 20/20/67-ITJ (4) dated 11.01.1968, Board’s letter in F. No. 20/20/67-ITJ (13) dated 07.03.1968, Instruction No. 1/273 dated 03.03.1971, Instruction No. 1828 dated 13.09.1989, Instruction No. 1806 dated 03.02.1989/ Instruction No. 1986 dated 03.07.2000 and Instruction No. 8 of 2007 dated 30.08.2007, in particular, the following Instructions are issued herewith for compliance by all concerned:
ORDER NO. 4/FT&TR/2012 [F.No. 500/15/2011-FT&TR-I], dated 10-4-2012 In partial modification of order No.1/FT&TR/2012 and order No. 2/FT&TR/2012, and in exercise of powers conferred under section 144C of the Income-tax Act, 1961, the Board hereby constitutes the Dispute Resolution Panel (DRP) comprising of three Commissioners of Income-tax/Directors of Income-tax as Members of DRP at the places given below, who shall perform such duties in addition to their regular duties with immediate effect and until further order:
I am directed to invite your attention to the Board’s Circular No. 12/2006- Customs dated 20.2.2006 and the earlier instructions issued to the field formations vide Board’s letters F. No. 711(7)/53-Cus. (AS) dated 27.5.1993, F. No.30/33/67-LC.I dated 19.1.68 and F.No.30/3/64-LC.I dated 10.2.1964 in the matter of disposal of
Notification No.21/2012-Customs (ADD), in the matter of continuation of anti-dumping duty on imports of ‘Vitamin A Palmitate’, originating in, or exported from, China PR and Switzerland imposed vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 112/2007-Customs, dated the 30th October, 2007, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 683(E), dated the 30th October, 2007, and had requested for extension of anti-dumping duty upto one more year, in terms of sub-section (5) of Section 9A of the said Customs Tariff Act;
Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) has concluded an Agreement dated July 21, 2011 with the Ecowas Bank for Investment and Development (EBID), making available to the latter, a Line of Credit (LOC) of USD 150 million (USD one hundred and fifty million) for financing eligible goods, services and equipments including project exports and consultancy services, to be exported from India to the 15 member countries of EBID in West African region viz. Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo
Based on the assessment of the utilization of the limits to FIIs for investments in Government Debt Old, corporate Debt Old and Government Debt Long Term category, it has been decided to allocate the unutilized limits. The bidding for this limit shall be done on the NSE from 15:30 hrs to 17:30 hrs, on April 23, 2012.
