The Reserve Bank today released on its website, draft guidelines outlining proposed implementation of Basel III capital regulation in India. These guidelines are in response to the comprehensive reform package entitled Basel III: A global regulatory framework for more resilient banks and banking systems of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) issued in December 2010.
The Reserve Bank of India today placed on its website the amended directions on Interest Rate Futures (IRFs) on Government Securities permitting 2-year and 5-year IRFs. According to the directions, the 2-year and 5-year IRF contracts would be on 2-year and 5-yr notional coupon bearing Government of India security, respectively. These would be cash-settled at expiry by the stock exchanges offering the contracts.
Notification No.64/2011 -Income Tax In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (2) of sections 120 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961) the Central Board of Direct Taxes hereby makes the following amendments to the notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), (Central Board of Direct Taxes), number S.O.881(E), dated the 14th September, 2001, namely :-
Notification No.63/2011 -Income Tax In exercise of the powers conferred by section 118 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Board of Direct Taxes hereby makes the following amendment to the Notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), vide number S.O. 279(E)), dated 12th March, 2003, namely
The Reserve Bank of India, having considered it necessary in public interest and being satisfied that, for the purpose of enabling the Bank to regulate the credit system to the advantage of the country, it is necessary to amend the Non-Banking Financial (Deposit Accepting or Holding) Companies Prudential Norms (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2007(hereinafter referred to as the said Directions), contained in Notification No. DNBS. 192/DG(VL)-2007 dated February 22, 2007.
The Government of India had constituted a National Money Laundering / Financing of Terror Risk Assessment Committee to assess money laundering and terror financing risks, a national AML/CFT strategy and institutional framework for AML/CFT in India. Assessment of risk of Money Laundering /Financing of Terrorism helps both the competent authorities and the regulated entities in taking necessary steps for combating ML/FT adopting a risk-based approach. This helps in judicious and efficient allocation of resources and makes the AML/CFT regime more robust. The Committee has made recommendations regarding adoption of a risk-based approach, assessment of risk and putting in place a system which would use that assessment to take steps to effectively counter ML/FT. The recommendations of the Committee have since been accepted by the Government of India and need to be implemented.
As far as freezing of funds, financial assets or economic resources or related services held in the form of bank accounts of the designated individuals/entities are concerned, action should be taken as detailed in paragraph 6 of the circular dated September 17, 2009, mentioned above.
It has come to the notice of the Reserve Bank that some NBFCs have raised funds under private placement by issuing NCDs of maturity less than 90 days. This is in clear violation of Issuance of Non-Convertible Debentures (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2010 dated June 23, 2010 issued by Internal Debt Management Department, Reserve Bank of India.
ORDER NO 3/2011 – Service Tax, Dated: December 29, 2011 -In exercise of the powers conferred by Rule 7(4) of the Service Tax Rules 1994 read with notification No. 48/2011-Service Tax dated 19th October 2011, Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby extends the date of submission of half yearly return for the period April 2011 to September 2011, from 26th December 2011 to 6th January 2012.
Notification No.119/2011 – Customs In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), read with section 91 and 94 of the Finance (No. 2) Act, 2004 (23 of 2004), 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. 69/2004-Customs, dated the 9th July, 2004 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide G.S.R. 411 (E), dated the 9th July, 2004, namely:-
