In connection with the recently issued circulars/notifications concerning cost accounting records and cost audit, following clarifications are issued: (a) That the companies covered under Companies (Cost Accounting Records) Rules, 2011 shall only file a simple compliance report as per the notified Form-B (copy enclosed) and no other details of cost records are required to be filed with the Government. If all the products/activities of a company, excluding the exempted categories, are covered under cost audit, then the company will not be required to separately file the compliance report.
That the Companies (Cost Accounting Records) Rules, 2011 are not applicable to: (i) Wholesale or retail trading activities. (ii) Banking, financial, leasing, investment, insurance, education, healthcare, tourism, travel, hospitality, recreation, transport services, business/professional consultancy, IT & IT enabled services, research & development, postal/courier services, etc. unless any of these have been specifically covered under any other Cost Accounting Records Rules.
F.No. 528/133/2011-STO (TU) he Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labelling) Rules, 2008 Rules prescribe the manner in which the specified health warning shall be displayed on the tobacco product packs covering all types of tobacco products produced, supplied, imported and distributed in India. The Rules came into effect from 31st May, 2009.
Please refer to the guidelines on Credit Default Swaps on corporate bonds issued vide Circular IDMD.PCD.No. 5053 / 14.03.04 / 2010-11 dated May 23, 2011. As indicated in paragraph 3.5 of the circular, market participants will have to follow the capital adequacy guidelines for CDS issued by their respective regulators. Accordingly, guidelines on capital adequacy and exposure norms to standalone Primary Dealers (PDs) undertaking CDS transactions are enclosed as Annex.
A reference is invited to our circular IDMD.PCD.No. 5053 /14.03.04/2010-11 dated May 23, 2011 enclosing the Guidelines on Credit Default Swaps (CDS) for Corporate Bonds wherein it was indicated that Market-makers shall report their CDS trades with both users and other market-makers on the reporting platform of CDS trade repository within 30 minutes from the deal time. 2. It is advised that all market makers shall report their CDS trades in corporate bonds within 30 minutes of the trade to the Clearing Corporation of India Limited (CCIL) trade repository CCIL Online Reporting Engine (CORE) beginning December 1, 2011.
RBI/2011-12/285 Please refer to guidelines on single name Credit Default Swaps on corporate bonds issued vide Circular No. IDMD.PCD.No.5053/14.03.04/2010-11 dated May 23, 2011. As indicated in the paragraph 3.5 of the circular, market participants will have to follow the capital adequacy guidelines for CDS issued by their respective regulators. Accordingly, guidelines on capital adequacy, exposure norms and provisioning to banks undertaking CDS transactions are enclosed as Annex.
In view of the timelines attached to the implementation of EBT for routing MGNREGA wages and social security benefits including proposed cash transfers in respect of subsidies on Kerosene, LPG and Fertilisers, you are requested to ensure opening of Aadhaar Enabled Bank Accounts (AEBA) of all the beneficiaries including those residing in villages with less than 2000 population.
Notification No. 85 / 2011 – Customs (N. T.), The Principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide Notification No. 36/2001 – Customs (N.T.), dated, the 3rd August, 2001 (S. O. 748 (E), dated, the 3rd August, 2001) and was last amended vide Notification No. 78/2011-Customs (N.T.), dated, the 15th November, 2011 (S. O. 2579 (E) dated 15th November, 2011).
Notification No. 105 /2011 – 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. 21/2002-Customs, dated the 1st March, 2002, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 118(E) dated the 1st March, 2002, namely :-
In accordance with the decisions taken by the Government on the basis of the recommendations of the Committee for Comprehensive Review of National Small Savings Fund (NSSF), headed by Smt Shyamala Gopinath, the then Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India, Notifications on changes made in various small saving schemes except 10-Year National Savings Certificate, have already been issued on 25th November 2011.
