DEPB benefit on export of ‘Cotton’ was withdrawn vide Public Notice No. 45 (RE 2010)/2009-14 dated the 31st March, 2011. Exports made on or after 01.10.2010 will now be entitled for DEPB benefit under DEPB entry Sl. No. 22D of the Product Group ‘Miscellaneous’.
DEPB benefit on export of ‘Cotton yarn including Melange yarn’ was withdrawn vide Public Notice No. 57/2009-14 dated the 21st April, 2010. Exports made on or after 01.04.2011 will now be entitled for DEPB benefit under DEPB entry sr. No. 78 of the Product Group Textiles.
In exercise of the powers conferred under Paragraph 2.4 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-14 (FTP) and Paragraph 1.1 of the Handbook of Procedures (Vol. I), 2009-14 (HBPv1), the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby makes the following amendment at List of Items covered under the Tariff Rate Quota Scheme under Para 2.59 of Handbook of Procedures Vol-1, 2009-14.
Existing policy conditions (prior to this amendment) as available at page 474-475, for the Exim Codes 6802 10 00, 6802 21 10, 6802 21 20, 6802 21 90, 6802 91 00 and 6802 92 00 of Chapter 68 of ITC(HS) Classifications of Export and Import Items are extracted below (earlier policy conditions).
Notification No. 64 (RE-2010)/2009-2014 Import policy of rough marble blocks for the year 2011-12 has increased the import quota from 3 lakh MT to 5 lakh MT with an MIP of US$ 325 per MT.
Exporters intending to export cotton [ITC (HS) Codes 5201 and 5203] will apply to the Regional Authority (RA) for grant of Registration Certificate (RC) subject to the following conditions – (i) The applicant should not be a defaulter / must not be in the Denied Entities List (DEL). (ii) An applicant shall submit a performance guarantee in the form of a Bank Guarantee (in the format given in Annexure 2) for 2.5% of the value equivalent of the quantity for which RC is being applied, or for Rs 1 lakh, whichever is more. Notification No. 63 (RE-2010)/2009-2014,
Representations have been received seeking a clarification on the applicability of condition of shelf life of 60% stipulated under Para 13 of Chapter 1A (General notes regarding Import Policy) of ITC(HS) in case of re-import of edible/food products like frozen meat, frozen mango slices and pulp etc. under the para 2.38 of Foreign Trade Policy. It has been stated in the representations that sometimes edible/food products exported abroad are re-imported for relabeling/repack/rework and re-exported subsequently. Since the condition of shelf life of 60% pertains to goods imported into the country, it has been requested to clarify whether the said condition is applicable for such goods.
Prepaid payment instruments can be issued only to corporate entities listed in any of the stock exchanges in India; Verification of the identity of the employee shall be the responsibility of the concerned corporate. The bank should put in place proper systems to capture and maintain details of the employees to whom the cards are issued by the corporate along with copies of photograph and identity proof of such employees. The corporate is also required to make available details of bank accounts (if any) of the employees to the bank;
Based on the feedback from the stakeholders and keeping in view the interest of card holders the following directions are issued: It is mandatory to put in place additional factor of authentication for all CNP transactions indicated in para 4 of our directions dated December 31, 2010 with effect from May 01, 2012. In case of customer complaint regarding issues, if any,arising out of transactions effected without the additional factor of authentication after the stipulated date, the issuer bank shall reimburse the loss to the customer further without demur.
PT Circular 12T of 2011 on Relief in Profession Tax to Mathadi Mandal, Mathadi kamgar etc.
