Circular No.16/2011-Customs – The issues of increasing imports of satellite phones in passenger baggages without obtaining authorization and import of foreign exchange in excess of amount of US $10,000/- or equivalent without declaration to Customs have been referred to MHA for redressal by making suitable modifications in the Customs part of Arrival Card for Passengers so that all passengers are required to declare these items at the time of arrival at international airport in India.
Notification No. 25/2011 – Customs (N. T.), New Delhi, 31st March, 2011. S. O… (E) – In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Board, being satisfied that it is necessary and expedient so to do, hereby makes the following further amendment in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 36/2001-Cus (N. T.), dated, the 3rd August 2001, namely: –
NOTIFICATION NO. 13/2011 – CENTRAL EXCISE (N.T.)- The CENVAT credit in respect of input service shall be allowed, on or after the day on which the invoice, bill or, as the case may be, challan referred to in rule 9 is received: Provided that in case of an input service where the service tax is paid on reverse charge by the recipient of the service, the CENVAT credit in respect of such input service shall be allowed on or after the day on which payment is made of the value of input service and the service tax paid or payable as indicated in invoice, bill or, as the case may be, challan referred to in rule 9:
Circular 1 of 2011 on FDI- (i) Pricing of Convertible instruments. (ii) Inclusion of fresh items for issue of shares against non-cash considerations (iii) Removal of the condition of prior approval in case of existing joint ventures/ technical collaborations in the ‘same field” (iv) Guidelines relating to down-stream investments (v) Development of Seeds
FEMA : Export of Goods and Software – Realisation and Repatriation of export proceeds – Liberalisation. A.P. (DIR SERIES) CIRCULAR NO. 47, DATED 31-3-2011. Attention of Authorised Dealer Category-I (AD Category-I) banks is invited to A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 57, dated June 29, 2010 enhancing the period of realization and repatriation to India of the amount representing the full export value of goods or software exported, from six months to twelve months from the date of export. This relaxation was up to March 31, 2011.
General Circular No. 09/2011, Dated the 31.03.2011- It has been decided by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs to mandate certain class of companies to file balance sheets and profit and loss account for the year 2010-11 onwards by using XBRL taxonomy. The Financial Statements required to be filed in XBRL format would be based upon the Taxonomy on XBRL developed for the existing Schedule VI, as per the existing, (non converged) Accounting Standards notified under the Companies (Accounting Standards) Rules, 2006. The said Taxonomy is being hosted on the website of the Ministry at www.mca.gov.in shortly. The Frequently Asked Questions ( FAQs ) about XBRL have been framed by the Ministry and they are being annexed as Annexure I with this circular for the information and easy understanding of the stakeholders.
Increase in overall limits- 1. The existing limit of USD 5 billion for investment by foreign Institutional investors (FIIs) in corporate bonds issued by companies in the infrastructure sector with a residual maturity of over five years has been increased by an additional limit of USD 20 billion taking the total limit to USD 25 billion. These investments are now permissible in unlisted instruments. Investments in unlisted bonds- FIIs shall now be eligible to invest in unlisted bonds issued by companies in the infrastructure sector that are generally organised in the form of special purpose vehicles.
NOTIFICATION NO. GSR 278(E), DATED 31-3-2011 – In exercise of the powers conferred under sub-section (1) of section 21 of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002, the Central Government hereby appoints Shri R.V. Verma, Chairman and Managing Director, National Housing Bank (NHB), as the Central Registrar to hold additional charge of the Central Registrar for the purpose of registration of transactions relating to securitization, reconstruction of financial assets and security interest created over properties.
The Central Government hereby, entrusts the operations and administration of the Central Registry and the Maintenance of the Central Register to a Government Company licensed under section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956, namely, the Central Registry of Securitisation Asset Reconstruction and Security Interest of India, having its Registered Office at the place mentioned in Column 2 of the above given Table.
These rules may be called the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest (Central Registry) Rules, 2011. 2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
