Attention of Authorised Dealer Category – I banks is invited to paragraph 5 (i) of A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.24 dated December 30, 2009 wherein it was stipulated that the Annual Activity Certificates (AACs) as at the end of March 31, shall be submitted by the Branch Office / Liaison Office (BO/ LO), on or before April 30 every year, to the designated AD Category-I bank and a copy to the Directorate General of Income Tax (International Taxation), New Delhi.
Please refer to our Circular DBOD.Dir.(Exp).BC.No.94/04.02.001/2009-10 dated April 23, 2010 extending the scheme of interest subvention of 2 percentage points from April 1, 2010 to March 31, 2011 on pre and post-shipment rupee export credit for four employment oriented export sectors viz. Handicrafts, Carpets, Handlooms and Small & Medium Enterprises (SME). Banks were further advised vide our circular DBOD.Dir.(Exp).BC.No.115/04.02.01/2009-10 dated June 29, 2010 that with the change over to the Base Rate System, the interest rates applicable for all tenors of rupee export credit advances with effect from July 1, 2010 will be at or above Base Rate in respect of all fresh / renewed advances. Accordingly, banks may reduce the interest rate chargeable to the exporters as per Base Rate system in the above mentioned sectors eligible for export credit subvention by the amount of subvention available subject to a floor rate of 7%.
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1A) of Section 86 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), the Board hereby makes the following further amendments in the Notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, No. 19/2007-Service Tax, published vide number G.S.R. 354(E), dated the 12th May, 2007, namely
Attention is invited to Notification No.13/2010-Customs dated 19.2.2010 granting exemption from customs duty on specified goods imported into India for the purpose of organizing the Commonwealth Games to be held in October, 2010 in New Delhi. In this regard, references have been received from field formations as well as the Organizing Committee Commonwealth Games, 2010 Delhi (OC, CWG) regarding difficulties faced in interpretation of notification and clearance of goods imported for the Games and requesting that a suitable clarification may be issued by the Board in this regard.
In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 5 read with Section 3(2) of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No.22 of 1992) and Para 1.3 and Para 2.1 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-2014, the Central Government hereby makes the following amendment in Notification No. 40/2009-14 dated 12.05.2010 read with Notification No. 33(RE-2007)/2004-2009 dated 08.10.2007, as amended from time to time (pertaining to prohibition on export of wheat and wheat products).
With immediate effect, the existing entry at para (2) & (3) of Notification No. 42 /2009-2014 dated 18.05.2010 is substituted to read as under:-“2.1.13 the ban on export of Non-Basmati rice shall also not be applicable on export of 3 lakh tonnes of parboiled non-Basmati rice to Bangladesh from the Central Pool at prevalent economic cost through FCI.”
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) disregarded the Finance Minister’s suggestion to “jointly seek a binding legal mandate from an appropriate High Court” on which body had jurisdiction over Unit Linked Insurance Plans (ULIPs). That is why the Government had to issue an Ordinance on the ULIPs issue. This was stated by the Finance Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, in the Lok Sabha on Monday.
In partial amendment to clause 3 (h) of the aforesaid circular IMD/FII & C/37/2009, no single entity shall be allocated more than Rs.100 cr. of the government debt investment limit. ii. In partial amendment to clause 3 (c) and 3(d) of the aforesaid circular IMD/FII &C/ 37/2009, the minimum amount which can be bid for shall be Rs.50 cr. and the minimum tick size shall be Rs.50 cr.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday allayed fears of withdrawal of the cashless mediclaim facility by public sector general insurance companies, saying these firms have not done away with these schemes and are only standardising the rates for various hospitals.
“As you may be aware, the export and import of currency notes of Government of India and Reserve Bank of India of denominations of above Rs.100 is not allowed to and from Nepal and Bhutan in terms of Notification No. FEMA 6 / RB-2000 dated 3.5.2000 issued under Foreign Exchange Management (Export and Import of Currency) Regulations, 2000 by the Reserve Bank of India.
