Please refer to the paragraph 77 (extract enclosed) of the Monetary Policy Statement for 2013-14 announced on May 3, 2013. It was indicated therein that the final guidelines on capital requirements for banks’ exposures to central counter parties, based on the interim framework of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS), will be issued by end-June 2013.
Commissioner of Sales Tax, Maharashtra State hereby provides that the dealers, who are liable to file return as per the provisions of clause (d) of sub-rule (1) of rule 40 of the Maharashtra Value Added Tax Rules, 2005 shall electronically upload the return in Form 424 provided on the web-site of the Sales Tax Department.
Receiving of Income tax returns in Aayakar Sewa Kendras (ASKs) – regarding. As you are aware Ayakar Sewa Kendras (ASKs) are functional at 132 stations all over India. Return receipt facility through Sevottam Software is also available at all these ASK Centres. In view of these you are requested to ensure the following;
The SEZ Unit or the Developer shall get an approval by the Approval Committee of the list of the services as are required for the authorised operations (referred to as the specified services elsewhere in the notification) on which the SEZ Unit or Developer wish to claim exemption from service tax.
As per extant instructions, banks are allowed to market insurance and mutual fund products as agents of other entities on non-risk participation basis. It has been observed that in some cases, banks did not have clear segregation of duties of marketing personnel from other branch functions, and bank employees were directly receiving incentives from third parties such as insurance, mutual fund and other entities for selling their products. Such practices may lead to mis-selling and distortion of the staff incentive structure.
The Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India has launched National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) by restructuring Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) replacing the existing SGSY scheme, effective from April 1, 2013.
As these bonds are to be acquired by banks under special circumstances and these have two distinct features, viz., (i) issued and serviced by State Discoms with the guarantee of the respective State Governments during the initial period and (ii) issued and serviced by the State Governments during the latter period, the following methodology will be applicable for valuation of such bonds:
Please refer to Paragraph VIII (a) of circular No. RPCD.CO.Plan. BC.13/04.09.01/2012-13 dated July 20, 2012 on Priority Sector Lending-Targets and Classification wherein it has been mentioned, inter alia, that bank credit to MFIs for onlending will be eligible for categorization as priority sector advance if aggregate amount of loan, extended for income generating activity, is not less than 75% of the total loans given by MFIs.
NBFCs raise money by issuing capital/debt securities including debentures by way of public issue or private placement. In the case of public issue of such securities, institutions and retail investors can participate. Private placement, on the other hand, may involve institutional investors. It has however been observed that NBFCs have lately been raising resources from the retail public on a large scale, through private placement, especially by issue of debentures.
Notification No. 47/2013 – Income Tax In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (3) of section 94A read with section 295 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Board of Direct Taxes hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Income-tax Rules, 1962, namely
