Notification No.5 /2012 – 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. 39/96-Customs, dated the 23rd July, 1996, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 291(E), dated the 23rd July, 1996, namely:-
Notification No.5/2012-Income Tax S.O…………(E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by section 285 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
The Quality Review Board has been reconstituted by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
The Act stipulates that certain persons are totally barred from accepting any foreign contribution. The term ‘foreign contribution’ is defined in Clause (h) of Section 2 of the Act to mean the donation, delivery or transfer made by a foreign source of any article (not being an article of gift for personal use, the market value of which is not more than the specified amount), currency (whether Indian or foreign) or any security. The following are the persons prohibited from accepting foreign contribution:
Newly registered dealer shall submit the requisite annexures along with the last return for the said year i.e. alongwith the return for the period in which 31st March of that year occur. Whereas, the dealer whose business is discontinued, disposed off or transferred shall alongwith his last monthly, quarterly or six-monthly return submit the requisite annexures.
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (6) of section 10 of the Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act, 2002 (Mah. IX of 2005) and in supersession of the order No. DC (A & R)/ VAT/PWR(INV)/2006/3/Adm-6 dated 9th August 2011, the Commissioner of Sales Tax, Maharashtra State, Mumbai, is hereby pleased to delegate the powers and duties under sub-sections (3) and (4) of section 64 of the Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act, 2002 and rule 69 of the Maharashtra Value Added Tax Rules, 2005, to the following authorities specified in column (2), holding the posts specified in column (3) of the Schedule appended to this order for the period during which such authority continue to hold such post :—
We have come across an instance, where loans and advances have been sanctioned to the relative of a Director of a bank, at a concessional rate of interest, thereby circumventing the spirit of the restrictions contained under Section 20 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949. The matter has, therefore, been examined by us and it has been decided that the restrictions as contained in Section 20 of the Act would apply to grant of loans and advances to spouse and minor/dependent children of the Directors of banks.
Please refer to our circular DBOD.No.BP.BC.69/08.12.001/2010-11 dated December 23, 2010 on “Housing loans by commercial banks – LTV ratio, risk weight and provisioning” wherein it was advised that in order to prevent excessive leveraging, the LTV ratio in respect of housing loans should not exceed 80 per cent. However, for small value housing loans i.e. for loans below Rs. 20 lakh (which are classified as priority sector advances) the LTV ratio should not exceed 90 per cent.
We advise that the name of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited has been included in the Second Schedule to the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 by notification DBOD.IBD.No./8136/ 23.03.026/2011-12 dated December 01, 2011 published in the Gazette of India (Part III- Section 4) dated December 31, 2011.
To prevent adverse impact of volatile forex market movement on corporates and their lenders, the Reserve Bank has directed banks to evaluate risks from unhedged foreign currency exposure of companies while extending them credit facilities.
