Notification No.120/2011-Customs following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 21/2002-Customs, dated the 1st March, 2002 which was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide G.S.R. 118 (E) dated the 1st March, 2002, namely: –
Notification No. 45/2011 – Central Excise , amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 21/2005-Central Excise, dated the 13th May, 2005 which was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide number G.S.R. 294(E) of the same date, namely:-
Notification No. 44/2011-Central Excise following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 26/2001-Central Excise, dated the 11th May, 2001, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide number G.S.R.347 (E), dated the 11th May, 2001, namely:-
NOTIFICATION NO 43/2011-Central Excise – Amends Notification Nos. 74/1993-Central Excise dated the 28th February, 1993, 09/1996-Central Excise dated the 23rd July,1996, 03/2006-Central Excise, dated the 01st March, 2006, 4/2006-Central Excise, dated the 1st March, 2006, 05/2006-Central Excise, dated the 1st March, 2006, 2/2008-Central Excise, dated the 1st March, 2008, 18/2009-Central Excise dated the 7th July,2009, 1/2011-Central Excise, dated the 1st March, 2011 and 2/2011-Central Excise, dated the 1st March, 2011 to affect the HSN changes w.e.f. 01.01.2012
Notification No. 42/2011 – Central Excise, New Delhi, the 30th December, 2011-G.S.R. (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944) read with sub-section (3) of Section 3 of the Additional Duties of Excise (Goods of Special importance) Act, 1957 (58 of 1957), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby directs that each of the notifications of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), specified in column (2) of the Table hereto annexed shall be amended or further amended, as the case may be, in the manner specified in the corresponding entry in column (3) of the said Table, namely :-
Notification No. 52/2011-Service Tax , on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts the taxable services specified in column (3) of the Table below (hereinafter referred to as specified services) falling under sub-clauses of clause (105) of section 65 of the said Act, received by an exporter of goods (hereinafter referred to as the exporter) and used for export of goods (hereinafter referred to as said goods), from the whole of the service tax leviable thereon under section 66 and section 66A of the said Act, subject to the specified conditions:
Notification No. 51/2011-ST., dated 30-12-2011 – Section 65(105) (zzzp) of the Finance Act, 1994 – Transport of Goods by rail service – Abatement provisions – Amendment in Notification No. 9/2010-ST, dated 27-2-2010 – Exemption extended till 1-4-2012
Notification No. 50/2011-ST., dated 30-12-2011 – Section 65(105) (zzzp) of the Finance Act, 1994 – Transport of goods by rail service – Exemption to Transportation of specified commodities – Amendment in notification No. 8/2010-ST, dated 27-2-2010 – Exemption extended till 1-4-2012.
The Reserve Bank today released on its website, draft guidelines outlining proposed implementation of Basel III capital regulation in India. These guidelines are in response to the comprehensive reform package entitled Basel III: A global regulatory framework for more resilient banks and banking systems of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) issued in December 2010.
The Reserve Bank of India today placed on its website the amended directions on Interest Rate Futures (IRFs) on Government Securities permitting 2-year and 5-year IRFs. According to the directions, the 2-year and 5-year IRF contracts would be on 2-year and 5-yr notional coupon bearing Government of India security, respectively. These would be cash-settled at expiry by the stock exchanges offering the contracts.
