Coffee Debt Relief Package 2010.—The Coffee growers in the country have been facing long standing financial problems ever since the coffee prices fell to very low levels during the period 2000-2004. Relief Packages in the form of Special Coffee Term Loan 2002 and Special Coffee Relief Package 2005 were sanctioned to revive coffee sector, besides other initiatives like PM’s Relief Package for Debt Stressed farmers and Debt Waiver
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) and the Income Tax department has received certification under IS 15700:2005 from the Bureau of Indian Standards for excellence in public delivery system after audit of the Directorate of Organisation and Management Services (DOMS), the nodal agency for implementation of Sevottam scheme, and the Aayakar Sewa Kendra (ASK) unit at Pune. This certification signifies changing face of the department, from an exclusively enforcement agency of the government to a service-oriented and citizens-centric organization.
Reduction in timelines between issue closure and listing.SEBI, in its continuing endeavour to make the existing public issue process more efficient, proposes to reduce the time between public issue closure and listing to 12 days from existing of up to 22 days. This will be applicable to public issues opening on or after May 1, 2010.
In the meeting held on 29th March, 2010, the Core Group deliberated and approved the Roadmap recommended by Sub-Group I in respect of insurance companies, banking companies and non-banking finance companies. The Roadmap recommended by Sub-Group I for such classes of companies is as under:-
A meeting of the Core Group constituted by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs for convergence of Indian Accounting Standards with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) from the year 2011 was held on 29th March, 2010 under the chairmanship of Shri R. Bandyopadhyay, Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs. The meeting was attended by the officials from Ministry of Finance, SEBI, RBI, IRDA, C&AG, PFRDA, ICAI, Industry representatives and other experts.
Presently, the recommendations of the FIPB on these proposals with total investment up to Rs.600 crore are considered by the Finance Minister and those exceeding this amount, by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA). Prior to 18.2.2003, proposals of more than Rs.600 crore were to be approved by the Cabinet Committee on Foreign Investment (CCFI).
Press Note [F. NO. 9/3/2009-ECB] In continuation to the Press Note dated 15th February, 2010 regarding the amendment to the “Issue of Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds and Ordinary Shares (through Depository Receipt Mechanism) Scheme, 1993,” (the Scheme) permitting revision of conversion price of FCCBs, it is clarified that for the purpose of revision of conversion price in accordance with the conditions mentioned in Press Note dated 15th February, 2010, the ‘relevant date’
A scheme for issue of Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds and Ordinary Shares (through Depository Receipts Mechanism) was notified in 1993 (hereinafter referred to as “the scheme”) to allow the Indian Corporate sector to access global capital markets through issue of Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (FCCBs)/Equity Shares under the Global Depository Receipt Mechanism (GDR) and American Depository Receipt Mechanism (ADR).
Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), Department of Revenue has issued Notification No.10/2010-Customs (N.T.) dated January 29, 2010 notifying tariff values of edible oils, brass scrap (all grades) and Poppy seeds as shown in the table below.
Central Board of Direct Taxes has decided to extend the time limit for filing ITR-V form relating to income-tax returns filed electronically (without digital signature) on or after 1st April 2009, up to 31st March 2010 or within a period of 120 days from the date of uploading of the electronic return data, whichever is later. The ITR-V form should continue to be sent by ordinary post to Post Bag No.1, Electronic City Post Office, Bengaluru – 560100 (Karnataka).
