| DoT seeks bids from CA Firms to conduct Special Audit Posted Date : 10-Nov-2015 , 11:06:59 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
 The Department of Telecom (DoT) has come out with a tender to select CA firms to conduct special audit of mobile operators from 2008 onwards.
According to an official, the last date to apply is November 24 and the selection of the firm is likely to be completed in two months.
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                | Compulsory report on annual general meetings within 48 hours: SEBI Posted Date : 10-Nov-2015 , 09:09:48 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
 Market regulator SEBI on Wednesday said companies need to make disclosures to stock exchanges within 48 hours about the number of shareholders attending its annual general or special meeting as well as the mode of voting in the prescribed format.
 
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                | Indirect tax collection up 36% in first seven months Posted Date : 10-Nov-2015 , 09:02:37 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
 Excise duty rises on oil, along with a couple of other measures, pushed up indirect tax collection by 36.8 per cent to Rs 58,691 crore in October and 35.9 per cent to Rs 3.82 lakh crore in the first seven months (April to October) of the current financial year, official data showed on Monday.
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                | Govt Approves Four (4) Proposals of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Amounting to Rs. 384.45 Crore Approx Posted Date : 10-Nov-2015 , 08:20:00 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
 Based on the recommendations of Foreign Investment Promotion Board(FIPB) in its Meeting held on 19.10.2015, the Government of India has approved four (04) proposals of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) amounting to Rs. 384.45 crore.
 
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                | RBI allows Internet Banking Facility for co-op banks Posted Date : 08-Nov-2015 , 11:16:48 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
 As some of the State Cooperative Banks and DCCBs have requested for permission to offer Internet Banking facility, RBI has decided to allow StCBs and DCCBs to extend the facility of internet banking to their customers. So far these were not allowed to provide internet banking facilities to their cus... Continue Reading...  Category : 
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                | Income-Tax Dept launches official Twitter handle Posted Date : 08-Nov-2015 , 11:10:53 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
 The Income Tax Department has launched its official account on micro-blogging site Twitter with the handle "incometaxindia". CASANSAAR already on Twitter with the handle "casansaar"
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                | Bihar election results: SEBI, Stock exchanges beef up risk management systems Posted Date : 08-Nov-2015 , 11:03:57 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
 To ring-fence the capital markets from any possible systemic issues and manipulations, regulator Sebi and the stock exchanges have beefed up their surveillance and risk management systems to tackle expected volatility in markets due to trouncing of BJP-led alliance in Bihar polls.
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                | Polling Booth Detail for ICAI Election - Northern Region Posted Date : 08-Nov-2015 , 02:35:06 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
 Check your Polling Booth Detail for ICAI Election - Northern Region.
Click on the link & Enter your Membership No. (MRN) without useing zero before that. i.e. if your 
Membership no. is 2134 then dont use 002134, only enter 2134 
or if your 
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                | Draft Interpretation on Foreign Currency Transactions and Advance Consideration - ICAI Posted Date : 07-Nov-2015 , 09:01:37 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
 Draft Interpretation published by the IFRS Interpretations Committee for comment only. Comments on the Draft Interpretation need to be received by December 21, 2015. 
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                | Draft Interpretation on Uncertainty over Income Tax Treatments - ICAI Posted Date : 07-Nov-2015 , 08:58:46 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
 Draft Interpretation published by the IFRS Interpretations Committee for comment only. Comments on the Draft Interpretation need to be received by December 21, 2015. 
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                | Govt decides to impose a Swachh Brarat Cess @ 0.5% on all services presently liable to service tax, wef 15/11/2015 Posted Date : 07-Nov-2015 , 08:55:02 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
 Swachh Bharat Cess is not another tax but a step towards involving each and every citizen in making contribution to Swachh Bharat. In this direction, the Government has decided to impose, with effect from 15th November 2015, a Swachh Brarat Cess at the rate of 0.5% on all services, which are present... Continue Reading...  Category : 
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                | Now Income Tax Officials Will Be Assessed in a New Way Posted Date : 07-Nov-2015 , 08:48:57 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the Income Tax Department will introduce a system of online scrutiny of returns and modify the performance appraisal pro forma of officials with a view to motivating them to pass correct orders and also check corruption.
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                | Prime Minister launches three gold related scheme Posted Date : 06-Nov-2015 , 08:52:50 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
 The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, launched three gold related schemes at a function here today. 
The schemes are – Gold Monetization Scheme, Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme, and India Gold Coins. 
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                | RBI imposes Rs 1 cr penalty on Dhanlaxmi Bank Posted Date : 06-Nov-2015 , 08:50:28 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
 The Reserve Bank has imposed Rs 1 crore penalty on Dhanlaxmi Bank for violation of Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti Money Laundering (AML) norms.
It had issued a Show Cause Notice to the bank for not complying with KYC and AML guidelines “in respect of a current account under investigati... Continue Reading...  Category : 
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                | RBI issues operational guidelines for Sovereign Gold Bonds Posted Date : 05-Nov-2015 , 08:34:26 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
 Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday said multiple joint holders and nominees (of first holder) are permitted under the Sovereign Gold Bonds, 2015-16, scheme.
In its operational guidelines for the Bonds, the RBI said necessary details in this regard should be obtained by sched... Continue Reading...  Category : 
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                | New stringent corporate laws make CFOs, auditors quit companies Posted Date : 05-Nov-2015 , 08:33:16 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
 The chief financial officer of a BSE-listed infrastructure company recently quit his job within months of joining, fearing he could be prosecuted because his employer — part of a group that has half a dozen other listed firms —was fabricating its accounts. 
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                | 25% reduction in corporate tax to begin from next Budget: FM Posted Date : 05-Nov-2015 , 08:28:05 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
 The government in the next few days will come out with a list of exemptions that would go as part of the plan to gradually reduce corporate tax to 25%, the first tranche of which will be announced in the Budget in February, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Wednesday.
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                | SEBI issues format for board meeting voting results Posted Date : 05-Nov-2015 , 08:15:15 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
 Capital markets regulator Sebi on Wednesday asked listed firms to make disclosure, within 48 hours of the board meeting, about the number of shareholders who attended such meeting and mode of voting within the prescribed format.
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                | Summary of the Recommendations of the Bankruptcy Law Reforms Committee (BLRC) Posted Date : 05-Nov-2015 , 08:10:53 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
 Following is the Summary of the Recommendations of the Bankruptcy Law Reforms Committee (BLRC)
 
The Report of the BLRC is in two parts:
	Rationale and Design/Recommendations;
	A comprehensive draft Insolvency and Bankruptcy Bill covering all entities.
 
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                | CBDT clarifies on interest earned by banks on investments in non-SLR securities Posted Date : 04-Nov-2015 , 08:58:50 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
 Accepting the Supreme Court’s stance, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has clarified that interest earned by banks on investments in “non-SLR” securities will be taxed only as “business income”, not as “income from other sources”.
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                | PM to Launch Gold Related Schemes on 5th November, 2015 Posted Date : 04-Nov-2015 , 08:44:07 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
 The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will launch the four mega Gold related Schemes i.e. Gold Monetisation Scheme (GMS), Gold Sovereign Bond Scheme, Gold Coin Scheme and the Gold Bullion Scheme on Thursday, 5th November, 2015 in the national capital.
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                | SIT asks MCA to take action against persons holding directorship in more 20 companies Posted Date : 04-Nov-2015 , 08:37:16 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
 Among others Special Investigation Team (SIT) calls for greater vigilance by law enforcement and intelligence agencies while examining the cases of persons holding Directorship in more than 20 Companies and where more than 20 companies are operating from the same address 
 
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                | Four public sector banks get CEOs Posted Date : 04-Nov-2015 , 08:23:18 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
 The Finance Ministry has appointed chief executives in four public sector banks (PSBs) — Andhra Bank, Indian Bank, Corporation Bank, and UCO Bank.
Earlier in mid-August, private sector bankers were appointed to head five PSBs — Bank of Baroda, Bank of India, Punjab National Bank, Ca... Continue Reading...  Category : 
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                | Do not share personal data over phone, email: I-T dept to taxpayers Posted Date : 03-Nov-2015 , 09:19:38 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
 The Income Tax department on Tuesday issued an advisory asking taxpayers not to share their personal financial details over email or phone and urged them to register a complaint in case they face such malicious attempt.
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                | Deepak Singhal Appointed Executive Director of RBI Posted Date : 03-Nov-2015 , 08:18:47 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
 The Reserve Bank has appointed Deepak Singhal as Executive Director with effect from Monday.
"Deepak Singhal has taken over as the new Executive Director at the Reserve Bank of India today, November 2, 2015," RBI said in a communication.
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                | CVC seeks info from Finmin on SEBI member appointment Posted Date : 03-Nov-2015 , 08:12:41 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
 The chief vigilance commissioner (CVC) has written to the finance ministry, asking whether vigilance clearance was granted to Prashant Saran, the whole-time member of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi). The said query was on the period when the member’s tenure came up for renewa... Continue Reading...  Category : 
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                | Audit and consultancy firm PwC India roped in to beef up Aadhaar security Posted Date : 03-Nov-2015 , 08:07:19 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
 With concerns related to privacy and security threatening the very existence of the Aadhaar project, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has employed the services of an external agency to carry out periodic audits of Aadhaar's infrastructure as well as that of its partners for a... Continue Reading...  Category : 
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                | Tax evasion, money laundering to become difficult in next 1-2 years: FM Posted Date : 03-Nov-2015 , 07:56:24 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
 Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said tax evasion and money laundering will become “extremely difficult” in the next 1-2 years, with real-time global automatic exchange of information system coming into effect.
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                | Election Manifesto of KHURANA VIVEK - NIRC B. NO. 40 Posted Date : 02-Nov-2015 , 10:51:18 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
 Respected Professional Collegues,
Plz find below Election Manifesto of CA.KHURANA VIVEK (Founder of www.casansaar.com) who are contesting for NIRC Election of ICAI to be held on 4th -5th December 2015.
His NIRC Ballot No. is 40, We seeks your Vote, Support & Blessings for Him.
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                | ED, RBI asked to probe FDI norm violation by e-tailers Posted Date : 02-Nov-2015 , 09:14:53 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
 The Union Commerce Ministry has reportedly requested the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to examine whether e-commerce firms like Flipkart, Amazon and Snapdeal have violated foreign direct investment (FDI) rules by engaging in business-to-consumers (B2C) activity.
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