Cabinet clears 7% DA hike for central govt employees
Posted Date : 23-Mar-2012 , 09:45:40 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Giving relief to its employees and pensioners from inflation, the central government on Friday announced a seven percentage point increase in dearness allowance (DA) which will cost the exchequer an additional Rs 7,500 crore.The new DA rate of 65 per cent of basic pay against 58 per cent earlier wil...
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Change in Tariff Value of Gold Notified
Posted Date : 23-Mar-2012 , 09:44:29 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance has issued a Notification No.24/2012-Customs (N.T.) dated March 22, 2012 and thereby notifying change in tariff value of Gold as shown in the tables below:
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IDBI Bank collects Rs 1 lakh crore of central tax
Posted Date : 23-Mar-2012 , 04:32:40 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Public sector lender IDBI Bank today said it has collected Rs 1 lakh crore of central tax through its network in the current fiscal. The bank has also collected more than 16 percent of the government's revised target of direct taxes during the period. "IDBI Bank has achieved the landmark of Rs 1...
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Capital requirements for co-ops to go up: RBI
Posted Date : 23-Mar-2012 , 04:16:05 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Reserve Bank said that the minimum capital requirements for cooperative banks will soon go up to as much as 3 crore rupees from the present 15 lakh rupees. RBI Executive Director S Karuppasamy gave this information in Mumbai on Thursday. He said that depending on the location and area RBI is com...
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Bank branch Advance limit for Statutory Audit fixed at 6 crores
Posted Date : 23-Mar-2012 , 08:33:14 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Dear Member, It has been learnt that RBI has received communication regarding Bank Branch Audit allotment.
All Bank Branches having advances of Rupees six crores and above and one third of the branches below six crores of advances will be audited. CA. Jaydeep N. Shah Pres...
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60-yr-old CA in EOW net for selling TDR worth Rs 5 cr
Posted Date : 23-Mar-2012 , 08:16:00 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The economic offences wing (EOW) has arrested two persons-a 60-year-old chartered accountant and the accountant of an infrastructure firm-for selling transfer of development rights (TDR) valued at Rs 4.61 crore to four companies.The FIR was lodged by Dhiren Mehta, director of Bharat Insulation ...
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Govt sets up 12-member advisory group on international taxation
Posted Date : 23-Mar-2012 , 08:12:02 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Finance Ministry has constituted a 12-member advisory group headed by the Revenue Secretary on the controversial amendments in the Income Tax Act that seek to tax overseas deals with retrospective effect.The group, which will also have representatives from the industry chambers, will suggest to ...
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Govt approved 6 Proposals of Foreign Direct Investment Amounting to Rs. 232.67 crore
Posted Date : 23-Mar-2012 , 08:10:07 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Based on the recommendations of Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) in its meeting held on March 2, 2012, the CentralGovernment has approved sixteen (16) proposals of Foreign Direct Investment amounting to Rs.&nb...
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Number of companies, which have not submitted their Annual Returns and Balance Sheets during the last three years
Posted Date : 23-Mar-2012 , 08:08:52 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs Shri R.P.N. Singh today informed the LokSabha that it is mandatory, under the Companies Act, 1956 for all companies to submit Annual Returns, Balance Sheet etc to the Government.
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CAG says media reports on coal block auction are misleading
Posted Date : 23-Mar-2012 , 08:06:56 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The CAG has told the Prime Minister that the media reports on alleged coal scam published in a newspaper is exceedingly misleading. Quoting CAG, the daily claimed that the government has lost 10.7 lakh crore rupees by not auctioning coal blocks.Rejecting the claim, the CAG in a letter to Dr Manmohan...
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Railway minister Mukul Roy announces rollback in railway fare hike
Posted Date : 22-Mar-2012 , 02:23:02 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Newly appointed railway minister Mukul Roy announced a rollback in some of the rail fares that were announced last week in the Rail Budget. Mukul Roy told Parliament that fares for first and second class passengers in air-conditioned carriages would still go up, but there would be no increase for...
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Government lost Rs 10.7 lakh crore by not auctioning coal blocks: CAG
Posted Date : 22-Mar-2012 , 10:52:33 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The CAG is at it again. About 16 months after it rocked the UPA government with its explosive report on allocation of 2G spectrum and licences, the Comptroller & Auditor General's draft report titled 'Performance Audit Of Coal Block Allocations' says the government has extended "undue benefi...
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Divorce to get easier, faster
Posted Date : 22-Mar-2012 , 08:30:00 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The government is working to make laws friendlier to help unhappy couples get divorce faster. The government wants changes in the Hindu Marriage Act of 1955 and Special Marriage Act of 1954 to provide ‘irretrievable breakdown of marriage’ as a new ground for parting ways. As a now a mini...
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SEBI plans no-frills demat accounts to attract retail investors
Posted Date : 22-Mar-2012 , 08:25:55 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Market regulator Sebi is exploring the option of low-cost, no-frills demat accounts, hoping it will encourage more investors to take a plunge into equities. Annual depository account maintenance charges can be as high as Rs 1,000, discouraging retail investors who may want to invest small sums ...
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Vodafone have to pay tax once I-T Act is amended: FinMin
Posted Date : 21-Mar-2012 , 10:28:05 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
British telecom major Vodafone will have to pay over Rs 11,000 crore tax, once the amendment to change the Income Tax Act is approved by Parliament, a Finance Ministry official said today.
"They (Vodafone) will have to automatically pay the tax after approval of the amendments to the Finance Bill...
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RBI offices to remain open on Mar 31 for special clearings
Posted Date : 21-Mar-2012 , 05:05:14 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
All the regional offices of the Reserve Bank of India and the branches of agency banks will remain open on March 31, Saturday, for special clearings of government transactions for 2011-12. "With a view to facilitating accounting of all government transactions of the current ...
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Tech Mahindra, Mahindra Satyam boards approve merger at swap ratio of 2:17
Posted Date : 21-Mar-2012 , 04:54:04 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The boards of Satyam Computer Services Ltd and Tech Mahindra Ltd, IT services providers of the Mahindra group, approved the merger of two companies, according to TV reports. The exchange ratio for the merger was pegged at 2:17 ratio i.e. 2 shares of Tech Mahindra will be given for 17 shares of ...
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Move to hike advance limit for bank branch audit flayed
Posted Date : 21-Mar-2012 , 08:26:51 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
A debate is on over the move to up the minimum advance limit for making statutory audit compulsory in a public sector bank branch.
All PSU bank branches having advances of over Rs.5 crore are now subject to statutory audit. The minimum advance limit is now sought to be increased to Rs.20 cr...
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Sebi short-lists 19 companies in 2011 IPO fraud case
Posted Date : 21-Mar-2012 , 07:51:55 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Capital market regulator Sebi has widened the scope of its investigation to probe misuse of fund or price manipulation by some of the companies that came out with IPOs last year. Sebi's integrated surveillance department and investigation department have short-listed 19 companies that were lis...
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NRIs with unexplained wealth may land in income tax trouble
Posted Date : 21-Mar-2012 , 07:49:40 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The government today said the Income Tax Department will "bother" only those non-resident Indians who have unexplained funds."If any money is found to be of some person and then it comes to our knowledge, then if it is legitimately explained he doesn't have to bother, but if it is unexplained ...
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Kingfisher Airlines to suspend all international flights: Mallya
Posted Date : 20-Mar-2012 , 09:09:39 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Kingfisher Airlines will suspend all international flights, and has submitted a new flight plan to the country's aviation regulator. The airline will operate up to 125 daily local flights with 20 planes.The promoter of the carrier, Vijay Mallya, with other top Kingfisher officials, met ...
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SC dismisses Govt's review petition on Vodafone verdict
Posted Date : 20-Mar-2012 , 09:04:44 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the government’s review petition in the Rs 11,000 crore Vodafone tax case.The government had filed a review petition asking the court to reconsider its verdict delivered in January which gave its order in favour of Vodafone and helped improve foreign inve...
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Insurance Companies Mandated to Take Prior Approval of IRDA of their Products Before Launching
Posted Date : 20-Mar-2012 , 09:02:38 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The insurance companies are mandated to take prior approval from the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) of the product before launching. As per File and Use Guidelines, the insurance companies are required to launch products after allowing for 60 days for non-life and 30 days...
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Mukul Roy to be sworn in as Railways Minister today
Posted Date : 20-Mar-2012 , 08:13:18 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
After forcing the government to secure the resignation of railway minister Dinesh Trivedi, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Monday persuaded Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to induct Mukul as the new Cabinet minister. Roy will be sworn in at 10 am on Tuesday, hours before the commencem...
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Delhi High Court quashes criminal case against Microsoft
Posted Date : 20-Mar-2012 , 08:08:11 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Delhi High Court on Friday quashed criminal proceedings against Microsoft India, a fortnight after the company was exempted by a trial court in a similar case for hosting objectionable content online. Microsoft India is the only company, out of the 21 websites, against whom both criminal and...
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SC to hear Centre's Vodafone review plea today
Posted Date : 20-Mar-2012 , 07:42:54 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Supreme Court will hear the Centre's plea for review of the Vodafone judgment on Tuesday at a time when the UPA government has proposed to amend the Income Tax Act to levy capital gains tax on domestic asset acquisition through merger and acquisition deals involving overseas companies....
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Don't start taking sleeping pills, Jaswant tells Pranab
Posted Date : 19-Mar-2012 , 10:07:09 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
"Do not start consuming sleeping pills," this was the advice of former finance minister Jaswant Singh to the present incumbent in the finance ministry on the issue fiscal deficit. Making a brief remark before the Prime Minister's reply in the Lok Sabha to the Motion of ...
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Setting Up of NCLT and NCLA
Posted Date : 19-Mar-2012 , 10:04:50 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Government proposes to set up National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) and National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT). Provisions have been incorporated in the Companies Bill, 2011 which has been introduced in the Lok Sabha on 14.12.2011. The establishment of NCLT and NCLAT as specialized ...
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Delay in Implementation of IFRS
Posted Date : 19-Mar-2012 , 10:03:58 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Keeping in view the consultation held with various stakeholders on certain issues including tax related issues, it was decided to implement convergence of Indian Accounting Standards with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in a phased manner to ease the process for all the stakeholde...
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CCI highlights the competition issues in public procurement
Posted Date : 19-Mar-2012 , 03:51:55 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Under the competition advocacy initiatives, the Competition Commission of India has been organizing meetings, seminars, workshops etc. with the various stake holders to spread awareness about the Competition Law and the Commission. As part of this initiative CCI organized a workshop on the topi...
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