Finance Act, 2021 inserted two new sections 206AB and 206CCA in the Income-tax Act 1961 (hereinafter referred to as "the Act") which takes effect from I Sl day of July, 2021. These sections mandate tax deduction (section 206AB) or tax collection (section 206CCA) at higher rate in case of certain non-filers (specified persons) with respect to tax deductions (other than under sections 192, 192A, 194B, 194BB, I 94LBC and I 94N) and tax collections. Higher rate is twice the prescribed rate...

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RBI/2021-22/56 A. P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 07 June 17, 2021 To All Category - I Authorised Dealer Banks Madam / Sir, Liberalised Remittance Scheme for Resident Individuals – Reporting Attention of all Authorised Dealer Category - I (AD Category - I) banks is invited toA. P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 106 dated May 23, 2013, in terms of which, AD Category -I banks were required to upload the data in respect of number of applications received and the total amount remitt...

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G.S.R. 409(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 173, 177, 178 and section 186, read with section 469 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Companies (Meetings of Board and its Powers) Rules, 2014, namely:— 1. (1) These rules may be called the Companies (Meetings of Board and its Powers) Amendment Rules, 2021. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Offic...

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MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department Of Revenue) (CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES) New Delhi Notification No. 73/2021-Income Tax | Dated: 15th June, 2021 S.O. 2336(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (v) of theExplanationto section 48 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Government hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), Central Board of Direct Taxes, publishe...

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RBI/2021-22/55 CO.DPSS.AUTH.No.S190/02.27.005/2021-22 June 14, 2021 All entities authorised to operate Payment Systems in India Madam / Dear Sir, Investment in Entities from FATF Non-compliant Jurisdictions A reference is invited to thecircular DOR.CO.LIC.CC No.119/03.10.001/2020-21 dated February 12, 2021issued by the Department of Regulation, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on investment in NBFCs from FATF non-compliant jurisdictions. With a view to maintaining consistency, the cor...

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RBI/2021-22/54 CO.DPSS.POLC.No.S188/02-27-020/2021-2022 June 14, 2021 The Chairman and Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer Scheduled Commercial Banks including RRBs / Urban Co-operative Banks / State Co-operative Banks / District Central Co-operative Banks / Payment Banks / Small Finance Banks / NPCI Bharat BillPay Ltd. / Bharat Bill Payment System Providers / System Participants and prospective Bharat Bill Payment Operating Units Madam / Dear Sir, Bharat Bill Payment S...

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(Ref.No.DoS.CO.ARG/SEC.01/08.91.001/2021-22 April 27, 2021) TheCircular dated April 27, 2021on ‘Guidelines for Appointment of Statutory Central Auditors (SCAs)/Statutory Auditors (SAs) of Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs), UCBs and NBFCs (including HFCs), has been issued by RBI with the basic objectives of putting in place ownership-neutral regulations, ensuring independence of auditors, avoiding conflict of interest in auditor’s appointments and to improve the quality and standar...

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RBI/2021-22/53 DoS.CO. PPG.SEC/03/11.01.005/2021-22 June 11, 2021 The Chairman / Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer of: All deposit taking HFCs All non-deposit taking HFCs with asset size of ₹5,000 crore and above Madam/Dear Sir, Risk Based Internal Audit (RBIA) Please refer to thecircular Ref. No. DoS.CO.PPG/SEC.05/11.01.005/2020-21 dated February 03, 2021on the captioned subject. 2. On a review, it has been decided that the provisions of the aforesaid circular s...

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RBI/2021-22/52 DPSS.CO.OD.No.S-182/06.07.011/2021-22 June 10, 2021 The Chairman and Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks including RRBs / Urban Co-operative Banks / State Co-operative Banks / District Central Co-operative Banks / Authorised ATM Network Operators / Card Payment Network Operators / White Label ATM Operators Madam / Dear Sir, Usage of Automated Teller Machines / Cash Recycler Machines – Review of Interchange Fee and Cust...

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G.S.R. 395(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 194,194A,194Q, 196D, 206AB and 206CCAread 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, namely:-...

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RBI/2021-22/51 DCM(Plg).No. 51961/10.27.00/2021-22 June 8, 2021 The Chairman & Managing Director Chief Executive Officers All Banks Dear Sir, Preservation of CCTV recordings Please refer to ourcircular DCM (Plg) No. 1712/10.27.00/2016-17 dated December 13, 2016wherein the banks were advised to preserve the CCTV recordings of operations at bank branches and currency chests for the period from November 08, 2016 to December 30, 2016, until further instructions, to facilitate c...

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RBI/2021-22/50 FMRD.FMID.No.05/14.01.006/2021-22 June 7, 2021 To All participants in Government securities market Madam/Sir, Transactions in Government securities by Foreign Portfolio Investors: Reporting Over the counter (OTC) transactions in Government securities (including State Development Loans and Treasury Bills) undertaken by market participants other than on the Negotiated Dealing System – Order Matching (NDS-OM) platform are required to be reported to the &lsquo...

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RBI/2021-22/79 FMRD.DIRD.03/14.01.003/2021-22 June 4, 2021 To, All Eligible Market Participants Madam/Sir, Master Direction – Reserve Bank of India (Certificate of Deposit) Directions, 2021 Please refer to Paragraph 6 of theStatement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies, announced as a part of thesecond Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement for 2019-20 dated June 06, 2019regarding Comprehensive Review of Money Market Directions. 2. The draft Directions were release...

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RBI/2021-22/49 DoR.RET.REC.19/12.05.009/2021-22 June 04, 2021 The Chairman / Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks, All State Co-operative Banks and Central Co-operative Banks Madam/Sir Submission of returns under Section 31 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (AACS) – Extension of time In terms of Section 31 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (“the Act”), read with Section 56 of the Act, accounts and balance sheet...

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RBI/2021-22/48 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.06 June 4, 2021 To All Authorised Persons Madam / Sir Payment of margins for transactions in Government Securities by Foreign Portfolio Investors Attention is invited to the Foreign Exchange Management (Borrowing and Lending) Regulations, 2018 notified, videNotification No. FEMA 3(R)/2018-RB dated December 17, 2018, as amended from time to time, and the relevant directions issued thereunder. 2. All transactions in government secur...

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G.S.R…(E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by section 164 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), the Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, namely:...

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G.S.R….. (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by section 168 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017) and sub-rule (3) of rule 45 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, the Commissioner, with the approval of the Board, hereby makes the following amendment in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 11/2021- Central Tax, dated the 1st May, 2021, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, ...

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G.S.R.....(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by section 148 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), the Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 21/2019- Central Tax, dated the 23rd April, 2019, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 322(E)...

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G.S.R.....(E).– In exercise of the powers conferred by section 168A of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017) (hereafter in this notification referred to as the said Act), read with section 20 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (13 of 2017), and section 21 of Union Territory Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (14 of 2017), the Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following amendments in the notification of the Government of In...

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G.S.R.....(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by section 128 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017) (hereafter in this notification referred to as the said Act), the Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby waives the amount of late fee payable under section 47 of the said Act by any registered person, required to deduct tax at source under the provisions of section 51 of the said Act, for failure to furnish the return in FORM GSTR-7 for the mon...

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G.S.R.....(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by section 128 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017) (hereafter in this notification referred to as the said Act), the Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 73/2017– Central Tax, dated the 29th December, 2017, published in the Gazette of India, Extrao...

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G.S.R.....(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by section 128 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017) (hereafter in this notification referred to as the said Act), the Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 4/2018– Central Tax, dated the 23rd January, 2018, published in the Gazette of India, Extraord...

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G.S.R.....(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by section 128 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017) (hereafter in this notification referred to as the said Act), the Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 76/2018– Central Tax, dated the 31st December, 2018, published in the Gazette of India, Extrao...

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G.S.R.....(E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 50 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017) read with section 148 of the said Act, the Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following further amendments in notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 13/2017 – Central Tax, dated the 28th June, 2017, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, ...

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G.S.R.....(E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by the second proviso to sub-section (1) of section 37 read with section 168 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), the Commissioner, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following amendment in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 83/2020 – Central Tax, dated the 10th November, 2020, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Pa...

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S.O. ..... (E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 1 of the Finance Act, 2021 (13 of 2021) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the Central Government hereby appoints the 1 st day of June, 2021, as the date on which the provisions of section 112 of the said Act shall come into force....

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RBI/2021-22/45 DOR. AML.REC 18 /14.01.001/2021-22 May 31, 2021 All Commercial and Co-operative Banks / Payments Banks/ Small Finance Banks / NBFCs / Payment System Providers Madam / Dear Sir, Customer Due Diligence for transactions in Virtual Currencies (VC) It has come to our attention through media reports that certain banks/ regulated entities have cautioned their customers against dealing...

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RBI/2021-22/44 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 05 May 31, 2021 To, All Authorized Persons Madam / Sir Investment by Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPI) in Government Securities: Medium Term Framework (MTF) Attention of Authorised Dealer Category-I (AD Category-I) banks is invited to Schedule 1 to the Foreign Exchange Management (Debt Instruments) Regulations, 2019 notified, videNotification No. ...

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As per the provisions of Regulation 27(2) of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (“Listing Regulations”), a listed entity is required tosubmit a quarterly compliance report on corporate governance in the format specified by the Board from time to time to recognised Stock Exchange(s)...

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CBEC – 20/16/34/2019-GST/802 Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs GST Policy Wing *** North Block, New Delhi Dated: 24th May, 2021 To, The Principal Chief Commissioners / Chief Commissioners of Central Tax Madam / Sir, Subject: Guidelines regarding cancellation of Registration under Rule 22 (3) of CGST Rules, 2017- Reg. Kind attention is invited to Rule 22 (3) ofCGST Rules, 2017reg...

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