RBI/2018-19/118 FIDD.CO.FSD.BC.No.13/05.05.010/2018-19 February 7, 2019 The Chairman/Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks (including RRBs and SFBs) Madam/Sir, Credit Flow to Agriculture- Collateral free agricultural loans Please refer to paragraph 13 of the Statement on Development and Regulatory Policies of the Sixth Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Statement for 2018-19 released on February 7, 2019. 2. In this connection, please refer to our ci...

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RBI/2018-19/117 DBR.No.Ret.BC.23/12.01.001/2018-19 February 07, 2019 The Chairperson / CEOs of all Scheduled and Non Scheduled Banks Dear Sir / Madam, Change in Bank Rate Please refer to our circular DBR.No.Ret.BC.03/12.01.001/2018-19 dated August 01, 2018 on the captioned subject. 2. As announced in the Sixth Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Statement 2018-19 dated February 07, 2019, the Bank Rate stands adjusted by 25 basis points from 6.75 per cent to 6....

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RBI/2018-2019/115 FMOD.MAOG. No.129 /01.18.001/2018-19 February 7, 2019 All Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) participants Madam/Sir, Marginal Standing Facility As announced in the Sixth Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement, 2018-19, today, it has been decided by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to reduce the policy Repo rate under the Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) by 25 basis points from 6.50 per cent to 6.25 per cent with immediate effect. 2. Consequently, the Margin...

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RBI/2018-2019/114 FMOD.MAOG.No.128/01.01.001/2018-19 February 7, 2019 All Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) participants Madam/Sir, Liquidity Adjustment Facility – Repo and Reverse Repo Rates As announced in the Sixth Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement, 2018-19, today, it has been decided by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to reduce the policy Repo rate under the Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) by 25 basis points from 6.5 per cent to 6.25 per cent with immediate...

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RBI/2018-19/112 FIDD.CO.FSD.BC.12/05.05.010/2018-19 February 04, 2019 The Chairman/Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks (including Small Finance Banks and excluding RRBs) Madam/Sir, Kisan Credit Card (KCC) Scheme: Working Capital for Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Please refer to our Master Circular - Kisan Credit Card (KCC) Scheme issued videFIDD.CO.FSD.BC.No.6/05.05.010/2018-19 dated July 4, 2018. It has been decided to extend KCC facility t...

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G.S.R. …… (E). - In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 1 of the Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Amendment Act, 2018 (34 of 2018), the Central Government hereby appoints the 1st day of February, 2019 as the date on which the provisions of the Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Amendment Act, 2018 (34 of 2018) shall come into force...

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G.S.R. (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 11 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby rescinds the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 8/2017-Central Tax (Rate), dated the 28th June, 2017, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, v...

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G.S.R. (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 6 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (13 of 2017), the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby rescinds the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 32/2017-Integrated Tax (Rate), dated the 13th October, 2017, published in the Gazette of India, Extraor...

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G.S.R. (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 8 of the Union Territory Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (14 of 2017), the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby rescinds the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 8/2017- Union Territory Tax (Rate), dated the 28th June, 2017, published in the Gazette of India, ...

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G.S.R. …… (E). - In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 1 of the Union Territory Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Act, 2018 (33 of 2018), the Central Government hereby appoints the 1st day of February, 2019 as the date on which the provisions of the Union Territory Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Act, 2018 (33 of 2018) shall come into force....

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G.S.R…. (E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by section 20 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (13 of 2017) read with sub-section (2) of section 23 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), the Central Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 10/2017-Integrated Tax, dated the 13th October, 2017, ...

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G.S.R…. (E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by section 20 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (13 of 2017) read with sub-section (2) of section 23 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), the Central Government, 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.7/2017- Integrated Tax, dated the 14th September, 2017, ...

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G.S.R. …..(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 1 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Act, 2018 (32 of 2018), the Central Government hereby appoints the 1st day of February, 2019 as the date on which the provisions of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Act, 2018 (32 of 2018) shall come into force....

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G.S.R. (E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 23 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), the Central Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 65/2017-Central Tax, dated the 15th November, 2017, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide number G.S.R. 1421 (E), dated the 15th N...

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G.S.R. (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 10 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), the Central 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.8/2017 - Central Tax, dated the 27th June, 2017, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide numbe...

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G.S.R (E).- In exercise of the powers under section 3 read with section 5 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017) and section 3 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (13 of 2017), the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No.2/2017- Central Tax, dated the 19th June, 2017, published in the Gazette of India, Extraor...

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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 Central Government 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 sub-section (2) of section 1 of the Central Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Act, 2018 (31 of 2018), the Central Government hereby appoints the 1st day of February, 2019, as the date on which the provisions of the Central Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Act, 2018 (31 of 2018), except clause (b) of section 8, section 17, section 18, clause (a) of section 20, sub-clause (i) of clause (b) and sub-clause (i) of clause (c) of se...

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RBI/2018-19/109 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 17 January 16, 2019 To All Category-I Authorised Dealer Banks Madam / Sir, External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) Policy – New ECB Framework Attention of Authorized Dealer Category-I (AD Category-I) banks is invited to paragraph 7 of theStatement on Developmental and Regulatory Policiesof theFifth Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement for 2018-19 released on December 5, 2018. Reference is also invited to paragraphs 2 and 3 ofMa...

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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) [CENTRAL BOARD OF INDIRECT TAXES AND CUSTOMS] Notification No. 1/2019-Central Tax New Delhi, the 15th January, 2019 G.S.R. (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by section 147 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), the Central Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following amendment in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance, Dep...

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RBI/2018-19/107 DBR.Dir.BC.No.22/04.02.001/2018-19 January 11, 2019 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) Small Finance Banks and Primary (Urban) Cooperative Banks Dear Sir / Madam, Interest Equalisation Scheme on Pre and Post Shipment Rupee Export Credit Please refer to the operational instructions for the captioned scheme contained in RBI circular on Interest Equalisation S...

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RBI/2018-19/106 DBR.BP.BC.No.20/21.06.201/2018-19 January 10, 2019 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding RRBs and LABs) Dear Sir/Madam, Basel III Capital Regulations- Review of transitional arrangements Please refer to para 4.5 ‘Transitional Arrangements’, para 15.2.2 of Part D ‘Capital Conservation Buffer Framework’ and para 2.3 of Annex 16 of theMaster Circular, DBR.No.BP.BC.1/21.06.201/2015-16 dated July 1, 2015on ‘Basel III Capital Regulatio...

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RBI/2018-19/104 DBR.IBD.BC.19/23.67.001/2018-19 January 9, 2019 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) Dear Sir/Madam Gold Monetization Scheme, 2015 In exercise of the powers conferred on the Reserve Bank of India under Section 35A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, the RBI makes the following amendments in theReserve Bank of India (Gold Monetization Scheme, 2015)Master Direction No.DBR.IBD.No.45/23.67.003/2015-16 dated October 22, 2015, with immediate effect. 1. Th...

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RBI/2018-19/103 DPSS.CO.PD No.1463/02.14.003/2018-19 January 08, 2019 The Chief Executive Officer / President All authorised card payment networks Madam / Dear Sir, Tokenisation – Card transactions Continuing the efforts to improve safety and security of card transactions, Reserve Bank of India had permitted card networks for tokenisation in card transactions for a specific use case. 2. It has now been decided to permit authorised card payment networks to offer card tok...

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Attention is invited to sub-section (a) of section 28 of the CGST (Amendment) Act, 2018 (No. 31 of 2018) which provides that section 140(1) of the CGST Act, 2017 be amended with retrospective effect to allow transition of CENVAT credit under the existing law viz. Central Excise and Service Tax law, only in respect of “eligible duties”. In this regard, doubts have been expressed as to whether the expression “eligible duties” would include CENVAT credit of Service Tax withi...

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Representations have been received seeking clarification on following two issues: (i) What is the value to be adopted for the purpose of computing GST on services provided by BF/BC to a banking company? (ii) What is the scope of services provided by BF/BC to a banking company with respect to accounts in its rural area branch that are eligible for existing GST exemption?...

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Representations have been received seeking clarification as to the rate of GST applicable on supply of food and beverages services by educational institution to its students. It has been stated that the words “school, college” appearing in Explanation 1 to Entry 7 (i) of Notification No. 11/2017-Central Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017 give rise to doubt whether supply of food and drinks by an educational institution to its students is eligible for exemption under Notification No. 12/2017...

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It has been brought to the notice of the Board that the service of “printing of pictures” correctly covered under service code 998386 - “Photographic and videographic processing services” is being classified by trade under service code 998912 - “Printing and reproduction services of recorded media, on a fee or contract basis”. The two service codes attract different GST rate of 18% and 12% respectively and therefore wrong classification may lead to short payme...

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Representations have been received seeking clarification regarding applicability of GST on Asian Development Bank (ADB) and International Finance Corporation (IFC). The matter has been examined....

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I am directed to invite your attention to the Indian Institutes of Management Act, 2018 which came into force on 31 st January, 2018. According to provisions of the IIM Act, all the IIMs listed in the schedule to the IIM Act are “institutions of national importance”. They are empowered to (i) grant degrees, diplomas, and other academic distinctions or titles, (ii) specify the criteria and process for admission to courses or programmes of study, and (iii) specify the academic content ...

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