RBI/2017-18/187 REF. No. MPD.BC. 383/07.01.279/2017-18 Jyeshtha 16, 1940 (Saka) June 6, 2018 All Primary Dealers, Standing Liquidity Facility for Primary Dealers In theSecond Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement, 2018-19 Resolution of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), the repo rate under the Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) has been increased by 25 basis points to 6.25 per cent from 6.00 per cent with immediate effect. 2. Accordingly, the Standing Liquidity Facility provid...

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RBI/2017-18/186 DBR.No.BP.BC.108/21.04.048/2017-18 June 6, 2018 All banks and NBFCs regulated by the Reserve Bank of India Madam / Dear Sir, Encouraging formalisation of MSME sector Please refer to thecircular DBR.No.BP.BC.100/21.04.048/2017-18 dated February 07, 2018. 2. Having regard to the input credit linkages and ancillary affiliations, it has now been decided to temporarily allow banks and NBFCs to classify their exposure, as per the 180 days past due criterion, to all M...

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RBI/2017-18/185 DBR.No.Ret.BC.107/12.01.001/2017-18 June 06, 2018 The Chairperson / CEOs of all Scheduled and Non Scheduled Banks Dear Sir / Madam, Change in Bank Rate Please refer to ourcircular DBR.No.Ret.BC.82/12.01.001/2017-18 dated August 02, 2017on the captioned subject. 2. As announced in theSecond Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Statement 2018-19 dated June 06, 2018, the Bank Rate stands adjusted by 25 basis points from 6.25 per cent to 6.50 per cent with effect from June 0...

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RBI/2017-2018/184 FMOD.MAOG.No.124/01.18.001/2017-18 June 6, 2018 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) Madam/Sir, Marginal Standing Facility As announced in theSecond Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement, 2018-19, today, it has been decided by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to increase the policy Repo rate under the Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) by 25 basis points from 6.0 per cent to6.25 per centwith immediate effect. 2. Consequent to the change in the R...

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RBI/2017-2018/183 FMOD.MAOG. No.123 /01.01.001/2017-18 June 6, 2018 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs), Scheduled Urban Co-operative Banks and Standalone Primary Dealers Madam/Sir, Liquidity Adjustment Facility – Repo and Reverse Repo Rates As announced in theSecond Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement, 2018-19, today, it has been decided by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to increase the policy Repo rate under the Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) by 25...

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F.No. A-22013/2/2018-Ad.VI-(Part-I) Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue (Central Board of Direct Taxes) * * * * * North Block, New Delhi The 4thJune, 2018 OFFICE ORDER NO. 86 OF 2018 The following Transfer / Posting in the grade of Assistant / Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax (Local Change) are, hereby, ordered with immediate effect and until further orders: – S.No. Civil Code Name Current Directorate/CCA New Di...

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[To be published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i)] Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs Notification No. 25/2018 – Central Tax New Delhi, the 31st May, 2018 G.S.R....(E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (6) of section 39 read with section 168 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act) and in...

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RBI/2017-18/181 DNBR (PD) CC.No.092/03.10.001/2017-18 May 31, 2018 All Government NBFCs Madam/ Sir, Withdrawal of Exemptions Granted to Government Owned NBFCs Government owned companies, as defined under Clause (45) of Section 2 of the Companies Act, 2013 (Section 617 of the Companies Act, 1956) and registered with the Reserve Bank of India as NBFCs, are currently exempt from following regulatory and statutory provisions: (i) Sections 45-IB and 45-IC of the RBI Act, 1934. (...

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Enrolment as Valuer Member by Registered Valuers Organisation and Registration as Registered Valuer by the Authority...

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Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs Notification No. 24 /2018 – Central Tax New Delhi, the 28th May, 2018 G.S.R. … (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by section 48 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017) read with sub-rule (3) of rule 83 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, the Commissioner, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby notifies the N...

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GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB DEPARTMENT OF EXCISE & TAXATION PUBLIC NOTICE KIND ATTENTION: DEALERS/CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS/LAWYERS/OTHER STAKEHOLDERS 1. Generation of e-Way Bill for intra-state movement of goods in the State of Punjab was postponed for a period of two months from 01-04-­2018 vide Notification No. PA/ETC/2018/63 dated 29-03-2018. 2. It may kindly be noted that e-Way Bill Portal is now available for generation of e-Way Bills for intra-state movement of goods in the St...

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[To be published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i)] Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs Notification No. 23/2018 – Central Tax New Delhi, the 18th May, 2018 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) read with sub-rule (5) of rule 61 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Ru...

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RBI/2017-18/178 DBR.BP.BC.No.106/21.04.098/2017-18 May 17, 2018 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) Dear Sir/Madam, Basel III Framework on Liquidity Standards – Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR) – Final Guidelines The Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR) and Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) are significant components of the Basel III reforms. The LCR guidelines which promote short term resilience of a bank’s liquidity profile have been issued vide circular ...

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Setting up of IFSC Banking Units (IBUs) – Permissible activities RBI/2017-18/177 DBR.IBD.BC. 105/23.13.004/2017-18 May 17, 2018 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding Regional Rural Banks) Dear Sir/Madam Setting up of IFSC Banking Units (IBUs) – Permissible activities Please refer to RBI circular DBR.IBD.BC.14570/23.13.004/2014-15 dated April 01, 2015, as modified from time to time, setting out RBI directions relating to IFSC Banking Units (IBUs). 2. In terms ...

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Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs Notification No. 22/2018 – Central Tax New Delhi, the 14th May, 2018 G.S.R. 450(E).– In exercise of the powers conferred by section 128 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), the Central Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby waives the late fee payable under section 47 of the said Act for failure to furnish the re...

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RBI/2017-18/175 DCBR.BPD (PCB).Cir.No.07/09.09.002/2017-18 May 10, 2018 The Chief Executive Officer All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks Dear Sir / Madam Revised guidelines on lending to Priority Sector for Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks (UCBs) Please refer to our circular UBD.CO.BPD.(PCB).MC.No.18/09.09.001/2013-14 dated October 8, 2013 on the captioned subject and amendments thereto from time to time, consolidated in Master Circular DCBR.BPD.(PCB).MC.No:11/09.09.001/2015...

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RBI/2017-18/173 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 28 May 03, 2018 To All Category - I Authorised Dealer Banks Madam/ Sir Data Sharing with Directorate of Revenue Intelligence Attention of Authorised Dealer Category I (AD Category I) banks is invited to provisions contained in Sections 108 A and 108 B of the Customs Act, 1962 and the Rules notified thereunder vide GSR 1512 (E) Notification No. 114/2017-Customs (N.T) dated December 14, 2017. All AD Category I banks are advised to e...

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RBI/2017-18/171 IDMD.GBD.2783/08.08.016/2018-19 May 3, 2018 All Market Participants Dear Sir/Madam, Guidelines on Stripping/Reconstitution of Government Securities Please refer to paragraph 7 of the Statement on Regulatory and Developmental Policies announced on April 5, 2018 regarding review of the mechanism of the Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities (STRIPS) which was introduced w.e.f. April 1, 2010. 2. With a view to meeting the diverse needs...

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Circular No.44/18/2018-CGST F. No. 341/28/2017-TRU Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Tax Research Unit ***** New Delhi, the 2nd May, 2018 To, The Principal Chief Commissioner/Chief Commissioners/ Principal Commissioner/ Commissioner of Central Tax (All) / The Principal Director Generals/ Director Generals (All) Madam/Sir, Subject: Issue related to taxability of ‘tenancy rights’ under GST- regarding Doubts have been raised as to,- (i) Whether...

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RBI/2017-18/170 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 26 May 1, 2018 To All Authorized Persons Madam / Sir Investment by Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPI) in Debt - Review Attention of Authorised Dealer Category-I (AD Category-I) banks is invited to Schedule 5 to the Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident outside India) Regulations, 2000 notified videNotification No. FEMA.20/2000-RB dated May 3, 2000,as amended from time to time and the releva...

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In continuation of this Ministry’s General Circular No. 13/2017 dated 26.10.2017, General Circular No. 01/2018 dated 28.03.2018 and upon consideration of requests received from various stakeholders for extending the last date of filing of AOC-4 XBRL E-Forms using Ind AS under the Companies Act, 2013, it has been decided to extend the last date for filing of AOC-4 XBRL for all eligible companies required to prepare or voluntarily prepare their financial statements in accordance with Compani...

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Punjab Government imposes profession tax of Rs. 200 Per Month on All such persons who are assessable under the Head Income from Salaries and/ or Wages as per the Income Tax Act, 1961 and All such persons who are assessable under the Head Income from Business and/ or Profession as per the Income Tax Act, 1961....

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The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (Code) is a modern economic legislation. Section 240 of the Code empowers the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) to make regulations subject to the conditions that the regulations: (a) carry out the provisions of the Code, (b) are consistent with the Code and the rules made thereunder; (c) are made by a notification published in the Official Gazette; and (d) are laid, as soon as possible, before each House of Parliament for 30 days....

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RBI/2017-18/169 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.25 April 27, 2018 To All Category-I Authorised Dealer Banks Madam / Sir, External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) Policy – Rationalisation and Liberalisation Attention of Authorized Dealer Category-I (AD Category-I) banks is invited toMaster Direction No.5 dated January 1, 2016on External Commercial Borrowings, Trade Credit, Borrowing and Lending in Foreign Currency by Authorised Dealers and Persons other than Authorised Dealers,...

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RBI/2017-18/168 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 24 April 27, 2018 To All Authorized Persons Madam / Sir Investment by Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPI) in Debt - Review Attention of Authorised Dealer Category-I (AD Category-I) banks is invited to Schedule 5 to the Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident outside India) Regulations, 2000 notified videNotification No. FEMA.20/2000-RB dated May 3, 2000, as amended from time to time and the re...

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In continuation to the Ministry's General Circular No. 16/2017 dated 29/12/2017 and General Circular No. 02/2018 dated 28.03.2018 on the subject cited above and to state that the closing date of the scheme viz. 30.04.2018 is falling under gazetted holiday on account of 'Budh Purnima', therefore, this Ministry has decided to give one day extension of the said scheme i.e. up to 01.05.2018....

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The Disciplinary Committee of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India had issued an ex-parte interim order dated 8th March, 2018 against Mr. Mukesh Mohan, Insolvency Professional [Regn. No. IBBI/IPA-001/IP-P00018/2016-2017/10042] pending completion of inspection. A copy of ex-parte interim order is annexed to this order....

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In terms of the IBBI (Insolvency Professionals) Regulations, 2016, an individual is eligible for registration as an insolvency professional, subject to meeting other requirements, if he has completed a pre-registration educational course, as may be required by the Board, from an insolvency professional agency (IPA) after his enrolment as a professional member. The pre-registration educational course shall be delivered by the IPAs in not less than 50 hours either in class room sessions or in M...

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RBI/DBR/2015-16/18 Master Direction DBR.AML.BC.No.81/14.01.001/2015-16 February 25, 2016 (Updated as on April 20, 2018) Master Direction - Know Your Customer (KYC) Direction, 2016 In terms of the provisions of Prevention of Money-Laundering Act, 2002 and the Prevention of Money-Laundering (Maintenance of Records) Rules, 2005, Regulated Entities (REs) are required to follow certain customer identification procedures while undertaking a transaction either by establishing an account based r...

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Format of ANNUAL COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE(Annexure A) to be submitted by the IPAs to the IBBI and to be displayed on its website within 45 days of the closure of the financial year....

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