RBI/2017-18/109 DCBR.BPD.(PCB/RCB).Cir.No.06/12.05.001/2017-18 December 14, 2017 The Chief Executive Officer All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks/ All State Co-operative Banks/ All District Central Co-operative Banks Madam / Dear Sir, Customer Protection - Limiting Liability of Customers of Co-operative Banks in Unauthorised Electronic Banking Transactions Please refer to our circular UBD.BSD.I/PCB/No.45/12.05.00/2001-02 dated May 30, 2002 and para 13 of circular RPCD.CO.RCB...

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RBI/2017-18/108 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 14 December 12, 2017 To, All Authorized Persons Madam / Sir Investment by Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPI) in Government Securities Medium Term Framework – 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 Ma...

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Government of India MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS Office of the Regional Director (North Eastern Region) Morellow Building Ground Floor Kachary Road Shillong-793 001 Ref: RD/NER/406 Dated: 01.12.2017 To SHRI SANDEEP TRIPATHI Chartered Accountant 110, 1st Floor Palika Plaza, Phase-I MTH Compound Indore- 452001 Sub : Irregular certification of e-form Sir, Various e-forms AOC-4 were certified by you stating- “I declare that I have been duly engaged for the purpose...

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G.S. R. …………….. (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 469 and section 148 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013) (hereinafter referred as the Act), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Companies (cost records and audit) Rules, 2014, namely:- CLICK HERE...

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Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Direct Taxes PRESS RELEASE New Delhi, 8th December, 2017 CBDT extends date for linking of Aadhaar with PAN Under the provisions of recently introduced section 139AA of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act), with effect from 01.07.2017, all taxpayers having Aadhaar Number or Enrolment Number are required to link the same with Permanent Account Number (PAN). In view of the difficulties faced by some of the tax...

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RBI/2017-18/107 DGBA.GBD.No-1498/31.02.007/2017-18 December 7, 2017 The Chairman/ Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer/ Agency Banks Dear Sir/ Madam As per the existing arrangements in certain states, in certain cases, some agency banks are routing their agency transactions of state governments through another agency bank, that acts as an aggregator, that in turn settles these agency transactions with concerned Regional Office of RBI for both receipts and paym...

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RBI/2017-18/105 DPSS.CO.PD No. 1633/02.14.003/2017-18 December 06, 2017 The Chairman and Managing Director / Chief Executive Officers All Scheduled Commercial Banks including RRBs / Urban Co-operative Banks / State Co-operative Banks / District Central Co-operative Banks / Payment Banks and Small Finance Banks /All Card Network Providers ...

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Securities and Exchange Board of India CIRCULAR SEBI/HO/IMD/DF2/CIR/P/2017/125 November 30, 2017 All Mutual Funds/ Asset Management Companies (AMCs)/ Trustee Companies/ Boards of Trustees of Mutual Funds Sir/Madam, Sub: Enhancing fund governance for Mutual Funds In order to strengthen the governance structure for Mutual Funds (MFs), it has been decided to implement the following: A. Tenure of independent trustees and independent directors: 1. Regulation 16 (5) an...

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RBI/2017-18/103 DGBA.GBD.1472/31.02.007/2017-18 November 30, 2017 All Agency Banks Dear Sir Reporting of Transactions by agency banks to RBI It has been brought to our notice that some agency banks are reporting government transactions after considerable delay and along with the current transactions to RBI, without taking necessary authorisation from the concerned government departments. 2....

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CBDT has issued detailed guidelines/ directions for completion of cases of limited scrutiny selected through CASS module. These guidelines postulate that an Assessing Officer, in limited scrutiny cases cannot travel beyond the issues for which the case was selected. The idea behind such stipulations was to enforce checks and balances upon powers of an AO to do fishing and roving inquiries in cases selected for limited scrutiny....

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RBI/2017-18/101 DNBR.PD(ARC)CC. No.04/26.03.001/2017-18 November 23, 2017 The Chairman/ Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer All registered Asset Reconstruction Companies Dear Sir/Madam, Conversion of debt into equity- Review Please refer to ourCircular DNBS(PD)CC.No. 35/SCRC/26.03.001/2013-14 dated January 23, 2014on the above subject. 2. On a review of the limit imposed on shareholding of the post converted equity of the borrower company under reconstruction by Asse...

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RBI/2017-18/100 DGBA.GBD.No.1387/15.01.001/2017-18 November 23, 2017 The Chairman/Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer/ Agency Banks Handling the Special Deposit Scheme 1975 Dear Sir Special Deposit Scheme (SDS)-1975 Payment of interest for calendar year 2017 We want to inform that gazette notifications related to interest rates for SDS 1975 are available in Government of India website viz.egazette.nic.inwhich can be perused for guidance. You may please ensure that interes...

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The issue of IGST exemption on inter-state movement of various modes of conveyance, between distinct persons as specified in section 25(4) of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, carrying goods or passengers or both; or for repairs and maintenance, [except in cases where such movement is for further supply of the same conveyance] was examined and a circular 1/1/2017-IGST dated 7.7.2017, was issued clarifying that such interstate movement shall be treated “neither as a supply of go...

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Issue related to classification and GST rate on Terracotta idols The GST rate on Idols made of clay is nil. (S.No. 135A of Schedule notification 2/2017 dated 28.06.2017)....

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Subject to the limit of ` 15000 Cr, being total notified amount, GoI will have the option to retain additional subscription up to ` 1000 Cr against any of the above security. The sale will be subject to the terms and conditions spelt out in this notification (called ‘Specific Notification’). The Stock will be sold through Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai Office, Fort, Mumbai- 400 001 as per the terms and conditions specified in the General Notification F.No.4(13)–W&M/2008,...

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RBI/2017-18/98 Ref.No.IDMD/1243/08.02.032/2017-18 November 20, 2017 All Scheduled Commercial Banks All State Co-operative Banks/All Scheduled Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks /All Financial Institutions/ All Primary Dealers....

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RBI/2017-18/97 FMRD.DIRD.05/14.03.007/2017-18 November 16, 2017 All market participants Dear Sir/Madam, Over-the-Counter Government Securities Transaction by Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) – Settlement Period In terms of RBIcircular FMRD.DIRD.06/14.03.007/2014-15 dated March 20, 2015, Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) are required to settle transactions in Government Securities in the Over-the-Counter-(OTC) market on a T+2 basis. 2. As announced in paragraph 13 of t...

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RBI/2017-18/96 FMRD.DIRD.04/14.03.007/2017-18 November 16, 2017 All market participants Dear Sir/Madam, Secondary market transactions in Government Securities – Notional Short Sale In terms of RBIcirculars IDMD.PCD.21/14.03.07/2011-12 dated June 21, 2012, andIDMD.PCD.14/14.03.07/2011-12 dated December 28, 2011market participants undertaking ‘notional’ short sale are not permitted to use securities from their HTM/AFS/HFT portfolio for delivery against the short s...

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RBI/2017-18/95 DGBA.GBD.No.1324/31.02.007/2017-18 November 16, 2017 All Agency Banks Dear Sir / Madam Agency Commission for GST receipt transactions Please refer toPara 15of our Master Circular on Conduct of Government Business by Agency Banks - Payment of Agency Commission dated July 01, 2017 related to claiming of agency commission. 2. After implementation of GST framework, it was decided to modify paragraph 15 of the captioned Master Circular. The modified paragraph 15 will...

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Due to the non-availability of the refund module on the common portal, it has been decided by the competent authority, on the recommendations of the Council, that the applications/documents/forms pertaining to refund claims on account of zero-rated supplies shall be filed and processed manually till further orders. Therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 168 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the CGST Act’...

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GST on warehousing of agricultural produce, General Insurance & aircraft engines, parts and accessories...

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In exercise of the powers conferred by rule 120A of the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 read with section 168 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017,on the recommendations of the Council,and in supersession of Order No. 08/2017-GST dated 28 th October, 2017, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the period for submitting the declaration in FORM GST TRAN-1 is extended till 27th December, 2017....

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In exercise of the powers conferred by rule 117 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 read with section 168 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, on the recommendations of the Council, and in supersession of Order No. 07/2017-GST dated 28 th October, 2017, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the period for submitting the declaration in FORM GST TRAN-1 is extended till 27th December, 2017....

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G.S.R. (E). – In exercise of the powers conferred by sub section (14) of section 12 read with section 22 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act , 2017 (13 of 2017), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules to amend the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, namely:-...

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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) (hereafter in this notification referred to as the said Act) and in supercession of notification No. 40/2017-Central Tax, dated the 13th October, 2017, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R.1254(E), dated the 13th October, 2017, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supercess...

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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) (hereafter in this notification referred to as the said Act), the Central Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby specifies the persons making supplies of services, other than supplies specified under subsection (5) of section 9 of the said Act through an electronic commerce operator who is required to collect tax at sour...

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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 Central Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby waives the amount of late fee payable by any registered person for failure to furnish the return in FORM GSTR- 3B for the month of October, 2017 onwards by the due date under section 47 of the said Act, which is in excess of an a...

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G.S.R. (E):- In pursuance of 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 Central Government hereby makes the following amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue No. 53/2017- Central Tax, dated the 28th October, 2017, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. ...

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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 supersession of notification No. 43/2017-Central Tax, dated the 13th October, 2017, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 1257 (E), dated the 13th October, 2017, except as respects things done or omitted to be don...

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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) and section 20 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (13 of 2017), and in supersession of notification No. 42/2017-Central Tax, dated the 13th October, 2017, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 1256 (E), dated the 13th October, 2017, except as re...

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