Representations have been received from the members of the trade requesting clarification regarding classification of „Saree‟. The issue raised in these representations is whether the goods described as „Saree‟ which has undergone further processing such as embroidery, stitching of lace and tikki etc. and stitched with two or more kinds of fabrics is classifiable as „Saree‟ under Chapter 54 or as made-ups under Chapter 63 of the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985....

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RBI/2016-17/245 DNBR (PD) CC.No.086/03.10.001/2016-17 March 09, 2017 All NBFCs Madam/ Sir, Disbursal of loan amount in cash Reference is invited to instructions contained in para 37(iii)(b) of Non-Banking Financial Company – Non-Systemically Important Non-Deposit taking Company (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2016 and Non-Banking Financial Company - Systemically Important Non-Deposit taking Company and Deposit taking Company (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2016 which states that high value l...

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RBI/2016-17/247 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 38 March 09, 2017 To All Category - I Authorised Dealer Banks Madam / Sir, Exim Bank's Government of India supported Line of Credit of USD 92.18 million to the Government of Tanzania Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) has entered into an agreement on July 10, 2016 with the Government of Tanzania for making available to the...

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RBI/2016-17/248 FIDD.CO.LBS.BC.No.23/02.08.001/2016-17 March 9, 2017 The Chairmen & Managing Directors All Lead Banks Dear Sir/Madam, Formation of seven new districts in the State of Manipur - Assignment of Lead Bank Responsibility The Government of Manipur vide Gazette Notification dated December 8, 2016 had notified the creation of seven new districts in the State of Manipur. It has been decided to assign the lead bank responsibility of the seven new districts as detailed b...

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Kind attention is invited to Ninety two Circulars and Instruction on Show Cause Notices and Adjudication issued by the Board from time to time, placed at the Annexures to this Masteer Circular. These circulars address references from trade and field formations and provide clarity and uniformity on the issues raised. Board undertakes exercise of consolidating these circulars from the time to time so as to ensure clarity and ease of reference. This master circular on the subject of show cause noti...

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In exercise of the powers conferreed by sub-section (1) of section 93 of the Finance Act, 1994, the Central Government, being satisfied that it is neccesary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 25/2012 Service Tax, dated the 20th June, 2012, published in the Gazette of India, namel:- In the said notification, in the opening paragraph, in entry 9, in cla...

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RBI/2016-17/243 DGBA.GAD.No.2294/15.04.001/2016-17 March 6, 2017 All Agency Banks Dear Sir/Madam Gold Monetisation Scheme Please refer to RBIMaster Direction No.DBR.IBD.No.45/23.67.003/2015-16 dated October 22, 2015(updated up to January 21, 2016) on the above subject. In order to operationalise the scheme, we advise the following: 2. In order to have uniformity in reporting, reconciliation...

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I am directed to invite the attention of the field formations to the prosecution guidelines issued by the Ministry vide Circular No. 27/2015-Customs dated 23.10.2015 (further amended vide Circular No. 46/2016-Customs dated 04.10.2016) revising the guidelines issued vide order No.394/71/97-CUS (AS) dated 22.06.1999....

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In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 4 and subsection (1) of section 5 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby appoints officer to exercise the powers and discharge duties conferred or imposed on officers, for purpose of adjudication of show cause notice....

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In exercise of the powers conferred by section 157 of the Customs Act,1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby makes the following regulations, further to amend the Courier Imports and Exports (Clearance) Regulations, 1998, namely:- These regulations may be called the Courier Imports and Exports (Clearance) Amendment Regulations, 2017. In the Courier Imports and Exports (Clearance) Regulations, 1998, in regulation 6, in the sub- regulation (3), for the first proviso, t...

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In exercise of power conferred by section 14 of custom act, 1962, CBEC notified revise rate of exchange for conversion of foreing currencies relating to import and export goods....

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Whereas, Central Government is satisfied that in the period commencing on and from the 1st day of july, 2012 and ending with 31st march, 2015 (hereinafter referred as the said period), according to the practice that was generally prevalent, there was non levy of service tax by way of admission to museum and this service was liable to service tax, in said period, which was not being paid according to the said practice. Now, therefore, in exercise of power conferred by section 11C of Central Exci...

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CBEC vide notification extended benefit of exportation and reimportation of cut and polished diamonds at zero duty to authorised offices or agencies in India of laboratories mentioned in paragraph 4.74 of Handbook procedures 2015-20....

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RBI/2016-17/242 DNBR.PD.CC.No.085/03.10.001/2016-17 March 2, 2017 All Non-Banking Financial Companies Dear Sir/ Madam, Infrastructure Financing- Definition of 'Infrastructure Lending' Please refer to the definition of 'Infrastructure Lending' contained in theNon-Banking Financial Company - Systemically Important Non-Deposit taking Company and Deposit taking Company (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2016andNon-Banking Financial Company – Non-Systemically Important N...

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RBI/2016-17/236 FIDD.FLC.BC.No.22/12.01.018/2016-17 March 02, 2017 To Chairman/MD & CEO Scheduled Commercial Banks (Including RRBs) Dear Sir/Madam, Financial Literacy by FLCs (Financial Literacy Centres) and rural branches - Policy Review Please refer to ourcircular FIDD.FLC.BC.No.18/12.01.018/2015-16 dated January 14, 2016on guidelines for FLCs and rural branches. In terms of this circular, FLCs and rural branches were advised to conduct two types of camps viz. - Special c...

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In excercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Custom Act, 1962, the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the publice interest so to do, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India No. 9/2012, namely- in said notification, (a) After the proviso to condition (v), the following paragraph shall be inserted, namely- "2. Notwithstanding anything contained herein above, the exemption contained in ...

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Attention is invited to Board’s Circular No. 5/2009-Customs dated 2.2.2009 which prescribes Bank Realization Certificate (BRC) as one of the documents that may be submitted to Customs by the exporters as proof of realization of sale proceeds for exports. Further, for exports with LEO date from 01.04.2014 onwards, an electronic system of reconciliation of sale proceeds (RBI-BRC module) is made functional by DG (Systems) in coordination with Reserve Bank of India (RBI), which has been dealt ...

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RBI/2016-17/235 IDMD.CDD.No.2188/14.04.050/2016-17 February 23, 2017 The Chairman & Managing Director All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding RRBs) Designated Post Offices Stock Holding Corporation of India ltd.(SHCIL) National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. & Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd. Dear Sir/Madam, Sovereign Gold Bonds, 2016-17 – Series IV - Operational Guidelines This has reference to theGoI notification F.No. 4(16)-B(W&M)/2016andRBI circular IDMD.CDD....

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EFS Instruction No. 61 Tel: 0120-2770029, Fax: 0120-2770452 Email:adg2.systems@incometaxindia.gov.in DIRECTORATE OF INCOME TAX (SYSTEMS) ARA Centre, Ground Floor, E-2, Jhandewalan Extension, Delhi-110055 F. No. DGIT(S)-ADG(S)-2/Online verification of Cash Transactions/157/2016 Dated 21.02.2017 To The Pr. Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (CCA), Ahmedabad/Bangalore/Bhopal/Bhubaneswar/Chandigarh/Chennai/Delhi/Guwahati/ Hyderabad/Jaipur/Kochi/Kolkata/Kanpur/Luc...

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S.0 (E).-In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 138 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Government, having regard to all the relevant factors, hereby makes the following amendment in the notification of Government of India in the Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue (Central Board of Direct Taxes) published in the Gazette of India, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section(ii) vide number S.O. 576(E), dated the 23rd of May, 2003, namely:- In the said n...

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Services by way of treatment of effluent in the period from the 1st of July 2012 to 31st of March 2015...

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RBI/2016-17/233 A. P. (DIR Series) Circular No.31 February 16, 2017 To All Authorised Dealer Category – I Banks Madam/Sir Issuance of Rupee denominated bonds overseas – Multilateral and Regional Financial Institutions as Investors Attention of Authorised Dealer Category-I (AD Category-I) banks is invited to paragraph No. 4 ofA. P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 60 dated April 13, 2016and paragraph No. 3.3.3 ofMaster Direction No.5 dated January 1, 2016on ‘Externa...

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RBI/2016-17/232 FMRD.DIRD.13/14.01.019/2016-17 February 16, 2017 To, All Market Participants Madam/Sir, Forward Rate Agreement (FRA) and Interest Rate Swap (IRS) - Withdrawal of Fortnightly return Attention is invited to theRBI notification ref. no. MPD.BC.187/07.01.279/1999-2000 dated July 07, 1999. As per the notification, banks were advised to submit a fortnightly return on FRA/IRS to Monetary Policy Department with a copy to various RBI departments. 2. In a further step t...

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RBI/2016-17/229 DBR.RRB.BC.No. 53/31.01.001/2016-17 February 16, 2017 All Regional Rural Banks Dear Sir / Madam, Repayment of Gold Loan Please refer tocircular RPCD.CO.RRB.BC.No.22/03.05.34/2010-11 dated September 22, 2010wherein Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) were permitted to grant gold loans up to Rs.1.00 lakh with bullet repayment option. 2. On a review, it has been decided to increase the...

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RBI/2016-17/228 DGBA.GAD.No.2128/44.02.001/2016-17 February 16, 2017 All Agency Banks Dear Sir, Reimbursement of Merchant Discount Rate The Government of India (GoI) has decided to absorb the Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) charges in respect of debit card transactions while making payments to GoI. The Office Memoranda issued by the Office of Controller General of Accounts datedDecember 14and15, 2016 and Central Board of Direct Taxes datedJanuary 30, 2017in this regard are enclosed....

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Applicability of service tax on the services by way of transportation of goods by a vessel from a place outside India to the customs station in India w.r.t. goods intended for transhipment to any country outside India - reg Representations seeking clarification on levy of service tax on the services by way of transportation of goods by a vessel from a place outside India to the customs station in India with respect to goods intended for transshipment to any country outside India...

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CBEC had on a pilot basis introduced 24x7 customs clearance at 4 designated Air cargo complexes and 4 sea ports in respect of facilitated Bills of Entry and factory stuffed containers and goods shipped under free shipping bills [Circular No. 22/20 12-Cus refers]....

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RBI/2016-17/226 DCM (Plg) No.3217/10.27.00/2016-17 February 13, 2017 The Chairman / Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer (All banks maintaining currency chests) Dear Sir / Madam, Deposit of Specified Bank Notes (SBNs) – Chest Balance Limit / Cash Holding Limit Please refer to Paragraph 2 (ii) of ourcircular DCM (Plg) No. 1459/10.27.00/2016-17 dated November 29, 2016on the captioned subject. As indicated thereat, a review was undertaken and it has been decided that ti...

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RBI/2016-17/225 DGBA.GAD.2012/15.02.005/2016-17 February 9, 2017 The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer Agency Banks handling Public Provident Fund, Kisan Vikas Patra- 2014, Sukanya Samriddhi Account, Senior Citizen Savings Scheme-2004 Dear Sir Interest rates for Small Savings Schemes Please refer to ourcircular DGBA.GAD.881/15.02.005/2016-17 dated October 13, 2016on the above subject. T...

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