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RBI Launches Quarterly Industrial Outlook Survey For January-March 2011

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 01:27 AM PST


The Reserve Bank of India has launched the 53rd round of the nbsp Industrial Outlook Survey IOS nbsp for reference period January March 2011 The Reserve Bank is conducting the Industrial Outlook Survey on a quarterly basis si

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Second Surveyor Can Not Be Appointed By Insurance Companies

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 12:33 AM PST


Upholding a district forum order the Maharashtra State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission recently dismissed an appeal filed by an insurance firm The commission ruled against the Oriental Insurance Company after it appointed a

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ICAI Opposes Tendering To Select Auditors For Govt Schemes

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 12:31 AM PST


Accounting regulator ICAI is opposed to the tendering process of selecting accountants for auditing state-run schemes and has taken up the issue with the Planning Commission and the CAG nbsp The ICAI wants the appointment to be don

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Bofors Scam-Now Income Tax Tribunal Too Exposes Kickback Trail To Quattrocchi

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 12:16 AM PST


Income Tax Appellate Tribunal ITAT has pointed out that despite the Indian government s order against the appointment of middlemen in defence deals by foreign companies Bofors had entered into a fresh consultancy agreement with

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Hero Group Official Arrested In Citibank Fraud Case

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 11:56 PM PST


New Delhi A senior executive of the Hero Group was arrested by Gurgaon police on Monday as the investigative net on the Rs 300 crore fraud at the local branch of Citibank was cast wider nbsp The arrest of Sanjay Gupta associate

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Citibank Fraud - Insider Angle Tracked

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 11:48 PM PST


Even as the Munjal family-run Hero Group clarified on Friday that its exposure to the Citibank fraud was a tenth of what has been reported so far police investigators are widening the scope of the inquiry to probe both the clients

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ICSI- Relaxation Of Time To Complete Required Programme Credit Hours For The Block Of Three Years Ending 31 12 2010

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 01:45 AM PST


ATTENTION COMPANY SECRETARIES IN PRACTICE RELAXATION OF TIME TO COMPLETE REQUIRED PROGRAMME CREDIT HOURS FOR THE BLOCK OF THREE YEARS ENDING 31 12 2010 The Guidelines for Compulsory Attendance of Professional Development Programm

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Factoring Services May Soon Be Exempt From Stamp Duty

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 01:04 AM PST


The government plans to offer stamp duty exemption for sale of accounts receivables allowing businesses to encash sales made on credit and ensure a healthy cash flow The finance ministry will facilitate this change by moving a new b

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Budget 2011- Pranab Mukherjee Likely To Bring Major Change In Direct Tax Laws

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 12:05 PM PST


Saddled with huge tax arrears of Rs 2 50 000 crore more than half of the total tax collection projected for 2010-11 finance minister Pranab Mukherjee is likely to introduce in the forthcoming Budget some major changes in direc

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Cash Transaction Reports On 2G Spectrum Allocation Issue Under Scrutiny

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 12:02 PM PST


Investigating agencies probing alleged financial irregularities in the 2G spectrum allocation have now ordered scrutiny of all cash transaction reports related to the funding of payments by telecom players banks and individuals i

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Centre Plans To Bring In Five To Eight New Services Under Service Tax Net From Next Year

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 11:58 AM PST


In a move that could put burden on some service providers in the health and education sector the Budget next year may widen the service tax ambit to include at least five to eight new services in the two sectors in the tax net The

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Bank Account Number Is Sole Criteria To Process All Inward Electronic Transactions

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 11:55 AM PST


Looking to speed up the transfer of funds electronically banks will henceforth only take into account customers account numbers for such transactions ignoring other details like names The new mechanism is intended to reduce the

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RBI Gives More Time To Banks For Extra Security Layer In Phone Banking

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 11:53 AM PST


RBI has given banks one more month to put in place an extra layer of security one-time user password for credit card transactions over phone The banks would now be required to comply with the new guidelines by February 1 aft

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FIPB Recommended Proposals Entailing FDI Inflow Of 23700 Crore For Approval By Finance Minister During 2010

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 11:49 AM PST


Foreign Investment Promotion Board FIPB which is mandated to consider and recommend proposals relating to Foreign Direct Investment FDI under the government route in terms of extant FDI policy held 14 meetings during the calend

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RBI Asks Banks To Cap Cash Deposit Charges At Rs 5

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 11:37 AM PST


The Reserve Bank of India RBI has told banks not to charge more than Rs 5 for any cash deposit made at a non-home branch other than the one where the customer has the account nbsp Some banks charge as much as Rs 110 for such c

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Dept Of Commerce Instructs DCs Not To Block Transfer Of Used Assets Into SEZs And Issues Guidelines For SEZ Development

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 11:41 PM PST


SEZ update Dept of Commerce instructs DCs not to block transfer of used assets into SEZs and issues guidelines for SEZ development In brief - The Department of Commerce Ministry of Commerce and Industry has issued Instruction Nos

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Easy Exit Scheme 2011- Key Highlights

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 11:27 PM PST


It has been observed by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs that certain companies have been registered under the Companies Act 1956 but due to various reasons some of them are inoperative since incorporation or commenc

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How To Calculate Depreciation As Per Schedule XIV On Second-hand Assets

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 11:20 PM PST


Query -Acquirer Limited acquired an engineering unit of Acquiree Limited on a going concern basis The unit has various fixed assets such as building plant and machinery and furniture which were recognized in the books of Acquire

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Accounting Treatment Of Capital Reduction By The Investee Companies

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 11:10 PM PST


Query - nbsp Investor Limited the company acquired 1 000 000 equity shares of Rs 10 each in Investee Limited investee for the acquisition date fair value of Rs 9 million In the past Investee Limited had incurred losses

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Treatment Of Expenses Incurred On Restoring The Damage Caused By Fire

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 11:03 PM PST


Query nbsp A fire broke out in the factory premises of Manufacture Limited the company destroying 40 of its major plant At the date of fire the carrying amount of the plant including destroyed portion was 2160 million T

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Know Your Case Status Pending At High Court On Mobile

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 10:58 PM PST


USER MANUAL FOR SMS BASED CASE STATUS ENQUIRY SYSTEM nbsp Requirements to avail SMS based enquiry service A Mobile hand set with Mobile connection from any Mobile service provider like Airtel BSNL Reliance Tata Indico

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Expenses Cannot Be Disallowed On The Ground That Ratio Of Sharing Of Expenses By The Parent Associate Company Is Lower Than The Preceding Year

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 12:37 AM PST


It is held that expenses incurred by the assessee wholly and exclusively for the purpose of business could not be disallowed on the ground that there was a reduction in the ratio in which the expenses were shared by the assessee s pare

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SEBI - Activity Schedule For Auction Session

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 12:08 PM PST


CIRCULAR NO MRD DP 39 2010 DATED 28-12-2010 As per extant practice in case of default by the selling broker in a settlement the security delivered short is bought in the auction session and is delivered to the buying broker

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