Monthly Archives: April 2016

Swabhiman Campaign of Banks

By | April 29, 2016

Swabhiman Campaign Under the Swabhimaan campaign, the banks were advised to provide appropriate banking facilities to habitations having a population in excess of 2000 (as per 2001 census) by March 2012. The banks identified approximately 74000 habitations across the country having a population of over 2000 for providing banking facilities. As per reports received from… Read More »

Bank Board Bureau stared functioning with effect from 1.4.2016

By | April 29, 2016

Bank Board Bureau With the approval of Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC), the Government has set-up an autonomous Banks Board Bureau (BBB), which has stared functioning with effect from 1.4.2016. The Bureau will search and select heads of public Sector Banks/Financial Institutions and help them in developing differentiated strategies and capital raising plans through… Read More »

General Anti Avoidance Rule (GAAR) Implementation

By | April 29, 2016

Implementation of General Anti Avoidance Rule (GAAR) The Government is committed to implement General Anti Avoidance Rule (GAAR) in the country from the next financial year. The commitment of the Government to implement GAAR from 1.4.2017, i.e., Assessment Year 2018-19 relevant to the Financial Year 2017-18, is also reflected in the Budget Speech 2016 delivered… Read More »

Registered office of companies needs to be physically verified

By | April 29, 2016

Financial Transactions of Companies The Companies Act, 1956/2013 mandate that only individuals having Director Identification Number, which is allotted on verification of ID and address proof can become directors of a company. Further, the law requires physical verification of registered office addresses of companies by practicing professionals and intimation to the Registrar of Companies in… Read More »

Indian Accounting Standards implementation Road Map

By | April 29, 2016

Indian Accounting Standards The Road Map for implementation of Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) for commercial Banks (Banks), Insurance Companies (Insurers) and Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) was announced on 18/01/2016 and implementation schedule is drawn as follows: (i) Banks (excluding Urban Cooperative Banks and Regional Rural Banks), All-India Term-lending Refinancing Institutions (i.e. Exim Bank, NABARD,… Read More »

Prdhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY ) Salient Features

By | April 29, 2016

Implementation of Modified Crop Insurance Scheme The salient features of the Prdhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) approved recently for its implementation from current Kharif 2016 season are annexed. In addition to Agriculture Insurance Company of India Ltd. (AIC), 10 private general insurance companies namely, ICICI-Lombard, IFFCO-Tokio, HDFC-ERGO, Cholamandalam-MS, Reliance General, Future-Generali, Tata-AIG, SBI General,… Read More »

Delhi restaurants & Halwais, migrating to new composition scheme, need not to pay tax on opening stock

By | April 28, 2016

DELHI VALUE ADDED TAX ACT, 2004  NEW COMPOSITION SCHEME FOR RESTAURANTS AND HALWAIS CIRCULAR NO.01 OF 2016-17 [NO.F.3(664)/POLICY/VAT/2016/106-112], DATED 27-4-2016 A new composition scheme has been recently notified by the Government vide notification dated 18/03/2016 in exercise of powers conferred in section 16(12), wherein the registered dealers whose annual turnover is upto Rs. 50 Lakhs… Read More »

Risk Weight of investments in Corporate Bonds by Standalone Primary Dealers (SPDs)

By | April 28, 2016

RBI/2015-16/388 DNBR.CO.PD.No.080/03.10.01/2015-16 April 28, 2016 All Standalone Primary Dealers Madam/ Sir, Risk Weight in respect of investments in Corporate Bonds by Standalone Primary Dealers (SPDs) In terms of the Capital Adequacy Standards and Risk Management Guidelines for SPDs, risk weight of 100% has been stipulated in respect of investments in corporate bonds, for the purpose… Read More »

F-TRAC – Counterparty Confirmation

By | April 28, 2016

RBI/2015-16/387 FMRD.FMID.8/14.01.02/2015-16 April 28, 2016 All RBI regulated entities Madam/Sir, F-TRAC – Counterparty Confirmation A reference is invited to RBI circular FMRD.FMID.01/14.01.02/2014-15 dated December 19, 2014 waiving the requirement of exchange of physical confirmation of trades matched on the Financial Market Trade Reporting and Confirmation Platform (“F- TRAC”) of the Clearcorp Dealing Systems (India) Ltd.… Read More »