Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 is the regulatory statute that governs the foreign exchange in India. It replaced the erstwhile Foreign Exchange Regulatory Act (FERA) as FERA was more regulatory in nature and wasn’t sustainable in the post-liberalization regime. The redundance of FERA necessitated the implementation of the FEMA act 1999 that eased and provided...
Various regulations mandate valuation to bring out a clear picture of a particular event or a transaction undertaken or to be undertaken. By incorporating the valuation provisions, especially after its introduction under the Section 247 of the Companies Act, 2013, attempts were made to give structure and formalize the practice of valuation. Here’s a complete...
In order to widen the scope and increase clarity and transparency, certain amendments were made to the Companies (Significant Beneficial Ownership) Rules, 2018 vide Companies (Significant Beneficial Ownership) Amendment Rules, 2019 dated 08-02-2019. Following are the Significant Beneficial Ownership Compliance under the Companies Act, 2013. Meaning of Significant Beneficial Owner “Significant beneficial owner” in relation to a...
What is the condonation of Delay? Every law requires certain compliances to be adhered to like making of any application, filing of any document etc. If the parties fail to adhere to the compliances, a remedy is provided by the law where parties can pray for condonation of delay and proceed as if no delay has...
Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) was a programme introduced under the World Customs Organization's (WCO) SAFe Framework of Standards. It was introduced to secure and facilitate global trade. The objective of the program is to enhance the international supply chain security and facilitate the movement of legitimate goods. Under the AEO programme, an entity involved in international...
Private Placement is an effective way to issue securities for raising capital by a company not intending to go public. The whole mechanism of the private placement is governed by Section 42 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 14 of the Companies (Prospectus and Allotment of Securities) Rules, 2014. What is Private Placement? A company,...
Exports play a crucial role in ensuring a balance of trade for any economy. As per WTO’s data released in April 2019, India’s share in global exports for the year 2018 stood at 1.7% for merchandise whereas, at 3.5% for the service sector. Exports are instrumental in creating employment, increasing foreign exchange reserves, and reducing...
Various provisions have been incorporated under the Companies Act, 2013 and various SEBI regulations to ensure compliance with various governmental and regulatory requirements. Therefore, to identify instances of non-compliance and take corrective measures to safeguard the interest of various stakeholders, secretarial audits have been mandated for a certain class of companies. Let’s have a profound...
What is EPCG Scheme? EPCG stands for Export Promotion Capital Goods. The EPCG Scheme has been introduced by the Government of India (GOI) to allow the Import of capital goods (except those specified in the negative list in Appendix 5F) for pre-production, production, and post-production at Zero customs duty. These capital goods imported under the EPCG Authorization...
What is RoDTEP Scheme? The full form of RoDTEP is “Remission of Duties or Taxes on Export Products”. The RoDTEP Scheme was made operational from 1st January 2021. The Ministry of Commerce & Industry has issued Notification No.19/2015-20 on 17th August 2021 to notify the rates and the ineligible supplies/ items/ categories under the RoDTEP Scheme. The...
The COVID-19 pandemic has extensively disrupted the constitution and functioning of the entire World. India accounts for 14.4% of the overall number of COVID-19 cases, making it the second worst hit country in the world. This appalling figure has especially risen due to the ongoing macabre second wave of COVID-19 in the country. On account of...
In the Digital world, when every industry has come up with the idea of digitizing their platform, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has undertaken an initiative to revamp the delivery of its service mechanisms to boost its foreign trade. As a step towards it, the first phase of Digital platform...
In view of the unprecedent current situation arising out of pandemic COVID-19, the Government has decided to continue relief under various export promotion schemes under Foreign Trade Policy 2015-20 (“FTP”). These relief will help industries to boost their trade or business and adding to their cash flows. Several reliefs have been announced to support trade...
Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs had issued a letter dated April 27,2020 regarding guidelines for conduct of personal hearing in virtual mode under Custom Act, 1962 Board has decided that personal hearing may be conducted through video conferencing facility, in respect of any proceeding under Customs Act 1962. The guidelines for the conduct...
The CBIC vide Circular No. 17/2020 dated April 3, 2020 on “Measures to facilitate trade during the lockdown period- section 143AA of the Customs Act, 1962” wherein relaxation was given to accept an undertaking in lieu of a bond required during customs clearance upto 30.04.2020, subject to conditions as underlined in the circular. The said...
Ministry of Commerce vide Trade Notice No. 03/2020-21 dated 15th April 2020 has come up with the clarification and the specification as to how the MEIS scheme would be replaced with RoDTEP. Following has been the pointers given in the said trade notice:- Even though the entire foreign trade policy has been extended by 1 year...
Commissioner of customs has issued a public notice dated April 01,2020 regarding clearance of goods to SEZ- facilitation during lockdown period in view of outbreak of COVID-19. It has been brought to the notice of this office that due to lockdown imposed by the Government in view of outbreak of COVID-19, the Importer / Customs Brokers...
In the wake of Covid-19 outbreak, Directorate General of Foreign Trade has issued some major amendments in FTP with their immediate effect. As the pandemic Covid-19 shakes the world, the central Government has makes amendments in the FTP 2015-20. The present policy, which came into force on April 1 2015, had five year validity upto March...
On account of the lockdown situation in India due to Pandemic Covid-19, the issuance of Certificate of Origin under Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreements (CECA), Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreements (CEPA), Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs) are temporarily closed and would be issued retrospectively by the concerned Indian agencies after open their offices. Hence, the customs authorities and other...
The decision was taken after field formations flagged the unavailability of notarised stamp papers for furnishing the bonds that was being faced by importers, exporters and their authorised custom brokers, during the lockdown period. The Board will review the order after April 14, when the nationwide lockdown ends. The relaxation applies to central and state PSUs,...
New Delhi: The government on Tuesday said banks and select financial institutions have reported frauds of over Rs 1.43 lakh crore during the April-December period of the current financial year. Replying to a question on banking frauds and action taken against fraudsters, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the government in 2015 issued a framework for...
MUMBAI: Banking Sector - The changing technology landscape would challenge the traditional banks with Fintech and Big Data driving growth, but banks would continue to be in a position of primacy in finance with them adopting evolving technologies, Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das has said. Even as technology firms provide the tools for...
GUWAHATI: What is expected to provide impetus to Aadhaar enrollment in Assam, financial inclusion outreach initiative of the public sectors banks, co-operative bank, and rural banks will be held from February 26 to 28. Union Finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman will attend the outreach initiative on February 27. Aadhaar enrollment in Assam is abysmally low. Sunil...
NEW DELHI:?Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget for 2020-21 was light on new structural reforms, Fitch Ratings said on Wednesday adding ?it has not materially altered its forecasts for India's economic growth to rise to 5.6 per cent in the next fiscal from 4.6 per cent in 2019-20. "We believe it is highly unlikely the country's...
NEW DELHI: FDI in India - Foreign direct investment (FDI) into the country has increased to USD 284 billion during 2014-19, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday while presenting the Union Budget for 2020-21. "India's FDI got elevated to the level of USD 284 billion during 2014-19 from USD 190 billion that came in during...
Import duty hike - ASMA had urged the government to reduce import duty on primary aluminium to 2.5%, remove duty on scrap, increase duty on downstream products to 20% from 7.5% and remove aluminum from all FTAs to protect the domestic industry from cheap imports KOLKATA: Aluminium Association of India has appealed to the government...
India Attractive in Itself - Hong Kong-based private equity group Pacific Alliance Group (PAG) is looking to invest upwards of a billion dollars in India over the next three years to buy out targets, provide growth equity and even structured finance with an eye to fix broken balance sheets of India Inc. “We have been...
The government on September 14 announced a new scheme - Remission of Duties or Taxes on Export Product (RoDTEP) - that will replace the existing Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) in order to boost exports. "The MEIS scheme will continue till December 31. Textile and other sectors that currently enjoy incentives up to 2...
This is to update you regarding a CBIC’s circular no 02/2020- Customs dated 10th January 2020 on ‘levy and collection of Social Welfare Surcharge (‘SWS’) on imported goods when the Basic Customs Duty and Additional Duties of Customs are debited through duty credit scrips’ (under various schemes such as Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS), Services...
NEW DELHI: The government has stayed with the borrowing plan for the fiscal, as announced in the budget, sending a strong signal that it will try and meet the fiscal deficit target despite a sharp cut in corporate tax rate that is expected to cost Rs 1.45 lakh crore. It will borrow Rs 2.68 lakh crore...
Gems and jewellery exports continued its downtrend registering a fall of 14 per cent in August to $2.84 billion against $3.32 billion logged in the same period last year. In rupee terms, exports were down 12 per cent to ? 20,242 crore (? 23,077 crore). The hike in import duty on cut and polished diamond to 7.5...
The last Union Budget was somewhat timid, perhaps, given the growth slowdown, but recent economic policy changes have shown more willingness to respond vigorously to the problem. The current ruling coalition has shown a propensity for bold moves in its attempt to reshape India’s polity and society to match its vision of the nation. The economy...
Import and Export are part and parcel of business. There are several incentive schemes and benefits in India over trade providing an advantage for trading and payments of customs duties. Once duty credit scrips are issued one can avail the benefit of getting a discount while making payment with customs. Some of the common and...
FM Nirmala Sitharaman said that the new scheme, which will replace Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) will incentivize exporters than existing schemes put together. Saturday, September 14, 2019 - 17:34 With GDP growth sliding to six-year low of 5 per cent in April-June quarter and several sectors facing low demand, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday...
Exporter and Importer of any country need to register the company with several authorities, institutions, and government schemes. Such registration or policy helps the company to grow continuously without any hurdles in the form of incentives/benefits while conducting export and import trade. IEC (Import Export Code) is a number given by the Director of Foreign...
Service Exports from India Scheme (SEIS) is originated from the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2015-20. In recent time, the SEIS Scheme is a widely-popular concept for the overall industrial development and is passing through various interpretation and associated matters in the department. SEIS benefits have been a lucrative scheme for the service sector industry as...
The unified nature of Foreign Trade Policy (2015-20) means that you can save some workdays as an exporter due to the combined processes across the department. Apart from exports, the benefits have expanded to smaller auxiliary industries performing exports or manufacturers. They are the one who supplies to exporters with unified input credits, GST refunds, and...
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