Monday, 17 September 2018

17 September 2018 News

17.09.18 Economic News

👉In a landmark ruling, a Two-Judge Bench of the Gujarat High Court Strikes Down the provision Relating to Transitional Credit providing for 1 year time limit of purchases for Claiming Excise Duty Credit inter alia in the cases of First Stage Dealers and Importers

👉GSTN Alert: As the TDS and TCS provisions are all set to be implemented from next month, “Facility of Amendment of Registration of Non-Core fields in Form GST REG-14 has been provided on the GST Portal to following category of taxpayers/ persons: Non Resident Taxable Person (NRTP) Online Information and Database Access or Retrieval (OIDAR) Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) & TCS taxpayers.

👉Punjab State Government issues Notification enhancing the Threshold Limit for E-Way Bill for Intra-State Movement to 1 Lakh Rupees from the current 50,000 rupees. Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and West Bengal are among other states to raise such limit.

👉Uttar Pradesh State Govt. Mandates Radio Frequency Identification Device (RFID) Tag for vehicles operating in the state, along with E-Way Bill from November 1.

👉KYC Non-Compliance: Govt starts De-Activating Director Identification Numbers (DIN) of 21 Lakh Directors of various companies as they failed to comply with KYC norms and this process is likely to be completed by today.

👉SEBI is likely to consider a proposal to introduce a Common Application Form for Foreign Investors (FPIs) to enter into the Domestic Capital Market, a move expected to improve ease of doing business. Besides this, SEBI is expected to deliberate on a proposal on doing away with the requirement of 1% Security Deposits for Public Issuance of Debt Securities.

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Economic Times

Ø  RBI not on panel to resolve stress in power sector
Ø  HDFC Bank most valuable Indian brand: Survey
Ø  Govt starts de-activating DIN of 21 lakh directors
Ø  Hybrid vehicles crucial for future mobility: Saraswat
Ø  US to impose $200 bn tariff on Chinese goods: Report
Ø  'Walmart did not deduct taxes from 34 shareholders'

Business Standard

Ø  Gold industry worried that govt will curb imports to stem CAD, rupee fall
Ø  Nabard okays Rs 656.34 bn loan for 93 irrigation projects under PMKSY plan
Ø  Hindalco Industries to seek shareholders' nod for Rs 60 billion-NCDs
Ø  DLF to utilise sales proceeds worth Rs 140 bn to fund new projects: CEO
Ø  UltraTech Cement walks a long road with Jaiprakash Associates' assets

Business Line

Ø  Barmer: Govt looks to milk Vedanta for millions more
Ø  India in a catch-22 situation on free trade pact with the US
Ø  LIC Mutual Fund gets ₹200 crore from IL&FS Sec
Ø  Arvind eyeing Rs 12K cr revenue from textiles biz in next 5 years
Ø  Tata Motors closes gap with Mahindra for 3rd biggest PV maker in India
Ø  FPIs pull out $1.3 bn so far this month

Mint

Ø  Bharat Petroleum shelves Bina Refinery IPO plan
Ø  CBI charge sheet against Vijay Mallya likely in a month
Ø  Forget Lehman Brothers, India is still in a financial crisis
Ø  Aston Martin joins JLR in calling out Brexit risk to industry
Ø  Eight of top 10 firms lose ₹41,660 crore in m-cap last week, RIL worst hit
Ø  Risky trade-offs to stabilize the rupee

Financial Express

Ø  Equity market running ahead of fundamentals, time to book profits: Report
Ø  Commerce Ministry eases process to avail export incentives under MEIS scheme
Ø  Coal India wants a coal export policy before finalising commercial contracts for exporting the dry fuel
Ø  Tata Steel begins work on blast furnace at UK plant

Financial Chronicle

Ø  Govt looking to sale 4 Air India subsidiaries soon
Ø  Govt to appeal against arbitration panel rejecting its $1.5 bn claim against Reliance
Ø  States set to miss FY19 fiscal targets, predicts ICRA
Ø  Walmart's tax woes post Flipkart deal may be far from over