The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has on Wednesday indefinitely barred Mastercard (Mastercard Asia / Pacific Pte. Ltd) from issuing new debit or credit cards to domestic customers in India from July 22, 2021, for violating data storage rules. Citing its circular on ‘storage of payment system data’ dated April 6, 2018, the RBI said…
Shipping Bill which is also known as bill of export is a document prepared by an exporter or his agent for the purpose of custom authorities to grant permission for exports. Whether the shipment is by air, sea, or road, an exporter cannot load the goods without filing the Shipping Bill which the customs authority…
The Reserve Bank of India in its ‘Statement of Developmental and Regulatory Policies’ dated February 05, 2021 for improving ease of access by retail investors through online access to the government securities market – both primary and secondary – along with the facility to open their gilt securities account (‘Retail Direct’) with the RBI. The…
Form 15G and 15H are self-declaration forms filed with the banks or financial institutions who deduct TDS on the interest income earned/accrued to not deduct TDS on the interest income. As per Section 194A of the Income Tax Act, 1961, all Banks and Financial Institutions have been mandatorily instructed to deduct TDS on all Interest…
The Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) (URBAN), was formerly called Indira Awas Yojana and was renamed in March 2016. Housing for All was a mission that was launched by the Government of India targeted at promoting with the aim of boosting homeownership. It aimed at achieving ‘Housing for All’ by the year 2022. All statutory…
A Bill of Lading is a document issued by a Carrier to a Shipper, confirming goods were received in an acceptable condition and are ready to be shipped and delivered to the consignee. Carrier is a person who performs or undertakes to perform for hire, the carriage or part thereof, of goods by road, rail,…
A Shipper (exporter/supplier) of the goods normally hires a freight forwarder (forwarding agent) or Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier (NVOCC) in order to arrange transportation of his goods to a foreign destination. Once receiving cargo from shipper freight forwarder inspects the cargo to verify that the consignment received by them is without damages. The freight forwarder…
Edited and reposted on 02.07.2021: The rate of interest payable by banks on overdue deposits differs depending upon the instances like renewal or non-renewal of the deposit for a minimum stipulated period, death of the depositor before the maturity of the deposit, death of the depositor after the maturity of the deposit, interest payable on…
The government has decided to keep the interest rates for small savings schemes unchanged for the July-September quarter, the fifth in a row. The last revision in small savings rates was for April-June 2020. This was announced by the finance ministry via a circular dated June 30, 2021. Thus, the interest in the small savings…
The Interest Equalisation Scheme for export credit is available to all MSME exporters under 416 tariff lines under Indian Trade Clarification (ITC)- Harmonized System (HS) Codes of 4 digits and exports made by MSMEs across all ITC(HS) codes. It means all MSME exporters including merchant exporters are eligible for an Interest Equalisation rate from 3%…