Recent Notifications

·        Seeks to increase import tariff rate of soya beans from 30% to 45%

·        Seeks to (1) Increase the BCD on crude palm oil of edible grade from 15% to 30%; and (2) Increase the BCD on refined palm oil of edible grade from 25% to 40%. (3) Increase the BCD on crude sunflower oil from 12.5% to 25%; (4) Increase the BCD on refined sunflower oil of edible grade from 20% to 35%; (5) Increase the BCD on crude soya bean oil from 17.5% to 30%; (6) Increase the BCD on refined soya bean oil from 20% to 35%; (7) Increase the BCD on crude rapeseed oil including canola oil (Low erucic acid rapeseed oil), mustard oil and colza oil from 12.5% to 25%; (8) Increase the BCD on refined rapeseed oil including canola Oil (Low erucic acid rapeseed oil), mustard oil, and colza oil from 20% to 35%

·        Exchange Rates Notification No.110/2017-Custom (NT) dated 16.11.2017

·        Over-the-Counter Government Securities Transaction by Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) – Settlement Period

·        Secondary market transactions in Government Securities – Notional Short Sale

·        Agency Commission for GST receipt transactions

·        Implementation of UNSCR 2356 (2017), UNSCR 2371(2017) and UNSCR 2375 (2017) pertaining to Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)

·        Exim Bank's Government of India supported Line of Credit of USD 81 million to the Government of the Republic of Rwanda

·        Exim Bank's Government of India supported Line of Credit of USD 500 million to the SBM (Mauritius) Infrastructure Development Company Ltd.

·        Inclusion of “Utkarsh Small Finance Bank Limited” in the Second Schedule to the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934

·        Notification No. 96 of 2017/F. No. 203/33/2016/ITA-II : Section 35 of the Income-tax Act​