Remittances to IFSCs under the Liberalised Remittance Scheme now permitted for IFSC securities investment, subject to compliance.
Resident individuals are permitted to remit under the Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS) to make investments in securities within International Financial Services Centres (IFSCs) in India via AD Category I banks; investments must be in securities of IFSC entities only. Individuals may open non interest bearing Foreign Currency Accounts in IFSCs for such investments, subject to prompt repatriation of idle funds to domestic INR accounts and prohibition on using FCAs for domestic transactions. AD Category I banks must ensure compliance with LRS terms, reporting requirements and FEMA regulations, with contraventions addressed under RBI compounding rules.

IGST refund mismatch relief extended to pending shipping bills; CA certificate timelines and zonal reporting obligations imposed for affected financial years.
The Board extends the interim solution in Circular Nos. 12/2018 and 25/2019 to subsequent shipping bills, allowing sanction of pending IGST refunds stalled due to GSTR-1/GSTR-3B mismatch; taxpayers must provide CA certificates evidencing no discrepancy between refunded and paid IGST for the extended periods, and Customs zones must report GSTINs that have not submitted such certificates.

Electronic Certificate Management: import certificates must be filed and issued electronically with QR code and UDIN for verification.
Mandated online submission and processing of specified import certificate applications via the DGFT importer/exporter dashboard; certificates will be issued electronically with a QR code and a Unique Document Identification Number (UDIN) for electronic verification, with the process designed to be paperless and contactless though attested paper copies may be requested from the jurisdictional DGFT Regional Authority.

SGST refund monitoring through a grievance system requires online complaint handling, OTP verification, and disposal within working days.
Monitoring of SGST refund applications under the GST regime is to be carried out through a departmental Refund Grievance System for online complaint registration and tracking of delayed refund matters. Taxpayers may lodge complaints on the portal after OTP verification, and a unique reference number is generated on successful registration. The complaint reaches the concerned assessing authority, who must record approval or disapproval online, note reasons where disapproved, and dispose of each complaint within 10 working days. Reports are made available to supervisory officers for monitoring and compliance.

Self-certification under REX enables exporters to self-declare origin while requiring post-verification and prescribed fees and standard SOPs.
The Handbook of Procedures now recognises REX based self certification of Statements on Origin under the GSP Scheme and requires competent Local Authorities to perform post verification of self certified Certificates of Origin on request, with fees in Appendix 2K and TA/DA recoverable separately. Beneficiary countries must maintain a verification system and follow the Standard Operating Procedure for verification of eCoOs set out in Annex II to Appendix 2C; these provisions are inserted into paragraph 2.104(c) of Chapter 2.

Margin for Derivative Contracts: AD Category I banks may post and collect specified margins for cross border derivatives.
Authorised Dealer Category I banks may post and collect margin for permitted derivative contracts with non residents: in India in Indian currency, freely convertible foreign currency, government debt securities, and listed AAA rated rupee bonds; outside India in freely convertible foreign currency and sovereign debt securities with specified high credit ratings (lowest rating to be reckoned where multiple ratings exist). Banks may conduct such activity on own account or for customers, receive and pay interest on margin, and must maintain a separate account in the name of persons resident outside India for cash margin in India.

Suspension of registration for significant return discrepancies triggers portal notice and requires taxpayer reply before further cancellation action.
Immediate suspension of registration follows where return comparisons reveal significant discrepancies indicating contravention and threat to revenue; affected taxpayers receive an electronic intimation and notice on the portal or e mail, must reply online in the prescribed form addressing anomalies and may cure defects such as filing overdue returns. The jurisdictional proper officer reviews responses or expiry of the reply period and may revoke suspension or cancel registration, updating the GSTIN status accordingly; until dedicated portal functionality is ready, equivalent notices and replies will be handled through existing portal forms and dashboards.

GST applicability on uncleared cargo: bid amounts are cum-duty and no extra sums beyond the bid may be demanded.
Clearance of UCC cargo is effected by the custodian filing a Bill of Entry in the bidder's name, with customs duty and IGST assessed and paid by the custodian in that name. The sale proceeds are the cum-duty value because the duty portion is appropriated from the bid amount under the statutory appropriation mechanism. No amount beyond the bid value is demandable from the highest bidder; any additional taxes may be paid from the balance retained by the custodian, who must follow the appropriation procedure.

Sea cargo manifest compliance requires stakeholder registration, electronic declarations and prescribed bonds, with penalties for SCMTR contraventions.
Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment Regulations, 2018 require specified sea cargo stakeholders to register and electronically file applicable manifests, declarations and messages. Full mandatory compliance applies from 1 April 2021 following a transitional period for filing under the earlier regime. Authorised sea carriers and sea agents must file arrival and departure manifests and related notifications; other notified carriers must file Cargo Summary Notifications; and authorised transhippers must submit shipment requests and Customs Inland Manifests. Required National Container Bonds and National Transhipment Bonds must also be furnished. Contraventions may attract penalty.

SCMTR registration requires transhippers to register national bonds and foreign shipping line representatives to register as authorised sea carriers.
SCMTR requires Customs Brokers acting as other notified sea carriers to register as ANC, while licensed Customs Brokers and Authorised Economic Operators are exempt from the ANC bank-guarantee requirement. Custodians carrying out cargo transshipment must register as Authorised Transhippers and register a National Transhipper Bond, which is mandatory for transshipment manifests and inland transshipment messages and applies across India. Direct representatives of foreign shipping lines must register as Authorised Sea Carriers and provide the actual carrier or ASC PAN in manifests.

GST registration suspension addresses material return discrepancies, requiring taxpayer explanation before cancellation or restoration through prescribed online procedures.
GST registration may be suspended where return comparisons or other approved analysis disclose significant discrepancies or anomalies indicating contravention potentially leading to cancellation. The suspended person receives a notice stating reasons and must reply within thirty days through FORM GST REG-18, explaining discrepancies or showing compliance. Following the reply or expiry of the response period, the proper officer may drop proceedings and restore active status through FORM GST REG-20, or cancel registration through FORM GST REG-19. Revocation of suspension does not preclude detailed verification, recovery of short-paid tax, or fresh cancellation proceedings.

Tax-law implementation grievance redressal establishes a departmental committee to examine concerns and submit a prompt report.
Grievance redressal concerning implementation of tax laws is assigned to a committee chaired by an Assistant Commissioner and comprising two additional Assistant Commissioners. The committee is tasked with addressing concerns raised by tax professionals associations and trade bodies regarding tax-law implementation. It must submit its report within 15 days from its constitution, creating an internal departmental mechanism to examine and report on implementation-related grievances.

Specified authority under section 138 directs DGIT systems to verify PAN/Aadhaar and return income tax status flags.
The Board appoints the Director General of Income tax (Systems) as the specified authority under section 138(1)(a) to provide information to the Center for e Governance, Government of Karnataka. The Karnataka authority will supply PAN or Aadhaar with assessment year(s) to DGIT (Systems), which will respond with a "Yes/No/Not Available" income tax payee flag and the PAN against an Aadhaar where available.

Suspension of registration under CGST rules triggers notice, thirty-day reply requirement; proper officer may revoke or cancel.
Suspension of registration under sub-rule (2A) of rule 21A is to be effected where return comparisons show significant anomalies threatening revenue; intimation is sent in FORM GST REG-31 or published as FORM GST REG-17 on the portal. The taxpayer must reply within thirty days in FORM GST REG-18 explaining discrepancies or completing compliance. After reply or expiry, the proper officer reviews and may drop proceedings by FORM GST REG-20 or cancel registration by FORM GST REG-19, changing the GSTIN status to Active or Cancelled Suo-moto.

Government-supported Line of Credit enables export financing for a Maldives connectivity project, subject to Indian content and FEMA compliance.
A Government of India-supported Exim Bank Line of Credit finances exports for the Greater Male Connectivity project in Maldives, conditioned on Foreign Trade Policy eligibility and requiring that at least 75 percent of the contract price be supplied from India with up to 25 percent procured outside India. Shipments must be declared in the Export Declaration Form. No agency commission is payable under the LoC, though exporters may use their own funds or EEFC balances for commission remittances after full realization, subject to AD Category I bank compliance and existing instructions.

Suspension of registration where return discrepancies threaten revenue; electronic intimation and mandatory online reply may lead to revocation or cancellation.
Immediate suspension of registration applies where comparison of returns and supplier data reveals significant discrepancies threatening revenue, with electronic intimation of reasons and a requirement that the taxpayer explain why registration should not be cancelled within the prescribed reply period; taxpayers must respond online and the proper officer may revoke suspension or proceed to cancel registration after examining the response.

Agriculture Infrastructure and Development Cess requires mandatory exemption claims and revised electronic duty declarations for Bills of Entry.
Agriculture Infrastructure and Development Cess applies to imported goods unless an applicable exemption is claimed, and to petrol and high-speed diesel as excise AIDC. Bills of Entry must quote the relevant AIDC exemption notification, including for fully exempt goods. Customs AIDC claims require notification type "C" and additional duty flag "A", while excise AIDC claims require notification type "E" and additional duty flag "A". ICES incorporates the revised levy, exemptions and duty-calculation logic, requiring transitional verification of assessments and EDI calculations.

GST Appellate Tribunal appeal sanction is delegated for lower-value matters, while higher-value and composite orders require Headquarters decisions.
Additional Commissioners (Administration) and Deputy Commissioners (Administration), Anti-Evasion, are authorised to grant prior sanction for GST Appellate Tribunal appeals where the tax, input tax credit, differential amount, fine, fee, or penalty does not exceed the prescribed monetary threshold. The Headquarters retains the decision whether to appeal where that threshold is exceeded, including where a common appellate or revisional order decides multiple appeals and the amount involved in any one appeal exceeds the threshold.

End Use Certificate procedure for imported goods shifts to jurisdictional customs officers under the amended concessional duty rules.
Imported goods under the concessional duty regime require an End Use Certificate to be handled by the jurisdictional Deputy Commissioner of Customs or Assistant Commissioner of Customs under the Customs (Import of Goods at Concessional Rate of Duty) Rules, 2017. Notification No. 2/2021-Customs amended Notification No. 50/2017-Customs by substituting customs officers for earlier Central Tax or State Tax officers in specified entries and directing the jurisdictional customs officer to complete any pending action for earlier imports.

Revised disclosure formats for insiders under SEBI PIT Regulations require updated Forms B-D and dissemination by exchanges.
SEBI updated Forms B, C and D to incorporate inclusion of members of the promoter group and to replace the term employee with Designated Person, prescribing revised annexed templates for initial, continual and connected-person disclosures including reporting of open interest and derivative positions; stock exchanges must notify listed companies and publish the formats, while other previously stipulated conditions remain unchanged.