Goods and Services Tax

FEMA – 026 – Dated:- 3-10-2003 – Export of Goods and Services – Export of Books on Consignment Basis Reserve Bank of IndiaExchange Control DepartmentCentral OfficeMumbai 400 001 A.P.(DIR Series) Circular No.26 October 3, 2003 ToAll Authorised Dealers in Foreign Exchange Madam / Sirs, Export of Goods and Services – Export of Books on Consignment Basis Attention of Authorised Dealers is invited to paragraph A.11 of the Annexure to A.P.(DIR Series) Circular No.12 dated September 9, 2000 in terms of which the exporters intending to export goods on elongated credit terms may submit their proposals giving full particulars through their banks to Reserve Bank for consideration. 2. With a view to liberalising the procedure for export of books, it h

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FEMA – 022 – Dated:- 24-9-2003 – Export of Goods and Services – Payment of Claims by ECGC Reserve Bank of IndiaExchange Control DepartmentCentral OfficeMumbai 400 001 A.P.(DIR Series) Circular No.22 September 24, 2003 ToAll Authorised Dealers in Foreign Exchange Madam / Sirs, Export of Goods and Services – Payment of Claims by ECGC Attention of Authorised Dealers is invited to Paragraph C.17 of the annexure to A.P.(DIR Series) Circular No.12 dated September 9, 2000 in terms of which exporter is not absolved of the statutory obligation undertaken by him on the GR/SDF/PP/SOFTEX forms, to realise proceeds of the exports within prescribed period, even if the claim is settled by Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Ltd. (ECGC), under th

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FEMA – 099/2003 – Dated:- 27-8-2003 – Foreign Exchange Management (Export of Goods & Services) (Amendment) Regulations, 2003 RESERVE BANK OF INDIAEXCHANGE CONTROL DEPARTMENTCENTRAL OFFICEMUMBAI 400 001 Notification No.FEMA.99/2003-RB dated August 27, 2003 Published in the Official Gazette of Government of India – Extraordinary – Part-II, Section 3, Sub-Section (i) dated 29.09.2003 – G.S.R. No. 773(E) In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (a) of sub-section (1), sub-section (3) of Section 7 and sub-section (2) of Section 47 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (42 of 1999) and in partial modification of its Notification No.FEMA.23/2000-RB dated May 3, 2000 and Notification No.FEMA.36/2001-RB dated February 27, 2001, Rese

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FEMA – 012 – Dated:- 20-8-2003 – Export of Goods and Services Reserve Bank of IndiaExchange Control DepartmentCentral OfficeMumbai – 400 001 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.12 August 20, 2003 ToAll Authorised Dealers in Foreign Exchange Madam/Sirs, Export of Goods and Services Attention of authorised dealers is invited to A.P.(DIR Series) Circular No.12 dated August 28, 2002, in terms of which the facility for realisation and repatriation of full value of goods/software exported to the countries included in the list annexed to the above circular was extended for a period of one year from September 1, 2002. On a review, it has been decided to extend the above facility for a further period of one year with effect from September 1, 2003 to Augu

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FEMA – 100 – Dated:- 2-5-2003 – Export of Goods and Services- Exports to Warehouses Abroad Reserve Bank of IndiaExchange Control DepartmentCentral OfficeMumbai 400 001 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.100 May 2, 2003 ToAll Authorised Dealers in Foreign Exchange Madam/Sirs, Export of Goods and Services – Exports to Warehouses Abroad Attention of authorised dealers is invited to note B of paragraph C.6 of Annexure to A. P. (DIR Series) Circular No.12 dated September 9, 2000 in terms of which Reserve Bank on an application made to it may permit individual exporters to hire warehouses abroad, subject to certain conditions. 2. It has now been decided that authorised dealers may consider the applications received from exporters and grant permission

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FEMA – 094 – Dated:- 26-4-2003 – Export of Goods and Services – Export of goods on promotional grounds Reserve Bank of IndiaExchange Control DepartmentCentral OfficeMumbai 400 001. A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 94 April 26, 2003 To All Authorised Dealers in Foreign Exchange Madam/Sirs, Export of Goods and Services – Export of goods on promotional grounds Authorised Dealers are aware that Reserve Bank considers applications for grant of GR waiver from recognised and well established exporters for export of various items free of cost to the overseas buyer for export promotion. 2. With a view to facilitate expeditious disposal of such applications, it has now been decided that authorised dealers may henceforth consider such requests for expo

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FEMA – 091 – Dated:- 1-4-2003 – Export of Goods and Services – Facilities to Units in Special Economic Zones (SEZs) Reserve Bank of IndiaExchange Control DepartmentCentral OfficeMumbai 400 001 A.P.(DIR Series) Circular No.91 April 1, 2003 To All Authorised Dealers in Foreign Exchange Madam / Sirs, Export of Goods and Services – Facilities to Units in Special Economic Zones (SEZs) Attention of authorised dealers is invited to A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.28 dated March 30, 2001 and subsequent circulars issued extending various facilities to units in Special Economic Zones. It has been decided to extend the following facilities to the units located in the Special Economic Zones (SEZs) : – A. Realisation of export proceeds In terms of para 11(c) of AP (DIR Series) Circular No.28 dated March 30, 2001, units situated in Special Economic Zones have been permitted to realise and repatriate to India the full value of goods or software within a period of twelve months from the date of export.

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d to para. A.4 of Annexure to AP (DIR Series) Circular No.12 dated September 9, 2000 in terms of which the amount representing the full export value of goods exported shall be received through an authorised dealer in the manner specified in Notification No.FEMA. 14/2000-RB dated May 3, 2000 (Manner of Receipt & Payment) Regulations, 2000. It has been decided that payment of export may also be received by the Gem & Jewellery units in SEZs and EOUs in form of precious metals i.e. Gold / Silver / Platinum equivalent to value of jewellery exported on the condition that the sale contract provides for the same and the approximate value of the precious metal is indicated in the relevant GR/SDF/PP forms. D. Netting off of export receivables against import payments It has been decided that authorised dealers may allow requests received from exporters for netting off of export receivables against import payments for units located in Special Economic Zones subject to the following : (i) T

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hares to non-residents against import of capital goods subject to the following :- a. The valuation should be verified by a Committee consisting of Development Commissioner and the appropriate Customs officials. b. The SEZ units issuing equity in the above manner should report the particulars of the shares issued in the form FC-GPR prescribed under para 9 of Schedule I [Regulation 5(1)] to Notification No.FEMA.20/2000- RB dated May 3, 2000 to the concerned Regional Office under whose jurisdiction the SEZ falls, together with the copy of the valuation certificate. A copy of the report may be forwarded to Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, Udyog Bhavan, New Delhi-110 001. 2. Necessary amendments to the Foreign Exchange Management Regulations are being notified separately. 3. These facilities will be available in respect of the shipments made on or after April 1, 2003. 4. Authorised Dealers may bring the contents o

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FEMA – 033 – Dated:- 23-10-2002 – Export of Goods and Services Reserve Bank of IndiaExchange Control DepartmentCentral OfficeMumbai 400 001 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.33 October 23, 2002 To All Authorised Dealers in Foreign Exchange Madam/Sirs, Export of Goods and Services Attention of authorised dealers is invited to A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.6 dated September 24, 2001 and A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.2 dated July 4, 2002 in terms of which manufacturer exporters/merchant exporters/traders of certain products and having export contracts of Rs.100 crore and above in value terms in one year, have been allowed a period upto 365 days from the date of shipment for realisation and repatriation of full value of the export of products spec

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Service Tax – 661/52/2002 – Dated:- 11-9-2002 – Work distribution amongst various sections of CBEC Circular No. 661/52/2002-CX, dated 11-9-2002 F. No. 137/8/2001-CX.4 Government of India Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) Central Board of Excise & Customs, New Delhi Subject : Distribution of work amongst various sections of the CBEC It has been observed that though there is a clear cut distribution of work between the various Sections of the Board, the Commissioners do not follow these guidelines and matters relating to one Section are referred to another Section thereby causing confusion and delay. This is particularly so in respect of TRU. Since TRU is flooded with a number of references on technical matters from the Commissioners, they are not able to devote adequate time and resources to their assigned items of work. 2 .I am, therefore, directed to enclose herewith the detailed distribution of work amongst the various Technical Sections of the Board. This distri

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roducts Chapter 7 Edible vegetable and roots and tubers. Chapter 8 Edible fruit nuts; peel if citrus or melons. Chapter 9 Coffee, tea and spices Chapter 11 Products of the Milling industry; Malt; starches; insulin; wheat gluten Chapter 13 Lac; gums; resins and other vegetable saps and extracts. Chapter 14 Vegetable plating materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included Section IV Prepared Foodstuffs; Beverages and Vinegar Chapter 16 Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates. Chapter 17 Sugar and sugar confectionery. Chapter 18 Cocoa and Cocoa preparations. Chapter 19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastry cooks products. Chapter 20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit; nuts or other parts of plants. Chapter 21 Miscellaneous edible preparations. Chapter 22 Beverages, vinegar and spirits. Chapter 23 Residues and wastes from the food industries, prepared animal fodder. Section XI Textile and Textile Articles Ch

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ments; Parts and Accessories thereof. Chapter 90 Optical, Photographic, Cinematographic, Measuring, Checking, Precision, Medical or Surgical Instruments and apparatus; Parts and accessories thereof. Chapter 91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof. Chapter 92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles. Section XIX Arms and Ammunition; parts and accessories thereof. Chapter 93 Arms and Ammunition; parts and accessories thereof. Section XX Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles. Chapter 94 Furnitures, bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushion and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated sings, illuminated name-plates and the like; prefabricated buildings. Chapter 95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof. Chapter 96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles. 2. Legislative work [other than Finance Bill and the work entrusted to Commissioner (Leg & Judl)] 3. Amendments to the Centr

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lt; sulphur; clay and stone; plastering materials; lime and cement. 25 (d) Ores, slag and ash. 26 (e) Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; Mineral waxes. 27 (f) Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, or rare earth metals of radio active elements or isotopes. 28 (g) Organic chemicals. 29 (h) Pharmaceutical products 30 (i) Fertilizers. 31 (j) Tanning and dying extracts, tanning and their derivatives; dyes; paints and varnishes, putty, fillers and other mastics; inks. 32 (k) Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetics. 33 (l) Soap, organic surface-active agents washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, dental waxes and dental preparations with a basis of plaster. 34 (m) Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes. 35 (n) Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; p

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1955. 7. All complaints, representations and Parliament Question relating to the above. Section Officer Under Secretary Director (CX.3 & 9) Member (CX) Sh. S.K. Gandhi Sh. S.L. Meena Sh. A. K. Singh Tel : 3092534 Tel : 3092351 Tel : 3097931 Tel : 3094788 I.Com : 291 I.C. 365 I.Com : 274 I.Com : 262 3. CX-4 Section List of Subject :- I. Tariff Classification in respect of the following Tariff items :- No. Items Chapter 1. Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic materials; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard 47 2. Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp or of paperboard 48 3. Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry, manuscripts, typescripts and plants. 49 4. Footwear, gaiters and the parts of such articles. 64 5. Head-gear and parts thereof. 65 6. Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding crops parts thereof. 66 7. Artificial flowers; articles of human hair. 67 8. Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbes

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f; railway or Tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical traffic Signalling equipment of all kinds 86 26. Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stocks, and parts and accessories thereof. 87 27. Aircraft; spacecrafts and parts thereof. 88 28. Ships, boats and floating structures. 89 II. Work relating to framing of procedure for assessment and collection of Service Tax and other matter relating thereto, including exemptions, both general and ad-hoc under Section 93(1)/93(2) of the Finance Act, 1994. III. Fixing targets for Service Tax collections. IV. Work relating to 11C notification and granting ad-hoc exemption under section 5A(2) from payment of Central Excise duty in respect of goods covered by (I) above. V. Work relating to granting of permission for sale of vehicles purchased in India by Diplomats etc. VI. All complaints, representations and Parliament Questions relating to the above items of work. Section Officer Under Secretary Director (CX.4) Mem

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Questions relating to the above items of work. Section Officer Under Secretary Director (CX.6) Member (CX) Sh. R.K. Bhoria Sh. M.G. Thamizh Valavan Sh. S.M. Bhatnagar Sh. A.K. Singh Tel : 3092843 Tel : 3092829 Tel : 3093874 Tel : 3094788 I.Com : 346 I.Com : 208 I.Com : 227 I.Com : 262 6. CX-7 Section (located in JeevanDeepBuilding) List of subject :- 1. Draft Audit Paras/Audit Paras on Central Excise. 2. C & AG Reports on Central Excise. 3. Public Accounts Committee Reports and Tours on Central Excise. 4. Financial sanction of expenses on tours of PAC relating to Central Excise Paras. 5. Coordination with Monitoring Cell for Central Excise paras. 6. Policy relating to what files or records are to be made available to C&AG/CERA. Under Secretary Director (CX.7) Commissioner (PAC) Member (CX) Sh. Sandeep Puri Sh. Ram Tirath V.K. Sharma Sh. A.K. Singh Tel : 3360813 Tel : 3360581 Tel : 3341072 Tel : 3094788 I.Com 253 I.Com : 205 I.C. 202 I.Com : 262 7. CX-8 Section List of subject

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r; Settlement of their fees/terms and conditions and related works. References received from MPs/ VIPs and Ministers relating to above mentioned cases. (b) Reimbursement of legal expenses to non-gazetted employees under CBEC. (c) Monitoring of disposal of appeals by Commissioner (Appeals). (d) All Court cases in Supreme Court (other than those arising out of CEGAT orders) (e) Reports & Returns relating to Central Excise Court cases and revenue involvement. (f) Examination of proposals received under Kar Vivad Samadhan Scheme. (g) Parliament Questions & other miscellaneous matters relating to the above items of work. Senior Analyst Under Secretary Director Jt. Secretary Member (L&J) Sh. Sampath K.S. Sharma Ameeta Suri Lakhinder Singh Mahendra Prasad Tel. 3093164 3092643 3092349 3092747 3094828 I.C. 239 353 224 335 9. CX-9 Section List of Subject :- 1. Coordination of work in the Central Excise, Technical wing. 2. Customs and Central Excise Advisory Council. 3. Regional Advis

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ll Complaints, representations and Parliament Question relating to above items of work. 18. Excise Revenue arrears against companies. 19. Deferment of arrears of revenues against sick industrial units. 20. Brief for the Economic Editors Conferences. 21. Excise Relief Scheme. Section Officer Under Secretary Director Member (CX) Sh. Sunil Garg Sh. R.K. Kirtania Sh. S.L. Meena Sh. A.K. Singh Tel : 3094162 Tel : 3093476 Tel : 3094793 Tel : 3094788 I.Com : 249 I.Com : 217 I.Com : 274 I.Com : 262 10. Tax Research Unit (TRU) List of Subjects :- 1. All request from trade and recommendations from other Departments of the Governments seeking general exemption from Customs and Central Excise duties. 2. Issue of notifications under Section 5A(1) of the Central Excise Act, 1944 and under Section 25(1) of the Customs Act, 1962. 3. Issue of notifications under Section 5A(i) of the Central Excise Act and under Section 25(i) of the Customs Act to clarify the scope and applicability of exemption notific

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ating to the above items of work. Under Secretary Director/D.S. J.S. (TRU) Chairman/Member (Budget) Amitabh Sh. Kumar Sh. Sanjeev Sachdeva Sh. Gautam Ray Sh. M.K. Zutshi Tel : 3093075 Tel : 3092236 Tel : 3092687 Tel : 3092849 I.Com 343 I.Com : 295 I.Com : 360 I.C. 355 Suresh Sh. Kumar Shri Alok Shukla Tel : 3094806 Tel : 3092753 I.Com 340 I.Com : 349 Sh. Ataur Rehman Shri Gautam Bhattacharya Tel : 3094693 Tel : 3092634 I.Com 340 I.Com : 386 Sh. S.M. Tata Dr. Vijay P. Goel Tele : 3093075 Tel : 3093361 I.Com : 261 I.Com : 245 Sh. G.D. Lohani Tel : 3094819 I.Com : 397 Sh. Vivek Prasad Tel : 3093075 I.Com : 340 Sh. Aman Kumar Singh Tel : 3094693 I.Com : 340 Sh. D.K. Pandey Tel : 3094973 I.Com : 344 Ms. Kanchana V. Ghosh Tel : 3094973 I.Com : 344 11. Customs-III Section List of subjects :- 1. Monitoring the performance of the field formations of Customs: Review of Monthly Technical Reports and revenue trends; Arrears of Customs duty; performance in the identified key areas

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10. Arrears of Customs duty. 11. Co-ordination of work on behalf of the Customs Wing (compilations of statements of pending VIP references, Parliamentary Assurances, implementation of Annual Action Plan, other periodical returns, reports of various Committees). 12. Co-ordination and monitoring of work relating to complaints/grievances from the trade citing specific instances (other than general issues) 13. Co-ordination of work regarding Estimates Committee and other Committees of Parliament, their study tours and the related work. 14. Reports and returns regarding Trade Statistics. 15. All miscellaneous matters concerning Customs that concern more than only one particular Section. 16. Parliament Questions relating to the above items of work and Parliament Question requiring information from two or more sections in Customs wing. Section Officer Under Secretary Director (Customs) Member (Cus/EP) Sh. N. Acharya Sh. D.S. Garbyal Sh. P.K. Mohanty Dr. U.K. Sen Tel. No. 3093147 Tel. No. 309

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omplex, ICDs/CFSs/Post Offices etc. 14. Customs privileges and exemption for (a) the President of India and the Governors of States; (b) Diplomatic Corps. (c) UN and Specialised Agencies like UNDP, UNICEF, FAO etc. (d) League of Arab States Mission and Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Afro-Asian Rural Reconstruction Organisation, US AID Mission and Ford Foundation. (e) Foreign Experts coming under Bilateral Technical Cooperation Agreements with Government of India. (f) Agencies Co-ordinating grant of aid on behalf of foreign countries (such as OECF, Japan; GTZ, Germany; CIDA, Canada etc. (g) I.F.S. Officers and other category of officers on deputation to foreign Governments. 15. Sale /Disposal of duty free goods/ cars by privileged persons. 16. Matters concerning Customs and Central Excise Advisory Council. 17. Customs Advisory Committee and Port Advisory Committee. 18. The work relating to meetings of various Standing Committees, such as, = High Powered Committee on Reduction

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ixation of tariff values 3. Fixation of Exchange rates for foreign currencies. 4. Parliament Questions relating to the above items of work. Section Officer Under Secretary Director Member (Cus/EP) R.P. Singh N.J. Kumaresh S.K. Sinha Dr. U.K. Sen 3093380 3092417 I.C. 361 229 290 207 14. Customs – VI List of Subjects :- 1. Supreme Court cases pertaining to Customs. 2. Baggage Rules, Transfer of Residence Rules, Tourist Baggage Rules. 3. Customs facilities and protocol for VIPs at International Airports. 4. Customs procedures for clearance of passengers at Airports. 5. Integrity Management at the Airports – Handling complaints against the staff and officers of Customs posted at the international Airports. 6. Policy relating to import of gold and silver, import of fire arms, etc. 7. Customs House Agents Licensing Regulations. 8. Port Trust Act, Arms Act, Antiquities Act and other allied Acts. 9. Write off/abandonment of claims with regard to irrecoverable duties and penalties and fines. 10

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connected with aforesaid items. Section Officer Under Secretary Director Member (Cus/EP) Prem Lata Kaushik N.K. Sinha(OSD) S.K. Sinha Dr. U.K. Sen Tel. : 3360473 3360473 3093380 3092417 I.C. 239 230 290 207 16. Customs Tariff Unit List of Subject :- 1. Classification of goods imported and exported for the purpose of assessment to duty, interpretation of exemption notifications, and issue of Tariff Advices and instructions relating thereto. 2. Customs Tariff and any Legislative and other preparatory work relating to its updating. 3. Conference of Commissioners of Customs on Tariffs and Allied matters. 4. Legislative work relating to administration and levy of anti-dumping, counter vailing and Safeguard duties; all WTO matters relating to these subjects. 5. Work relating to Harmonised Systems Committee of WCO. 6. Project Imports. 7. Parliament Questions, Draft Audit Paragraphs, Audit Reports and Public Accounts Committee Reports relating to excess/ short levy of customs duty arising out

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g to enforcement aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs), particularly with regard to border measures. S.T.O.(FTT) Director (Customs) Member (Cus/EP) C.P. Goyal Sh. P.K. Mohanty Dr. U.K. Sen Tel. No. 3093859 Tel. No. 3093908 Tel. No. 3092417 I.Com. 362 I.Com. 275 I.Com. 207 18. Drawback Directorate (located in Jeevan Deep Building) List of Subject :- 1. All matters concerning Drawback under the Customs Act, 1962. 2. Duty exemption against Advance Licences, DEPB (Duty Entitlement Passbook Scheme), Special Imprest Licences (Deemed export), capital goods export promotion licences (EPCG), DFRC (Duty Free Replenishment Certificate). 3. Issue of exemption notifications relating to the above schemes. 4. Coordination with Ministry of Commerce regarding the above schemes. 5. Drawback u/s 74 of the Customs Act. 6. Parliament Question, Draft Audit Paras, PAC matters, Returns, Statistics, Reports, Miscellaneous items on the above Subjects. Under Secretary Director Joint Secretary Member (Cu

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of briefs for various conferences/meeting on anti-smuggling. 8. Policy and Analysis on the disposal of confiscated goods. 9. Analysis of monthly reports (Master Reports) received from various Commissionerates. 10. Examination of offering of comments for various important matters such as creation of Special Courts for the trial and economic offences, delegation of Customs Powers to Police Officers etc. 11. Analysis and Evaluation of anti-smuggling measures in the context of the intelligence and the preventive arrangements. 12. To deal with reference regarding anti-smuggling matters received from other Section/Department/Ministers. 13. Purchase of boats, launches, X-ray machines and other anti-smuggling equipments. 14. Supply of arms ammunition. 15. Supply replacement of vehicles and equipments. 16. Framing of reward policy (for Customs, Central Excise and Narcotics cases). 17. References on allotment of confiscated weapons. 18. References/representations relating to rewards on the Custo

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Court and presence of responsible officers at the time of hearing in the Supreme Court. 7. Follow up action where judgments of CEGAT are accepted. 8. Issue of implemental or other instructions. 9. Initiating remedial action, legislative or otherwise. 10. Monitoring of the work of Departmental Representative posted in Tribunal. 11. Concept of unjust enrichment in the matter of refund of Central Excise and Customs duties and related matters. 12. Settlement of disputes between one Govt. department and another and one Govt. department and public sector undertaking.(COD matters) Section Officer Under Secy. Director (Review) Jt. Secy. Member (L&J) Ramphal Sungita Sharma Nisha Malhotra Mahendra Prasad Tel : 3092498 3092656 3094028 3092262 3094828 I.C. 760 759 294 319 335 21. International Customs Division (ICD) List of Subject :- 1. Work relating to the World Customs Organisation including WCO Region for Asia and Pacific (Work relating to Harmonised System Committee of WCO dealing with ta

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Central Excise – 661/52/2002 – Dated:- 11-9-2002 – Circular No. 661/52/2002-CX, Dt. 11/09/2002Distribution of work amongst various sections of the CBEC It has been observed that though there is a clear cut distribution of work between the various Sections of the Board, the Commissioners do not follow these guidelines and matters relating to one Section are referred to another Section thereby causing confusion and delay. This is particularly so in respect of TRU. Since TRU is flooded with a number of references on technical matters from the Commissioners, they are not able to devote adequate time and resources to their assigned items of work.2. I am, therefore, directed to enclose herewith the detailed distribution of work amongst the various Technical Sections of the Board. This distribution of work has been extracted from the Induction Material, Notes on the Functioning of the Various Divisions , issued by the Internal Work Study Unit of the Government of India, Ministry of Finance,

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roducts Chapter 2 Meat and edible meat offal. Chapter 3 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates. Chapter 4 Dairy products; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included. Chapter 5 Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included. Section II Vegetable Products Chapter 7 Edible vegetable and roots and tubers. Chapter 8 Edible fruit nuts; peel if citrus or melons. Chapter 9 Coffee, tea and spices Chapter 11 Products of the Milling industry; Malt; starches; insulin; wheat gluten Chapter 13 Lac; gums; resins and other vegetable saps and extracts. Chapter 14 Vegetable plating materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included Section IV Prepared Foodstuffs; Beverages and Vinegar Chapter 16 Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates. Chapter 17 Sugar and sugar confectionery. Chapter 18 Cocoa and Cocoa preparations. Chapter 19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk;

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knitted or crocheated. Chapter 62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories not knitted or crocheated. Chapter 63 Other made up textile articles. Section XVIII Optical, Photographic, Cinematographic, Measuring, Checking, Precision, Medical Or Surgical Instruments and Apparatus, Clocks and Watches; Musical Instruments; Parts and Accessories thereof. Chapter 90 Optical, Photographic, Cinematographic, Measuring, Checking, Precision, Medical Or Surgical Instruments and apparatus; Parts and accessories thereof. Chapter 91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof. Chapter 92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles. Section XIX Arms and Ammunition; parts and accessories thereof. Chapter 93 Arms and Ammunition; parts and accessories thereof. Section XX Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles. Chapter 94 Furnitures, bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushion and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated sings.

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X-3 Section List of Subjects: 1. Tariff Classification in respect of the following goods :- Description of goods Chapter a) Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes. 15 b) Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes. 24 c) Salt; sulphur; clay and stone; plastering materials; lime and cement. 25 d) Ores, slag and ash. 26 e) Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; Mineral waxesl. 27 f) Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, or rare earth metals of radio active elements or isotopes. 28 g) Organic chemicals. 29 h) Pharmaceutical products 30 i) Fertilizers. 31 j) Tanning and dying extracts, tanning and their derivatives; dyes; paints and varnishes, putty, fillers and other mastics; inks. 32 k) Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetics. 33 l) Soap, organic surface-active agents washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificia

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General procedure relating to holding of Tariff Conference. 5. Work relating to Section 11C of C.E & Salt Act, 1944 and Rule 5A(2) of C.E. Act 1944 in respect of goods mentioned at item (1) above. 6. Work relating to Medicinal and Toilet Preparation (Excise Duties) Act, 1955. 7. All complaints, representations and Parliament Question relating to the above. Section Officer Under Secretary Director (CX.3 &9) Member (CX) Sh. S.K. Gandhi Tel: 3092534I.Com: 291 Tel: 3092351I.C. 365 Sh. S.L.Meena Tel: 3097931I.Com: 274 Sh. A. K. SinghTel: 3094788I.Com: 262 3. CX – 4 Section List of Subject; I. Tariff Classification in respect of the following Tariff items:- Items Chapter No. 1. Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic materials; waste and scrap of paper of paperboard 47 2. Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp or of paperboard 48 3. Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry, manuscripts, typescripts and plants. 49 4. Footwear, gaiters

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machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof. 84 24. Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles. 85 25. Railway of tramway locomotives, rolling-stocks and parts thereof; railway or Tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical traffic Signalling equipment of all kinds 86 26. Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stocks, and parts and accessories Thereof. 87 27. Aircraft; spacecrafts and parts thereof. 88 28. Ships, boats and floating structures. 89 II. Work relating to framing of procedure for assessment and collection of Service Tax and other matter relating thereto, including exemptions, both general and ad-hoc under Section 93(1)/ 93(2) of the Finance Act, 1994. III. Fixing targets for Service Tax collections. IV. Work relating to 11C notification and granting ad-hoc exemption under section 5A(2) from payment of Central Excise duty in respect of goods covered by

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licy concerning anti-evasion, prosecution, approval of action plan of Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence, submission of periodical reports and returns concerning preventive work etc. 5. All complaints, representations and Parliament Questions relating to the above items of work. Section Officer Under Secretary Director (CX.6) Member (CX) Sh. R.K.BhoriaTel: 3092843I.Com:346 Sh. M.G.Thamizh ValavanTel:3092829I.Com:208 Sh. S.M. BhatnagarTel: 3093874I.Com: 227 Sh. A.K. SinghTel: 3094788I.Com: 262 6. CX-7 Section ( located in JeevanDeepBuilding) List of subject :- 1. Draft Audit Paras/Audit Paras on Central Excise. 2. C&AG Reports on Central Excise 3. Public Accounts Committee Reports and Tours on Central Excise 4. Financial sanction of expenses on tours of PAC relating to Central Excise Paras 5. Coordination with Monitoring Cell for Central Excise paras 6. Policy relating to what files or records are to be made available to C&AG/CERA. Under Secretary Director (CX.7)

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h Tel: 3092534 Tel:3092357 Tel:3093874 Tel:3094788 I.Com:391 I.Com 365 I.Com: 227 I.Com:262 8. CX- 8A/Legal Cell List of subject: – (a) Engagement/ appointment of Counsels/ Special Public Prosecutor; Settlement of their fees/ terms and conditions and related works. References received from MPs/ VIPs and Ministers relating to above mentioned cases. (b) Reimbursement of legal expenses to non-gazetted employees under CBEC. (c) Monitoring of disposal of appeals by Commissioner(Appeals). (d) All Court cases in Supreme Court (other than those arising out of CEGAT orders) (e) Reports & Returns relating to Central Excise Court cases and revenue involvement. (f) Examination of proposals received under Kar Vivad Samadhan Scheme. (g) Parliament Questions & other miscellaneous matters relating to the above items of work. Senior Analyst Under Secretary Director Jt. Secretary Member(L&J ) Sh.Sampath K.S.Sharma Ameeta Suri Lakhinder Singh Mahendra Prasad Tel 3093164 3092643 3092349 309274

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. Matters relating to the Administrative Reforms Commission. 15. Tax Credit Excise Duty Scheme. 16. Any other work of a miscellaneous nature not specifically allotted to any other Section. 17. All Complaints, representations and Parliament Question relating to above items of work. 18. Excise Revenue arrears against companies. 19. Deferment of arrears of revenues against sick industrial units. 20. Brief for the Economic Editors Conferences. 21. Excise Relief Scheme. Section Officer Under Secretary Director Member (CX) Sh. Sunil Garg Sh. R.K.Kirtania Sh. S.L.Meena Sh. A. K. Singh Tel: 3094162 Tel: 3093476 Tel: 3094793 Tel:3094788 I.Com:249 I.Com 217 I.Com 274 I.Com: 262 10. Tax Research Unit(TRU) List of Subjects: 1. All request from trade and recommendations from other Departments of the Governments seeking general exemption from Customs and Central Excise duties. 2. Issue of notifications under Section 5A(1) of the Central Excise Act,1944 and under Section 25(1) of the Customs Act,1962

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revenue targets. 15. All work relating to levy of Anti-dumping duties/safeguard duties. 16. International Agreements – their tariff related work. 17. Parliament Questions relating to the above items of work. Under Secretary Director/D.S. J.S.(TRU) Chairman/Member(Budget) Sh. Amitabh Kumar Tel:3093075 I.Com 343 Sh. Sanjeev Sachdeva Tel:3092236 I.Com:295 Sh. Gautam Ray Tel:3092687 I.ComS:360 Sh.M.K. Zutshi Tel: 3092849 I.C. 355 Sh. Suresh Kumar Tel:3094806 I.Com 340 Shri Alok Shukla Tel: 3092753 I.Com:349 Sh. Ataur Rehman Tel:30994693 I.Com 340 Shri Gautam Bhattacharya Tel:3092634 I.Com:386 Sh. S.M. Tata Tele:3093075 I.ComS: 261 Dr. Vijay P. Goel Tel: 3093361 I.Com:245 Sh.G.D. Lohani Tel: 3094819 I..Com:397 Sh. Vivek Prasad Tel:3093075 I.Com:340 Sh. Aman Kumar Singh Tel:3094693 SI.Com:340 Sh. D.K. Pandey Tel: 3094973 I.Com:344 Ms. Kanchana V. Ghosh Tel:3094973 I.Com:344 11 .Customs – III Section List of subjects:- 1. Monitoring the performance of the field formations of Customs: Review

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tions under Section 11 of the Customs Act,1962 ( including importability of books, periodicals, publications etc.) 10. Arrears of Customs duty. 11. Co-ordination of work on behalf of the Customs Wing (compilations of statements of pending VIP references, Parliamentary Assurances, implementation of Annual Action Plan, other periodical returns, reports of various Committees). 12. Co-ordination and monitoring of work relating to complaints / grievances from the trade citing specific instances (other than general issues) 13. Co-ordination of work regarding Estimates Committee and other Committees of Parliament, their study tours and the related work. 14. Reports and returns regarding Trade Statistics 15. All miscellaneous matters concerning Customs that concern more than only one particular Section 16. Parliament Questions relating to the above items of work and Parliament Question requiring information from two or more sections in Customs wing. Section Officer Under Secretary Director (Cu

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ities. 13. Complaints of delay in clearance of goods or sanction of refunds at ports/Air Cargo Complex, ICDs/CFSs/Post Offices etc. 14. Customs privileges and exemption for (a) the President of India and the Governors of States; (b) Diplomatic Corps. (c) UN and Specialised Agencies like UNDP, UNICEF, FAO etc. (d) League of Arab States Mission and Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Afro-Asian Rural Reconstruction Organisation, US AID Mission and Ford Foundation. (e) Foreign Experts coming under Bilateral Technical Cooperation Agreements with Government of India. (f) Agencies Co-coordinating grant of aid on behalf of foreign countries (such as OECF, Japan; GTZ, Germany; CIDA, Canada etc. (g) I.F.S. Officers and other category of officers on deputation to foreign Governments. 15. Sale /Disposal of duty free goods/ cars by privileged persons. 16. Matters concerning Customs and Central Excise Advisory Council 17. Customs Advisory Committee and Port Advisory Committee. 18. The work rel

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ormulation of ad-hoc exemption policy. 2. Valuation under Customs Act, 1962 including fixation of tariff values 3. Fixation of Exchange rates for foreign currencies. 4. Parliament Questions relating to the above items of work. Section Officer Under Secretary Director Member (Cus/EP) R.P.Singh N.J.Kumaresh S.K.Sinha Dr. U.K.Sen 3093380 3092417 I.C. 361 229 290 207 14. Customs-VI List of Subjects: – 1. Supreme Court cases pertaining to Customs. 2. Baggage Rules, Transfer of Residence Rules, Tourist Baggage Rules. 3. Customs facilities and protocol for VIPs at International Airports. 4. Customs procedures for clearance of passengers at Airports. 5. Integrity Management at the Airports – Handling complaints against the staff and officers of Customs posted at the international Airports. 6. Policy relating to import of gold and silver, import of fire arms, etc. 7. Customs House Agents Licensing Regulations. 8. Port Trust Act, Arms Act, Antiquities Act and other allied Acts. 9. Write off/ aba

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es. 9. Parliament Question, Draft Audit Paras, PAC matters an other work connected with aforesaid items. Section Officer Under Secretary Director Member (Cus/EP) Prem Lata Kaushik N.K.Sinha(OSD) S.K.Sinha Dr U.K.Sen Tel: 3360473 3360473 3093380 3092417 I.C. 239 230 290 207 16. Customs Tariff Unit List of Subject: – 1. Classification of goods imported and exported for the purpose of assessment to duty, interpretation of exemption notifications, and issue of Tariff Advices and instructions relating thereto. 2. Customs Tariff and any Legislative and other preparatory work relating to its updating. 3. Conference of Commissioners of Customs on Tariffs and Allied matters. 4. Legislative work relating to administration and levy of anti-dumping, counter vailing and Safeguard duties; all WTO matters relating to these subjects. 1. Work relating to Harmonised Systems Committee of WCO. 2. Project Imports 7. Parliament Questions, Draft Audit Paragraphs, Audit Reports and Public Accounts Committee R

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. 5. Meetings of FIPB, BOA, IMSC etc. 6. All matters relating to enforcement aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs), particularly with regard to border measures. S.T.O.(FTT) Director (Customs) Member (Cus/EP) C.P. Goyal Sh. P.K. Mohanty Dr. U.K. Sen Tel.No.3093859 Tel.No.3093908 Tel. No.3092417 I.Com.362 I.Com.275 I.Com.207 18. Drawback Directorate ( located in Jeevan Deep Building) List of Subject:- 1. All matters concerning Drawback under the Customs Act, 1962. 2. Duty exemption against Advance Licences, DEPB (Duty Entitlement Passbook Scheme), Special Imprest Licences (Deemed export), capital goods export promotion licenes (EPCG), DFRC (Duty Free Replenishment Certificate), 3. Issue of exemption notifications relating to the above schemes 4. Ccoordination with Ministry of Commerce regarding the above schemes. 5. Drawback u/s 74 of the Customs Act. 6. Parliament Question, Draft Audit Paras, PAC matters, Returns, Statistics, Reports, Miscellaneous items on the above Subjects.

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Public Accounts Committee etc. 7. Preparation of briefs for various conferences/meeting on anti-smuggling. 8. Policy and Analysis on the disposal of confiscated goods. 9. Analysis of monthly reports (Master Reports) received from various Commissionerates. 10. Examination of offering of comments for various important matters such as creation of Special Courts for the trial and economic offences, delegation of Customs Powers to Police Officers etc. 11. Analysis and Evaluation of anti-smuggling measures in the context of the intelligence and the preventive arrangements. 12. To deal with reference regarding anti-smuggling matters received from other Section / Department/ Ministers. 13. Purchase of boats, launches., X-ray machines and other anti-smuggling equipments 14. Supply of arms ammunition. 15. Supply replacement of vehicles and equipments. 16. Framing of reward policy ( for Customs, Central Excise and Narcotics cases). 17. References on allotment of confiscated weapons. 18. Reference

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the Advocates; handling appeals in Supreme Court and presence of responsible officers at the time of hearing in the Supreme Court. 7. Follow up action where judgements of CEGAT are accepted. 8. Issue of implemental or other instructions. 9. Initiating remedial action, legislative or otherwise. 10. Monitoring of the work of Departmental Representative posted in Tribunal. 11. Concept of unjust enrichment in the matter of refund of Central Excise and Customs duties and related matters. 12. Settlement of disputes between one Govt. department and another and one Govt. department and public sector undertaking.(COD matters) Section Officer Under Secy Director(Review) Jt. Secy. Member (L&J) Ramphal Sungita Sharma Nisha Malhotra Mahendra Prasad Tel: 3092498 3092656 3094028 3092262 3094828 I.C. 760 759 294 319 335 21.International Customs Division (ICD) List of Subject: – 1. Work relating to the World Customs Organisation including WCO Region for Asia and Pacific (Work relating to Harmonise

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ll Correspondence with foreign Customs Administrations. 9. Processing of Nominations for deputation of officers to attend trainings/seminars on Customs matters in foreign countries. 10. World Trade Organisation [ other than issues relating to Rules of Origin ] 11. Parliament Question/VIP references relating to the above subjects. Reports and Statements relating to above matters. Director (ICD) Joint Secretary(Customs) Member (Cust/EP) S.K.Sinha P.C.Jha Dr. U.K.Sen Tel: 3093380 3092978 3092417 I.C. 290 380 207 Dated 29.8.2002 Sub: Work distribution in the Board Please find enclosed the work distribution of different sections of CBEC. This is based on Ministry s Induction material brought out by the IWSU in 1999. As decided by the Board it is proposed to circulate this to the field formations so that references from the field are sent to the correct section. Please check up the work allotment of your section(s). It may need some amendment/updation to make it more focused. Please also ind

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FEMA – 013 – Dated:- 6-9-2002 – Export of goods and services against repayment of State Credits granted by erstwhile Soviet Union Reserve Bank of IndiaExchange Control DepartmentCentral OfficeMumbai – 400 001 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.13 September 6, 2002 To, All Authorised Dealers in Foreign Exchange Madam/Sirs, Export of goods and services against repayment of State Credits granted by erstwhile Soviet Union Attention of all authorised dealers is drawn to A.D. (G.P.Series) Circular No.11 dated June 15, 1998, in terms of which reimbursement claims sent to Reserve Bank where the documents are negotiated within the validity of letters of credit (LCs), are honoured by the Bank subject to the condition that claim is received not later than

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ved after expiry of the stipulated period will be considered only on receipt of fresh confirmation from BFEA. 4. Notice to Exporters No.1 dated September 6, 2002 is enclosed, the contents of which may be brought to the notice of your constituents who are engaged in export trade with Russian Federation. 5. The directions contained in the circular have been issued under Section 10(4) and Section 11(1) of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (42 of 1999). Yours faithfully, Grace Koshie Chief General Manager Notice to Exporters No.1 of 2002 Under the Banking Arrangement dated 6th September, 1993 concluded between Reserve Bank of India(RBI) and the Bank for Foreign Economic Affairs of the USSR, Moscow (BFEA), repayment of State Credits is m

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FEMA – 012 – Dated:- 28-8-2002 – Export of Goods and Services RESERVE BANK OF INDIAEXCHANGE CONTROL DEPARTMENTCENTRAL OFFICEMUMBAI – 400 001 A.P.(DIR Series) Circular No.12 August 28, 2002 To All Authorised Dealers in Foreign Exchange Madam / Sirs, Export of Goods and Services Attention of all authorised dealers is invited to A.P.(DIR Series) Circular No. 5 dated August 27, 2001 in terms of which a period of 360 days from the date of shipment was allowed as a temporary measure from September 1, 2001 for realisation and repatriation of full value of goods/software exported to the countries included in the list annexed to the above circular. On a review, it has been decided to extend the facility for a further period of one year with effect

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FEMA – 010 – Dated:- 14-8-2002 – Export of Goods and Services – Facilities to units in Special Economic Zones (SEZs) Reserve Bank of IndiaExchange Control DepartmentCentral OfficeMumbai 400 001 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.10 August 14, 2002 To, All Authorised Dealers in Foreign Exchange Madam/Sirs, Export of Goods and Services – Facilities to units in Special Economic Zones (SEZs) Attention of authorised dealers is invited to paragraph C.7 of A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.12 dated September 9,2000 in terms of which authorised dealers have been advised to accede, in certain cases, to the requests of exporters for despatch of documents direct to the consignee. It has now been decided that authorised dealers may permit units in Special Econ

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FEMA – 002 – Dated:- 4-7-2002 – Export of Goods and Services RESERVE BANK OF INDIAEXCHANGE CONTROL DEPARTMENTCENTRAL OFFICEMUMBAI – 400 001 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.2 July 4, 2002 To, All Authorised Dealers in Foreign Exchange Madam/Sirs, Export of Goods and Services Attention of all authorised dealers is invited to A.P.(DIR Series) Circular No.6 dated 24th September 2001 in terms of which manufacturer exporters of certain products and having export contracts of Rs.100 crore and above in v

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FEMA – 038/2002 – Dated:- 12-4-2002 – Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 – Export of goods and services – Reduction in value RESERVE BANK OF INDIAEXCHANGE CONTROL DEPARTMENTCENTRAL OFFICEMUMBAI-400 001 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.38 April 12, 2002 To, All Authorised Dealers in Foreign Exchange Madam/Sirs, Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 – Export of goods and services – Reduction in value Attention of authorised dealers is invited to item (i) of paragraph C.12(b) of A.P. (DIR Series)

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FEMA – 057/2002 – Dated:- 1-4-2002 – Foreign Exchange Management (Export of Goods and Services) (Amendment) Regulations, 2002 RESERVE BANK OF INDIA(EXCHANGE CONTROL DEPARTMENT)CENTRAL OFFICEMUMBAI 400 001 Notification No. FEMA57/2002-RB Dated April 01, 2002 Published in the Official Gazette of Government of India – Extraordinary – Part-II, Section 3, Sub-Section (i) dated 08.07.2002 – G.S.R. No. 473(E) In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (a) of sub-section (1), sub-section (3) of Section 7 and sub-section (2) of Section 47 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (42 of 1999) and in partial modification of its Notification No. FEMA 23/2000-RB dated 3rd May 2000, Reserve Bank of India makes the following amendments in the Fore

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FEMA – 035/2002 – Dated:- 1-4-2002 – Export of Goods and Services – Facilities to Status Holder Exporters RESERVE BANK OF INDIAEXCHANGE CONTROL DEPARTMENTCENTRAL OFFICEMUMBAI 400 001 A.P.(DIR Series) Circular No.35 April 01, 2002 To All Authorised Dealers in Foreign Exchange Madam /Sirs, Export of Goods and Services – Facilities to Status Holder Exporters Attention of authorised dealers is invited to A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 12 dated September 9, 2000, containing directions regarding Export of Goods and Services. 2. With a view to simplifying the procedures regarding exports, it has been decided to extend the following facilities to the exporters with proven track record who have been certified as Status Holder Exporters in terms of

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nitoring purposes, by the exporters within 21 days from the date of shipment of export, ii. Enhancement in normal period for realisation of export proceeds – In terms of the second proviso made to Regulation 9 of Notification No.FEMA 23/2000-RB dated May 3, 2000,the Reserve Bank has been empowered to extend the period of six months for realisation and repatriation of export proceeds to India. It has now been decided that the exporters with proven track record who have been certified as Status Holder in terms of the EXIM Policy, realise and repatriate the full value of export proceeds within a period of twelve months from the date of shipment. These facilities will be available in respect of the shipment made on or after April 1, 2002. 3. Ne

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FEMA – 020 – Dated:- 28-1-2002 – Export of goods & services -Extension of period of realisation RESERVE BANK OF INDIAEXCHANGE CONTROL DEPARTMENTCENTRAL OFFICEMUMBAI 400 001 A.P.(DIR Series) Circular No.20 January 28, 2002 To, All Authorised Dealers in Foreign Exchange Dear Sirs/Madam, Export of goods & services – Extension of period of realisation Attention of all Authorised Dealers is invited to paragraph C.15 of A.P.(DIR Series) Circular No. 12 dated September 9, 2000, in terms of which cases where an exporter has not been able to realise proceeds of shipment within the prescribed period (i.e. within six months from the date of exports), for reasons beyond his control, the exporter is required to apply to Reserve Bank in form ETX

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ort the total export outstandings of the exporter should not be more than 10% of the average of export realisations during the preceding three financial years. 2. The ceiling of US $ 1,00,000 would not apply where the exporter has filed suits against the importer abroad. In such cases extension may be granted upto six months at a time, irrespective of the amount involved. 3. Cases which are not covered by the above instructions including the undernoted cases would require prior approval from the Regional Office of the Reserve Bank. where the export invoices are under investigation by Enforcement Directorate/ Central Bureau of Investigation or other investigating agencies. where invoice value exceeds US $ 1,00,000 (except in cases covered un

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FEMA – 009 – Dated:- 25-10-2001 – Export of Goods and Services – Certification of SOFTEX Forms RESERVE BANK OF INDIAEXCHANGE CONTROL DEPARTMENTCENTRAL OFFICEMUMBAI 400 001. A.P.(DIR Series) Circular No.9 October 25, 2001 To All Authorised Dealers in Foreign Exchange Dear Sirs/Madam, Export of Goods and Services – Certification of SOFTEX Forms Attention of Authorised Dealers is invited to Regulation 6 of the Reserve Bank Notification No.FEMA 23/2000-RB dated May 3, 2000, as amended by the Notification No.FEMA 36/2001-RB dated February 2, 2001, in terms of which designated officials of Ministry of Information Technology, Government of India at the Software Technology Parks of India (STPIs) or at Free Trade Zones (FTZs) or Export Processing Z

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FEMA – 006 – Dated:- 24-9-2001 – Export of Goods and Services RESERVE BANK OF INDIAEXCHANGE CONTROL DEPARTMENTCENTRAL OFFICEMUMBAI 400 001 A.P.(DIR Series) Circular No.6 September 24, 2001 To All Authorised Dealers in Foreign Exchange Dear Sirs, Export of Goods and Services Attention of all Authorised Dealers is invited to the second proviso to Regulation 9 to the Notification No.FEMA 23/2000-RB dated May 3, 2000 empowering Reserve Bank of India to extend the period of six months within which the amount representing full export value of the goods shall be realised and repatriated to India. 2. It has been decided, as a temporary measure, to allow manufacturer exporters of the products listed in the Annexureand having export contracts of Rs.

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FEMA – 005 – Dated:- 27-8-2001 – Export of Goods and Services RESERVE BANK OF INDIAEXCHANGE CONTROL DEPARTMENTCENTRAL OFFICEMUMBAI 400 001 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.5 August 27, 2001 To All Authorised Dealers in Foreign Exchange Dear Sirs, Export of Goods and Services Attention of all authorised dealers is invited to the second proviso to Regulation 9 of the Reserve Bank Notification No. FEMA 23/2000-RB dated May 3, 2000, empowering Reserve Bank to extend the period of six months within which the amount representing full export value of goods or software export shall be realized and repatriated to India. 2. It has been decided, as a temporary measure, to allow a period of 360 days ( in place of existing six months), from the date of sh

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V/DGST/21(7)/Engg/16/ 2000/1976 Dated:- 26-8-2001 Trade Notice – Circulars – Service Tax – Service Tax — Payment into non-designated banks would not amount to paying Tax Service Tax F. No. V/DGST/21(7)/Engg/16/ 2000/1976, dated 23-8-2001 of Director General, Service Tax, Mumbai, Subject : Payment of Service Tax made in not-designated banks – reg. Please refer to your letter F.No. ST/M-II/PAO(16)/2001, dated 12th July, 2001 on the above subject. Clarifications have been sought o

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FEMA – 035 – Dated:- 11-6-2001 – Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 – Export of Goods and Services RESERVE BANK OF INDIAEXCHANGE CONTROL DEPARTMENTCENTRAL OFFICEMUMBAI – 400 001 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 35 June 11, 2001 To All Authorised Dealers in Foreign Exchange Dear Sirs Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 – Export of Goods and Services Attention of authorised dealers is invited to paragraph C.10 of the Annexure to A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.12 dated September 9, 2000, in terms of which authorised dealers have been advised to watch closely realisation of export bills and in cases where bills remain outstanding beyond the due date for payment or 6 months from the date of export, the matter should be promptly taken up with

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send a statement in Form XOS containing the details of all export bills outstanding beyond six months from the date of shipment irrespective of the location of the exporter/unit. In case of units located in Special Economic Zones (SEZs), authorised dealers should indicate SEZ in the remarks column of XOSstatement. 3. Authorised dealers may being the contents of this circular to the notice of their constituents concerned. 4. The directions contained in this circular have been issued under Section 10(4) and Section 11(1) of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (42 of 1999). Any contravention or non-observance of these directions is subject to the penalties prescribed under the Act. Yours faithfully P.K. BISWAS Chief General Manager – Ci

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FEMA – 033 – Dated:- 10-5-2001 – Export of goods and services against repayment of State credit granted by erstwhile Soviet Union RESERVE BANK OF INDIAEXCHANGE CONTROL DEPARTMENTCENTRAL OFFICEMUMBAI 400 001 A.P.(DIR Series) Circular No.33 May 10, 2001 To All Authorised Dealers in Foreign Exchange Dear Sirs Export of goods and services against repayment of State credit granted by erstwhile Soviet Union Attention of authorised dealers is drawn to Annexure I to A.D.(G.P.Series) circular No.4 dated

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FEMA – 027 – Dated:- 2-3-2001 – Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 – Export of goods and services -Forwarder s Cargo Receipt RESERVE BANK OF INDIAEXCHANGE CONTROL DEPARTMENTCENTRAL OFFICEMUMBAI 400 001 A.P.(DIR Series) Circular No.27 March 2, 2001 To All Authorised Dealers in Foreign Exchange Dear Sirs, Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 – Export of goods and services -Forwarder s Cargo Receipt Attention of authorised dealers is invited to paragraph B.5 of the annexure to A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.12 dated September 9, 2000, in terms of which they may negotiate House Airways Bills (HAWBs) issued by consolidating Cargo Agents, only if the relative letter of credit specifically provides for negotiation of HAWB, in lieu of Airway Bi

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