Ministry of Commerce & Industry extends the Foreign Trade policy for six months.
The new five year Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-20 provides a framework for increasing exports of goods and services as well as generation of employment and increasing value addition in the country, in keeping with the “Make in India” vision of Prime Minister. The focus of the new policy is to support both the manufacturing and services sectors, with a special emphasis on improving the ‘ease of doing business’.
Centre extends Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana (PMGKAY) for another three months.
Under this welfare scheme, 5 kg of food grain per person per month is provided free of cost for all the beneficiaries covered under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) [Antodaya Anna Yojana & Priority Households] including those covered under Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT).
SEBI notifies amendments to guidelines for preferential issue and institutional placement of units by a listed REIT/InvIT.
Through this amendment, no allotment shall be made, either directly or indirectly, to any institutional investor who is a sponsor(s) or manager, or is a person related to, or related party or associate of, the sponsor(s) or the manager.
DoT seeks to launch a Dashboard of Dashboards
Chatbots and other advanced features may be developed for public-centric applications. On the home page, these portals shall have links to various portals of DoT and important portals of Gol. Each Portal should have an appropriate mechanism for Load Balancing, Data Backup, Security Audit, and compliance for all its Portals and Dashboards.
Revised tariff rates for Palm Oil, precious metals and nuts
The revised rates shall come into force on September 16, 2022.
Revised Electric Vehicle battery testing standards
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has decided to implement the revised standards AIS-156 and AIS 038 (Rev 2) as hosted on Ministry’s website.
Fertilizer (Inorganic, Organic or Mixed) (Control) (Fourth Amendment) Order, 2022
Every fertilizer testing laboratories specified or notified by the State Government shall be required to obtain the accreditation of the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories within a period of one years from 28th day of September, 2022.
DGFT extends deadline for export of broken rice
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade earlier allowed rice exports till 15 September, if loading began prior to the order, and in cases where the shipping bill has been filed and vessels have arrived at their destination. This deadline was extended till 30 September, 2022 and is now further extended till October 15, 2022.
Ministry of Power notifies the energy consumption standards for star labelled household refrigerators.
There shall be a label affixed on refrigerator which shall display a maximum of five stars with an interval of one star based on their relative annual energy consumption. The refrigerator shall be rated from star one to star five based on their Annual Energy Consumption and which complies with the Annual Energy Consumption requirements.
The prevention of tampering of the Mobile Device Equipment Identification Number (Amendment) Rules, 2022.
The manufacturer shall register the international mobile equipment identity number of every mobile phone manufactured in India with the Indian Counterfeited Device Restriction portal (https://icdr.ceir.gov.in) of the Government of India in the Department of Telecommunications prior to the first sale of the mobile phone
