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India: CMA seeks fairer taxes for cement

10 July 2014, Published under Cement News

The Indian Cement Manufacturers Association (CMA) has requested in its pre-budget memorandum 2014-15 that cement be stipulated as 'Declared Goods', so that it is put on an equal footing with other core sector goods like coal and steel in terms of taxation. At present, while the cement industry in India is one of the country's basic and core infrastructure industries, cement is subject to higher rates of taxation. The CMA intends to rationalise and reduce the excise duty on cement from its...

EAPCC in spat with CMA over Lafarge appointment

31 December 2013, Published under Cement News

East African Portland Cement Company (EAPCC) has gone to court, seeking to lift the suspension of its annual general meeting resolutions by the Capital Markets Authority (CMA), according to a report in Kenya’s Business Daily. The company argues that the CMA lacks the mandate to suspend the resolutions since AGMs are overseen by the Registrar of Companies. CMA suspended the resolutions by shareholders two weeks ago following a protest from the government, which is the majority shareholder. ...