Dr. Pradnya Saravade took charge as Executive Director, Securities and Exchange Board of India in Mumbai today. Dr. Saravade is from the 1989 batch of the Indian Police Service and has served in the states ofWest Bengal and Maharashtra and the Central Bureau of Investigation.
Driven by a rare sense of complacency, most Mumbaikars who received wrong recovery notices from the income tax (I-T ) department, have not yet chosen to set the record straight. Despite the fact that the I-T authorities have requested people to fill in rectification forms, many have neglected to do so, which means that the amount could resurface as outstanding dues in future.
Recently, the real estate sector in India is becoming an attractive investment ground for the diasporas who have evinced a keen interest in owning residential and commercial properties in India. Ganesh is a non resident Indian residing in London, UK. He wants to buy property in India and seeks advice on the regulatory framework for investing in real estate in India.
In Shree Capital Services 121 ITD 498 (Kol) it has been held by the Special Bench that the amendment to s. 43(5)(d) is neither clarificatory nor retrospective in operation. Consequently, derivatives can be considered non-speculative u/s 43(5)(b) only to the extent they are for hedging purposes;
Market regulator SEBI has asked stock brokers to provide the exchanges with a status report on the implementation of new client-broker agreement, which will become effective from June 30.
Based on the recommendations of Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) in its meeting held on May 7, 2010, Government has approved 24 Proposals of Foreign Direct Investment amounting to Rs. 1412.19 Crore approximately.
While people tend to invest a lot of time and effort in evaluating investment avenues, the same cannot be said about the caution exercised during execution of the transaction. Even minor errors, many of them merely clerical in nature, could result in needless hassles or delays.
To make unit-linked insurance plans (Ulips) more transparent, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (Irda) on Tuesday proposed to standardize definitions of lapsing, reviving and surrendering of these policies.
