The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has advised the government to impose strict new riders and set up a monitoring mechanism to prevent a real estate bubble. That, the central bank fears, may be created due to diversion of foreign funds meant for hotels
A year ago when a new law allowed Indian businessmen to form limited liability partnerships (LLPs), corporate houses felt it would be an easy way to escape tax. But today, many are running into a wall. And, the resistance is coming from an unlikely q
Insurance regulator IRDA is not in favour of allowing initial public offers (IPOs) by life insurers who have been in business for less than ten years, a condition holding up the IPO guidelines for the sector. The companies who have been operational f
The department of telecommunications is planning to use Unique Identification numbers, which will be issued by the government, as an identity and address proof for issuing a new mobile or landline connection. The strength of the UID system will be u
Brij Lal & Ors Vs. CIT (Supreme Court) (1) Sections 234A, 234B and 234C are applicable to the proceedings of the Settlement Commission under Chapter XIX-A of the Act to the extent indicated hereinabove. (2) Consequent upon conclusion (1), the terminal point for the levy of interest under section 234B would be up to the date of the order under section 245D(1) and not up to the date of the Order of Settlement under section 245D(4).(3) The Settlement Commission cannot re-open its concluded proceedings by invoking section 154 of the Act so as to levy interest under section 234B, particularly, in view of section 245I.
These guidelines are issued under Section 35A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 and Rule 7 of Prevention of Money-Laundering (Maintenance of Records of the Nature and Value of Transactions, the Procedure and Manner of Maintaining and Time for Furnishing Information and Verification and Maintenance of Records of the Identity of the Clients of the Banking Companies, Financial Institutions and Intermediaries) Rules, 2005. Any contravention thereof or non-compliance shall attract penalties under Banking Regulation Act.
Complaints about incomplete details about the remitter (or beneficiary) and / or the source of credit (or debit) in the pass books / pass sheets / account statements, as also lack of uniformity across banks in providing even such minimal information are rising. A very generic mention as ‘NEFT’ or ‘NECS’ does not help customers in identifying the source of credits, particularly where multiple credits are afforded to their accounts through these products. The Procedural Guidelines on NEFT / NECS / ECS and various circulars issued from time to time clearly highlight the minimum information that should be provided to customers.
Retail investors will get to double their bets on initial public offerings as the market regulator is set to raise the limit to Rs 2 lakh, the first revision in five years, as it attempts to keep pace with the eroding value of the rupee. The proposal
The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned hearing in the tax case against Vodafone to 15th November after the telecom company sought time to go through the Rs. 11,218 crore tax notice sent by the Income Tax department.
Life insurance policy holders may not be required to keep paper records of their policies once the plan for digitalisation of the sector that is being worked on by the Life Insurance Council is approved by the regulator IRDA.
