Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) on Friday commenced the enrolment process for issuance of unique identification number (Aadhaar) for its customers and staff of the bank. The enrolment process which has begun at the head office will move in phases to
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (Irda) will soon issue guidelines for listing of insurance companies and portability of motor and health insurance policies between companies, Chairman Hari Narayan has said. On listing of non-life i
NOTIFICATION NO. S.O. 2686(E), DATED 29-10-2010 – In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 11 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005, the Central Government hereby rescinds all previous notifications appointing Director, Software Technology Parks of India-Bangalore as Development Commissioner of Information Technology and Information Technology Enabled Services Special Economic Zones, in the State of Karnataka.
Section 40A of the Insurance Act, 1938 (‘the Act’) lays down the permissible limits for payment of commission or remuneration, in any form, in respect to any policy of life insurance issued in India by an insurer and effected through an insurance agent, in various lines/segments of life insurance business. The proviso to the said section permits life insurers, in the first ten years of business, to pay forty per cent of the first year’s premium payable on the policy, towards commission.
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh addressed Hindustan Times Leadership Summit – 2010 in New Delhi today. Following is the text of the PM’s speech on the occasion: “It is often said that these are testing times. In fact, I cannot help feeling th
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) said auditors need to be more vigilant in detecting financial irregularities.”Auditors need to be more agile and more vigilant in detecting financial irregularities. A simple disclaimer or a gene
The Finance Ministry will make a presentation before a parliamentary panel on the bill on Direct Taxes Code (DTC), which is scheduled to replace archaic income tax act from April 1, 2012. “It”s a preliminary introductory meeting for the first time..
The Minister for Corporate Affairs has said that the Companies Bill, 2009 which was introduced on 3rd August, 2009 has provisions for faster settlement of insolvency cases for corporates. Giving this information in written reply to a question in the
There are many complicated issues with the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 and I feel that we require certain reforms. I strongly feel that no one should be forced to submit himself to the Arbitration Mechanism unless he consents for the appointment of an Arbitrator when the disputes arises irrespective of the terms dealing with the rights of the parties to appoint an Arbitrator.
Admitting irregularities in non-basmati rice exports to some African countries during UPA-I tenure, government on Friday said it has referred the matter to the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) after slapping show cause notices on officials of Publi
