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Finance : The Government has exempted interest and capital gains earned by FPIs on Government securities from income tax with effect from 1 ...
Finance : The Ministry of Finance has introduced a unified portal to help individuals search for unclaimed bank deposits, insurance claims, ...
Finance : The IFSCA clarified that retrocession and retention requirements apply to the entire gross reinsurance premium of IFSC Insurance O...
Finance : The authority observed that except life insurance, other insurance segments under IFSCA regulations align with the statutory defin...
Finance : The Ministry of Finance clarified that claims regarding monetisation of temple gold holdings or issuance of gold bonds to temples ...
Finance : The Supreme Court ruled that vicarious liability under the NI Act cannot arise solely from holding an office in a society or compa...
Finance : The Supreme Court refused relief to borrowers who defaulted from the very first instalment after availing an ₹8.09 crore loan. T...
Finance : The Supreme Court upheld a Will executed in favour of the testator’s sister despite objections from his wife and children. The C...
Finance : The Supreme Court held that insolvency proceedings under the IBC cannot be invoked merely to recover disputed dues arising from co...
Finance : The issue was whether indemnity obligations arise only after final appellate confirmation. The Supreme Court held that liability a...
Finance : IFSCA clarified that a common brand name by itself is sufficient to establish a Group Entity relationship under the ship leasing f...
Finance : IFSCA has consolidated multiple regulations and circulars into a single Master Circular for Stock Exchanges and Clearing Corporati...
Finance : IFSCA has introduced a standardized ACAR and ACAC reporting framework for Capital Market Intermediaries in IFSCs. The circular aim...
Finance : IFSCA has warned regulated entities that advanced AI models can accelerate cyberattacks by rapidly identifying and exploiting vuln...
Finance : The International Financial Services Centres Authority clarified that existing ASPs and TechFin entities continuing operations und...
FII’s can invest directly in Mutual funds – This gains importance as MF industry has been battling volatility and cash crunch. The disinvestment target of Rs.40,000 cr is as expected. The previous highest disinvestment done by the govt was Rs.23,550 cr in 2008-09. Doesn’t surprise me much because given the response Coal India Limited (CIL) got last year, the companies that are lined up this year are IOC, MMTC and Rashtriya ISPAT ltd might also get positive response from the market. But FM has assured that the 51% govt holding in all the PSUs would stay. Sudden and full disinvestment would only result in.
Sixty-three people, including promoters and chief executive officers of 10 telecom firms have come under its scanner in the 2G spectrum case, the CBI on Friday told the Supreme Court which expressed satisfaction over the ongoing probe.
The government has collected over Rs 300 crore in penalties from new telecom service providers that failed to roll-out their networks within the stipulated timeframe after getting licences and spectrum.”As of last Friday, we have received Rs 300.04 crore penalties, as against total claim of Rs 370.55 crore,” Department of Telecom Secretary R Chandrasekhar told PTI.
Leading drug makers today said that higher excise duty proposed in the Budget 2011-12 would make medicines costlier and hurt the common man. Further, pharmaceutical industry players also feared that imposition of Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) on Special Economic Zones would adversely impact their profits, since most export units of drug firms are located in various SEZs.
Former Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) chairman Nripendra Misra was today questioned by the CBI in connection with the 2G spectrum allocation scam. Misra, who was also the Secretary in the Telecom Ministry, had taken over the chairmanship of TRAI from Pradip Baijal in 2006.
Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal] said on Tuesday he is in favour of the Comptroller and Auditor General’s proposal to conduct an audit of the total available spectrum in the country with a focus on how much was allocated to private operators from 2000 onward and at what cost.
In a nationwide crackdown on bogus ration card holders, over 2.8 crore ineligible ration cards have been deleted from July 2006 till now in different parts of the country, Parliament was informed today. Maximum 59.67 lakh bogus ration cards were deleted in West Bengal during the period, Food and Public Distribution minister K V Thomas said in a written reply to Lok Sabha.
The Ministry of Corporate Affair (MCA) has notified 35 Indian IFRS standards (known as “Ind-AS’), without announcing the applicability date. In its press release, the MCA has stated that Ind-AS will be applied in a phased manner, to ensure smooth transition for all stakeholders. The notification of Ind-AS is a significant step toward the implementation of converged standards in India. Companies may particularly note that the MCA will intimate the implementation date later; however, it does not state if the implementation is deferred. Also, the question regarding whether a company can apply Ind-AS early, if it desires to do so, and the manner of quarterly reporting still remains open.
The Delhi Police, in compliance of the directions of Hon’ble Delhi High Court in Writ Petition (Crl.) No. 468/2010 “Court on Its Own Motion Versus State” dated 06.12.2010, has implemented the system of uploading and viewing the FIRs registered in Delhi on its website www.delhipolice.nic.in in within 24 hours of registration except the FIRs declared sensitive by the Addl. CP/DCP of the district concerned.
The Government has decided to get a fresh study conducted on unaccounted income/ wealth both inside and outside the country brining out the nature of activities engendering money laundering and its ramifications on national security. The proposal was approved by the Government in January, 2011. The study will be conducted by three national institutes with inputs from various ministries/ departments. The institutes have been finalized and the study will be assigned to them after making necessary provisions. The institutes will be given a time frame of eighteen months to complete the study.
