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Finance : mployers are increasingly migrating retirement savings from superannuation trusts to NPS due to lower costs, greater flexibility, ...
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...
The Delhi High Court deferred the hearing of a petition filed by legal heirs of Maharani Gayatri Devi seeking release of Rs 80 lakh deposited by them in the Government vault as taxes for contravention of the Gold Control Act in 1975.
Almost everybody of us, feel very excited when the stock market indices go up and make the front page news. Needless to say, almost everybody of us, feel very disheartened when the stock market indices dip down. It can be said, that without stock markets and its news, our day does not start and end.
The Department of Telecommunication (DoT) has given an ultimatum to the auditors of three telecom majors — Vodafone Essar, Idea Cellular and Bharti Airtel — to submit their final reports to the government by February 7. They are conducting a special audit into allegations of tax evasion.
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (Irda) has issued disclosure norms for insurance companies, mandating them to publish accounts on a half-yearly basis. The disclosure norms are seen as a precursor to allowing insurance companies to hit the primary market.
The phrase aal is well is catching up fast with one and all- thanks to the recent film ‘3 Idiots’ which has made this phrase popular amongst the gen next and other factions of the society. The film, 3 idiots sends the message to the present society of our country –be it student, young citizens or people of our or our parent’s age that one ought to be optimistic, calm and hopeful – at least in times of difficulties , desperation and helplessness and a simple believe that ‘ aal is well’ seem to help in over coming the crisis.
One may govern life in accordance with the revealed truth as one sees it or natural law or a simple precept of not treating others as ends, or in pursuit of the good life of contemplation prized by Aristole . One may believe that morality lies in doing the best one can for oneself and one’s children and giving something back to the society, when one can buy money or time.
One of the most favoured duty reimbursement schemes among exporters – the Duty Entitlement Passbook (DEPB) scheme – is likely to be scrapped, as the government gears up to introduce the Goods and Services Tax (GST) from April 1. The scheme, which was extended till December 31 in the Foreign Trade Policy 2009-2014, is widely viewed as one of the best incentive schemes by exporters.
An attempt by the state government to regulate non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) operating in the state failed when justice Jayant Patel of the Gujarat high court ruled that NBFCs can’t be put under the purview of the Money laundering act (ML Act). The judgment is significant in the present scenario as scores of NBFCs in the state and thousands of people are getting advances through such companies regularly. The NBFCs were irked when the registrars of the co-operative department had issued them notices in 2009.
The government is likely to extend the 2 per cent interest subsidy given to exporters on rupee export credit from March 31 to December 2010. The announcement is expected in the upcoming Budget. Although India’s exports have started growing again after several months of decline, commerce ministry sources told that the extension is being considered to sustain growth and stabilise it at 15 to 20 per cent.
The Thirtieth PPPAC meeting, chaired by Finance Secretary, met on January 6, 2010 and granted approval to 4 projects of Ministry of Shipping. These projects are in 3 States. The estimated project cost of the approved projects is Rs. 4120.29 crore. Since its constitution in January 2006, PPPAC has granted approval to 141 projects, with an estimated project cost of Rs.148,807.56 crore. These include National Highways (hundred and twenty-two projects), Ports (fifteen projects), Airports (two projects), Tourism Infrastructure (one project) and Railways (one project).
