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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 ...
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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...
During the Vigilance Awareness Week, Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance organised a full day Conference of Chief Vigilance Officers in Public Sector Banks, Public Sector Insurance Companies and Financial Institutions, here today. The conference was inaugurated by Shri Pradeep Kumar, Chief Vigilance Commissioner. Shri JM Garg, Vigilance Commissioner and Shri Balwinder Singh, Special Director, CBI were guests of honour.
The Task Force on an IT strategy for PDS submitted its report to the Finance Minister today. Following the announcement by the Finance Minister in his Budget Speech for 2011-12, the Task Force on Direct Transfer of Subsidies on Kerosene, LPG and Fertiliser was constituted by the Ministry of Finance in February 2011 under the Chairmanship of Shri Nandan Nilekani, Chairman, UIDAI. It submitted its Interim report in June 2011. In July 2011, this Task Force was given an extended mandate to recommend an IT strategy for PDS and an implementable solution for the direct transfer of subsidy for Food and Kerosene.
State-owned oil companies are considering a Rs 1.82 per litre hike in petrol prices, as a fall in rupee has increased the cost of imports of the raw material (crude oil). Indian Oil, Hindustan Petroleum and Bharat Petroleum last hiked petrol prices by Rs 3.14 a litre on September 16 when the rupee was ruling […]
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, TRAI, has extended the 100 sms per day limit to 200 sms per day, per sim. Earlier, TRAI had restricted the number of commercial non-commercial sms that can be send from a sim, to 100. TRAI received representations from some of the service providers and consumers to increase the limit of 100 sms per day, per sim. TRAI has decided that the New cap of 200 sms per day, per sim will be effective from today onwards.
The Union Cabinet today approved the proposal of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting for pursuing the Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Amendment Bill, 2010 pending in Rajya Sabha in Parliament for its enactment and also to move the official amendments in the Rajya Sabha. Cabinet also approved the action taken on the recommendations made in the Eighteenth Report on “Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Amendment Bill, 2010” of the Standing Committee on Information Technology.
Uncover the question of necessity and choices in China’s involvement in the European bond market. Who will buy the bonds and how?
World market is happy with the recent funding mechanisms declared and agreed for the troubled European economies. Banks have been asked to absorb 50% of the pains of trouble assets. Another part of the funding will be provided by EFSF which will create a set of special-purpose vehicles financed by other investors, including sovereign-wealth funds & funds being raised via bonds.
The Union Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee today formally launched the central government e-payment system He said that the commissioning of the e-payment system is a major achievement and indicates Government’s strong commitment towards improving efficiency in our financial system, strengthening transparency in operations and introducing reforms for better governance. The Finance Minister said that the development is particularly significant as e-payment is at the centre of the e-commerce value chain. Shri Mukherjee was speaking after inaugurating the Government e-payment system here today.
Dr. Sanjiv Agarwal This is neither a festival bonanza nor a diwali blast from Reserve Bank of India. From common men’s perspective, Reserve Bank has given yet another blow (this time thirteenth in succession in last twenty months) by hiking interest rates by 25 basis points on the eve of diwali. The objective is to […]
hri Sharma also informed that India allows 51 per cent FDI in single brand retail and government is considering the ways of raising this limit. Shri Sharma said that the micro, small and medium enterprises sector is the backbone of Indian economy, contributing 8% of our gross domestic product, 45% of manufactured output and 40% of our exports. “Earlier, the SME sector in India used to be protected and foreign investment was restricted in this sector, but recently we have liberalized this sector to enable its modernization and now the SME sector is open to foreign investment just like any other sector. We view SMEs as incubators of technology and innovation and would encourage cooperative partnerships to develop between Indian and Italian SMEs” he added.
