The finance ministry has notified rules which will pave the way for small savings account holders to earn higher returns from December 1. Earlier this month, the government had accepted the recommendations of a panel which would help investors earn higher interest on small savings schemes.An expert panel, headed by former RBI deputy governor Shyamala Gopinath, had recommended moving to a market-linked interest rate system for small savings schemes that would translate into higher returns for now.
Mumbai, Nov 26 A major fire gutted three popular shopping complexes in south Mumbai early Saturday, the fire brigade said. There were no casualties. According to a fire brigade official, the fire broke out around 3.30 a.m. in the Sara-Sahara Mall, barely a stone’s throw away from Mumbai Police Commissionerate at Crawford Market.
CBI is understood to have communicated to the Central Board of Direct Taxes that none of the individuals whose names figure in the LGT Bank accounts for stashing illegal funds abroad has any pending CBI cases against them. The list of 18 individuals was provided to the CBI by the CBDT to ascertain if these individuals have any pending cases with the agency.
Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) between India and Nepal will be signed tomorrow by the Finance Ministers of both the countries in Kathmandu. This Agreement (DTAA) would replace an earlier Agreement between two countries which was signed way back in 1987. The Union Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee will be visiting Nepal on a day’s […]
The decision of the Union Cabinet to permit FDI into multi-brand retail in the country will create 10 million new jobs including 6 million in the logistics sector alone, said Shri Anand Sharma, Union Minister for Commerce and Industry. Addressing a media conference at Chennai this afternoon he said the policy has to be viewed in the Indian context. Responding to apprehensions about the consequences of the policy, he asserted that the Indian model is quite distinct and different and has been drafted in such a way that it is sensitive to the interests of farmers youth as well as consumers.
In double whammy for Kiran Bedi, a key member of Team Anna, a Delhi court on Saturday ordered lodging of an FIR against her for allegedly misappropriating funds meant for her NGOs and rejected her complaint seeking further probe into Commonwealth Games-related graft cases. The court refused to entertain a complaint filed by Bedi and others including yoga guru Ramdev and Arvind Kejriwal, another key Team Anna member, for a further probe in CWG graft cases.
There are 31 State Cooperative Banks, 370 District Central Cooperative Banks (DCCBs), 20 State Co-operative Agriculture and Rural Development Banks (SCARDBs) and 697 Primary Co-operative Agriculture and Rural Development Banks (PCARDBs) in the country. As per the information available with National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) the amount of loss/profit made by Cooperative Banks in the country during 2008-09 and 2009-10 is as under :
Rationale for enhancing FDI ceiling to 100% in single brand retail trading. In the last 5 years, under the current regime of 51% FDI in single brand retail, foreign direct investment of only US$ 44.45 million have been received, constituting barely 0.03% of total FDI inflows. Globally, single brand retail follow a business model of 100% ownership and global majors have been reluctant to establish their presence in a restrictive policy environment. The current cap of 51% confers a right to pass all ordinary resolutions, while enhancing
This has a reference to the ongoing initiative of the Institute for automation. In this regard, the facility for online change of address of the Members has also been added to the list of services already being provided through our portal www.icsi.in. The new services can be used by the Members for changing both residential and professional address, email id and contact details. Further to this, the letter of admission as an Associate Member of the Institute has also been automated and shall be available through the same portal.
Based on the recommendations of Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) in its meeting held on November 15, 2011, Government has approved 18 Proposals of Foreign Direct Investment amounting to ` 2126.20 crore approximately.
