The IRDA had issued guidelines for pension products vide its circular dated November 8, 2011 and insurance companies were required to withdraw all insurance products which do not conform to the guidelines with effect from January 1, 2012. In accordance with this circular, insurance companies had filed 22 revised products as on date out of which 21 products were filed only in the month of December 2011 and of which the largest number were filed in the last week of December 2011. During examination of the products, certain insurers have sought clarifications and in that context, the IRDA issues clarification on clause (17) of the Circular dated November 8, 2011 as follows:
Please refer to paragraph 2 (b) of Circular DBOD.Leg.No.BC.104/09.07.007/2002-03 dated May 5, 2003 on ‘Guidelines on Fair Practices Code for Lenders’ wherein banks were advised to devise a system of giving acknowledgement for receipt of all loan applications. The banks were also advised vide our circular RPCD.SME & NFS.BC.No.102/06.04.01/2008-09 dated May 4, 2009 to put in place a Central Registration of loan applications and to use of same technology for online submission of loan applications as also for online tracking of loan applications as recommended by the Working Group on Rehabilitation of sick MSME Units (Chairman: Dr. K. C. Chakrabarty).
RPCD.CO.RCB.AML.BC.No 52/07.02.12/20Banks are advised to strictly follow the procedure laid down in the UAPA Order dated August 27, 2009 enclosed to our circular RPCD.CO.RF.AML. BC. No. 34/07.40.00/ 2009-10 dated October 29, 2009 and ensure meticulous compliance to the Order issued by the Government.
Notification No. 3/2012-Income Tax In exercise of powers conferred by sub-section (1B) of section 143 of Income Tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), for the purpose of giving effect to the Centralised Processing of Returns Scheme, 2011 made under sub-section (IA) of section 143 of the said Act, the Central Government hereby directs that, the following provisions of the Act relating to processing of returns shall not apply or shall apply with such exceptions, modifications and adaptations as specified hereunder, namely: –
Notification No. 2/2012-Income Tax This scheme shall be applicable in cases where return of income has been furnished in,- (i) electronic form; or (ii) paper form, in case of a class or classes of persons, as notified by the Board in this behalf. In case Form ITR-V furnished after the prescribed time is rejected on account of it being unsigned, illegible, mutilated, bad quality or not as per specification, it shall be deemed that the return in respect of which the Form ITR-V has been filed was never furnished and it shall be incumbent on the person to electronically file the return of income again followed by submission of the new Form ITR-V. Adjustment against outstanding tax demand.—The set-off of refund, if any, arising from the processing of a return, against tax remaining payable will be done by using the details of outstanding tax demand lying against the person as uploaded onto the system of the Centre by the Assessing Officer.
Letter [F. No. 137/21/2011 – Service Tax], Dated 19-12-2011 Section 65(109a) of the Finance Act, 1994 – Telecommunication service – Clarification on taxability in respect of International Private Leased Circuit (IPLC) charges and amendment in the definition of Telegraph Authority under section 65(111) of the Finance Act, 1994. The IPLC services rendered by a person located outside to a person located in India, is neither taxable under the category of Telecommunication Services, nor taxable under the category of Business Support Services
Please refer to circular UBD.BPD. (PCB). Cir. No. 24 /12.05.001/2010-11 dated November 16, 2010 in terms of which all licensed UCBs, other than those under all inclusive Directions issued under Section 35A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (AACS), were permitted to open Current Account and Subsidiary General Ledger Account with the Reserve Bank and take up membership of the Indian Financial Network (INFINET).
As Asset Liability Management plays a vital role in the sound management of the insurance business, Authority vide its Circular No: IRDA/ACT/CIR/MISC/081/05/2010, May 13, 2010, has mandated all the non-life insurers to provide the details of ALM activities undertaken by them Section-11 on ‘Investments and ALM’ of Financial Condition Report (FCR) and also discussed the framework of ALM in its guidelines on Corporate Governance. On thorough examination of the details of ALM activities submitted by the non-life insurers in the FCR for the year ended March 31, 2010, it appeared that these details are incomplete and inconsistent. As the mandate by the Authority was very broad, each insurer had adopted their own measures in reporting such details in FCR. In this regard, the following framework shall be put in place by the insurers.
order No. IRDA/Nl/ORD/MPL/004/01/2012, dated 3-1-2012 In order to ensure that the setting up of declined risk insurance pool and matters connected to its operations, the Authority constitutes the Operational Committee with following members to oversee a smooth transition to the new system, operates in an efficient & effective manner, protect the interests of the policyholder address issues that may arise during the course of its functioning:
In accordance with the Order No Ref: IRDA/NL/ORD/MPL/046/03/2011, dated 12-03-2011, the Authority had appointed Government Actuary’s Department, UK to evaluate the liabilities of the Indian Motor Third Party Insurance Pool (IMTPIP) under the Insurance Act, 1938 in order to assess the adequacy of the reserves which are to be calculated as per the IRDA Regulations and in particular as per reference 2 cited.
