In this regard, we advise that as the interest rate on savings deposits have since been deregulated, the banks shall compensate the investors for the above mentioned financial loss at their own Saving Bank deposit rate for respective amounts (i.e. ` 1 lakh and over ` 1 lakh) without any discrimination.
eference is invited to the Authority’s Circular Ref: IRDA/CAD/GDL/AGN/016/02/ 2011 dated 151h February, 2011 wherein, interalia, all Non Life Insurers are directed to lay down Minimum Business Requirements for Individual Agents. The said provision of Minimum Business Requirements is now being extended to all Corporate Agents engaged with Non Life Insurance Companies for soliciting the Insurance Business. Accordingly, all Non Life Insurers are directed to lay down the Minimum Business Requirements for Corporate Agents and monitor the performance of Corporate Agents in this regard as often as it is required.
IRDA has twin objectives of development of the industry as well as protection of the policyholder. Both the objectives are interlinked and unless the policyholders’ interests are protected the industry cannot achieve the required penetration. The policyholder protection acquires much more significance for IRDA as the rural population is either totally illiterate or financially illiterate. The role of the agent becomes crucial in educating the rural policyholders about the features of the product and the consequences of taking certain protection and not taking certain protections from the insurance. Further, the agents are supposed to educate the policyholders about the risks involved in complex products like ULIPs.
International Customs Day is celebrated on 26th January every year all over the world. This being the Republic Day of India, it is celebrated in India on either the previous or next working day. It has been decided that the International Customs Day 2012 shall be celebrated on Friday, the 27th January, 2012. The main function would be held at New Custom House, New Delhi. Chief Commissioner of Customs, Delhi is requested to organize the ‘International Customs Day’ function in New Delhi on this day. As part of the celebrations, members of the trade and office bearers of CHA Associations, senior level officers of the other departments associated with Customs and other stakeholders may also be invited to the function.
Attention of Authorised Dealer Category-I (AD Category-I) banks is invited to A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 53 dated December 2, 2011, wherein the Rupee value of the special currency basket was indicated as Rs. 71.668914 effective from October 25, 2011.
Authentication of Annexure to the Compliance Report, – The Annexure to the compliance report shall be approved by the Board of Directors and certified by the Cost Accountant before submitting the same to the Central Government by the company.
any investigation, legal proceeding or remedy in respect of any such right, privilege, obligation, liability, penalty, forfeiture or punishment as aforesaid, and; any such investigation, legal proceeding or remedy may be instituted, continued or enforced and any such penalty, forfeiture or punishment may be imposed as if those rules had not been superseded.
Notification No.G.S.R. 868/2011 – Income Tax In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (3) of section 1 of the Government Savings Certificates Act, 1959 (46 of 1959), the Central Government hereby specifies that the National Savings Certificates-IX Issue shall be the class of Savings Certificates to which the said Act applies
every officer thereof who is in default, including the persons referred to in sub-section (6) of section 209 of the Act, shall be punishable as provided under sub-sections (5) and (7) of section 209 of Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956).
any investigation, legal proceeding or remedy in respect of any such right, privilege, obligation, liability, penalty, forfeiture or punishment as aforesaid, and; any such investigation, legal proceeding or remedy may be instituted, continued or enforced and any such penalty, forfeiture or punishment may be imposed as if those rules had not been superseded.
