Narendra Singh Tomar,Union Agriculture minister ''Since 2016, nearly Rs 25,252 crore were paid by farmers as their share of premium against which claims of over Rs 1,30,015 crore (provisional) have been paid to them. Thus, for every Rs 100 of premium paid by farmers,...
Among other proposals, the bill has proposed that from April 1, investments in debt mutual funds will be taxed as short-term capital gains. The move would strip investors of the long term tax benefits that had made such investments popular. New Delhi: The changes...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while presenting the 2023/24 budget on Feb. 1, had proposed that the government would scrap the tax exemption on the total returns upon maturity of life insurance policies if their aggregate premium exceeded Rs 500,000 ($6,103) The...
Currently, the insurer cannot invest more than 10% of outstanding equity in a company and 10% of the outstanding debt. New Delhi: The Life Insurance Corp. of India (LIC) is planning to impose caps on its debt and equity exposure to companies, two sources said, in a...
"I propose to set up a committee under the finance secretary to look into this issue of pension and evolve an approach which addresses the need of employees while maintaining fiscal prudence to protect the common citizens. The approach will be designed for adoption by...
As many as 12 mobile phones, 3 Laptops, 2 CPU's, mails and tax invoices and data of 138 categories containing sensitive information of government, private organisations and individuals were seized by police Hyderabad: Cyberabad Police apprehended a gang involved in...
Siddhartha Mohanty,acting chairman and managing director Life Insurance Corporation Currently, Mohanty is acting chairman of the country’s biggest life insurance firm after the completion of the term of MR Kumar on March 13, 2023. After becoming LIC chairman, Mohanty...
The FIR says that the company staffers prepared false panchnama reports (survey forms), forged signatures of agriculture department officials to under-report the crop losses incurred due to unseasonal rains and other natural reasons, and prima facie cheated farmers to...
The four MDs who are facing the interview are- Siddhartha Mohanty, Mini Ipe, BC Patnaik and M Jagannath Since, some of the top bureaucrats who are part of FSIB , are busy during the Budget session of Parliament, the interview is being conducted virtually...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Modi directed officials to enhance whole genome sequencing of positive samples with the designated INSACOG genome sequencing laboratories. This will support tracking of newer variants, if any, and timely response, the PMO said. New Delhi:...