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Nine labourers go missing in landslide triggered by cloudburst in Uttarkashi
In view of continuous heavy rainfall in the state and the...
Finmin asks public sector banks to monetise investments in subsidiaries via listing on bourses
For example, the country's biggest lender State Bank of India may...
Climate change threatening tea sector globally: ITA
An ITA spokesman said climate change is also threatening the long-term viability of tea industry, which is also causing increasing pest infestations making pesticide residue management surfacing as a major challenge. Kolkata: Leading planters body Indian Tea...
For every Rs 100 of premium paid for crop insurance under PMFBY; farmers received Rs 514 as claims: Govt
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,...
Proposals in Finance Bill on debt mutual funds, STT likely to adversely impact market: Experts
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...
Lok Sabha passes Finance Bill; no relief for life insurers on taxing policies with premium over Rs 5 lakhs
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...
LIC plans investment exposure caps post Adani share rout
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...
Finance minister proposes panel to look into issues related to Govt employees’ Pension
"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...
Hyderabad Police busts “biggest” cyber theft, apprehends 6 for selling personal data worth Rs 16.8 cr
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...
FSIB selects Siddhartha Mohanty as chairman of LIC
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...
Maha police book 10 from ICICI General for duping farmers of nearly Rs 4 crore under Centre’s scheme
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...
LIC’s 4 MDs battle out today for corporation’s chairmanship
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...