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Pension & Social Security

India’s IFSCA gets members from 4 regulators,to regulate financial markets in IFSCs

The centre has notified the names of T.L.Alamelu,member, IRDAI, Indrani Banerjee,executive director,Reserve Bank of India(RBI), Sujit Prasad,executive director,Securities and Exchange Board of India(Sebi),Ananta Gopal Das,executive director,Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority(PFRDA), as members of IFSCA)

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Chile’s Congress passes pensions bill,president agrees to sign it

Chile’s lower chamber erupted in cheers and clapping after the bill was passed on Thursday, with some chanting “no more AFP” – a reference to the long-running campaign to tear up Chile’s much-mimicked defined contribution Pension Funds Administrators (AFP) system that was introduced during the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship.

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Atal Pension Yojana subscribers can change contribution amount anytime during year

The PFRDA further said from July 1, 2020 auto-debit of APY contributions has also started, which was stopped till June 30 in the wake of COVID-19 outbreak.

As per current arrangements, if all the pending APY contributions due between April-August, 2020 get auto-debited from savings account of the subscribers, latest by September 30, then no penal interest would be charged to them.

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IRDA likely to implement new Indian Accounting Standard in the insurance sector soon

In its recent board meeting the IRDA discussed, the status of implementation of the Ind AS in the insurance sector in India and had taken the following decisions on the matter of Ind AS.
 -approval of implementation of Ind AS 109 and IFRS 17 equivalent in India simultaneously,along with other applicable Ind AS,
– re-visit existing regulations on preparation of financial statements, 
– direct the insurers to discontinue submission of proforma Ind AS financial statements being filed effective quarter ending 31st December, 2016 and 
-to decide on the date for implementation of all applicable Ind ASs after the finalization of IFRS 17 by IASB which is expected during mid 2020.

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