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Debasish Panda appointed financial services secretary
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved his appointment as secretary, department of financial services, in place of Rajiv Kumar, who superannuates this month-end, a personnel ministry order said.
Panda, a 1987-batch IAS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre, is at present special secretary, department of financial services.
Bill Coen appointed chair of the IFRS Advisory Council
The new Advisory Council Chair will have three priorities. First, to provide leadership and set the agenda for the 2020 meetings; second, to assess for the Trustees of the Foundation any relevant changes that may be warranted in the role and composition of the Advisory Council; and third, to position the Council through any transition.
Govt to pare time taken for starting biz; new e-form to offer 10 services
Registration for EPFO (Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation) and ESIC (Employees’ State Insurance Corporation) would be mandatory for all new companies incorporated from February 15.
Sitharaman favours once a year changes in GST rates
“I think we have laid the foundation for increasing consumption, ensuring that capex (capital expenditure) and government’s investments will go towards spending on building of assets in infrastructure which should have cascading effects both in the short term and in the long term,” Sitharaman told reporters.
LIC listing could come in second half of FY21, says Finance Secretary
“We will follow the extant procedure for listing and for other things including the legislative changes it requires in consultation with the Ministry of Law and that process we already started … listing in the second half of FY21 seems logical,” he said.
Budget-2020:FM unveils disinvestment plans for LIC
On the the IPO size and timeline for the LIC disinvestment plans, Rajeev kumar, finance secretary cum secretary department of financial services(DFS) said the detaisl are being worked out.
“It will be finalised in the next fiscal.The required measures and the processes,including the consultations with the Law ministry,for the disinvestment of LIC, have already been initiated” said Kumar.
LIC may become biggest firm by m-cap; valuation can hit Rs 10 trn: Experts
“LIC is likely to become the country’s biggest company by market capitalisation on the day of the listing given that it is the largest company in terms of assets under management (AUM),” Kajal Gandhi, Analyst, ICICI Direct said.
New I-T regime to curb investments, will impact market negatively: Experts
It can be noted that household savings have been steeply declining over the years. According to government data household savings have dropped to 17.2 per cent of GDP in FY18 from 23.6 per cent in FY12.
Swadeshi Jagran Manch asks PM’s to stall mergers of 3 PSU general insurers
Among other issues, SJM in its letter to PM has argued that the merger of public sector insurance companies is likely to endanger growth of insurance sector in the country in general and would hamper the successful implementation of socially important flagship insurance schemes like like Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana and Pradhan Mantri Aarogya Yojana,
“There will be a post-Brexit trade deal between India and the UK”
“We’ve identified a number of areas where the UK and India can work more closely together in innovative financial services- cyber, green and fintech.In fact, our ties are already strong in these areas, and many firms from the UK are already based here. Vice versa many Indian firms are in the UK. After all London’s expertise perfectly matches India’s fast growing market”