Anna Hazare calls off fast, cancels jail bharo campaign
Posted Date : 28-Dec-2011 , 05:14:24 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Smarting under poor response and bad health, Anna Hazare today called off his fast a day ahead of schedule and repeated his threat to campaign against Congress in the five poll-bound states for not brining a strong Lokpal. The 74-year-old activist made the surprise announcement midway...
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Posted Date : 28-Dec-2011 , 12:31:53 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Reserve Bank of India, RBI, has cautioned the public against falling prey to fictitious offers of cheap funds that are rampant in recent times.In a press statement at Guwahati, the RBI said, the fraudsters often lure the public in the form of lottery prize money through letters, e-mails, SMS etc...
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Ernst & Young Wins ICAEW
Posted Date : 28-Dec-2011 , 09:04:15 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Ernst & Young has won the award for ‘Excellence in Client Service’ at the first ever Middle East Accountancy and Finance Excellence Awards event to be organized by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW). Noor Abid, Managing Partner, Assurance, Ernst &a...
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RBI to buy Rs 12,000 cr worth govt securities
Posted Date : 28-Dec-2011 , 09:00:47 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
To tide over the current liquidity crisis, the Reserve Bank today announced it will purchase government securities worth Rs 12,000 crore on Thursday through open market operations. "Consistent with the stance of monetary policy and based on the current assessment of prevailing and evolving liquid...
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Sebi proposes regulation for investment advisors
Posted Date : 28-Dec-2011 , 08:59:39 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Market regulator Sebi has proposed new rules for investment advisors that will require them to be registered with a self-regulatory organisation (SRO) before undertaking such a role. The proposed framework intends to regulate investment advisory services in various forms including independent fin...
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PSU banks'credit panel can now approve loans up to 400 crore
Posted Date : 28-Dec-2011 , 08:57:28 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The government has quadrupled the limits on loans that a bank's internal committee can approve, a move that could quicken credit clearance at 26 state-run banks, including the Bank of Baroda and Punjab National Bank. The government has directed banks to set up a credit approval committee - comp...
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Short on revenue, government may go for larger market borrowings
Posted Date : 28-Dec-2011 , 08:55:18 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The government is finding it difficult to meet direct tax target due to industrial slowdown and may go in for larger market borrowings than the revised target of Rs 4.7 lakh crore in the current fiscal, a top Finance Ministry official said today. "Growth slowdown is a big challenge. We may miss t...
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CMC Ltd. named among top firms for corporate governance
Posted Date : 28-Dec-2011 , 08:53:04 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
CMC Ltd., a Tata group firm and subsidiary of the country's top software company TCS, has been recognised as one of the top seven companies in India for for adopting good corporate governance practices. In a press release, CMC said today that it has also been conferred by the the Institute of C...
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Lokpal bill passed in Lok Sabha
Posted Date : 27-Dec-2011 , 11:10:25 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed the Lokpal and Lokayukta Bill, 2011 by voice vote even as the Left, BSP and SP staged a walkout.
SP and BSP staged a walk out from the Lok Sabha shortly before the voting on the lokpal bill in protest against the government bringing a "weak" legislation. "We ...
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EC writes to parties over Black money in polls
Posted Date : 27-Dec-2011 , 11:04:22 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
In order to curb the use of black money during assembly polls in five states, the Election Commission has written to all political parties asking them to avoid cash transactions and instruct their cadres not to carry huge cash during elections. The Commission, in this context, has written a let...
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Govt introduces Money Laundering Bill in LS
Posted Date : 27-Dec-2011 , 03:51:45 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Government today presented three Bills in the Lok Sabha. The Prevention of Money Laundering (Amendment) Bill, 2011, presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, seeks to strengthen the relevant Act of 2002 by amending some of its provisions.The Electronic Delivery of Services Bill, 2011, was ...
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SEBI to launch toll-free helpline for investors
Posted Date : 27-Dec-2011 , 08:20:10 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Market regulator SEBI would launch a toll-free helpline as part of educating investors on the securities market, Chairman U K Sinha said today. With the launch of helpline, an investor can ask any question regarding the securities market which will be answered. "The reason why we are launching i...
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Reforms commission looking at uniform legislation for banks
Posted Date : 27-Dec-2011 , 08:18:40 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission (FSLRC) is considering a single, harmonised and uniform legislation applicable to all banks and giving the central bank the power to sanction takeover of a co-operative bank by commercial banks, said Mr Anand Sinha, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank ...
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Sebi bans incentive payment in debt issues
Posted Date : 27-Dec-2011 , 08:17:01 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Monday banned payment of incentives to investors to bid in public sale of bonds as it considers the practice leads to an 'unfair advantage' to a select few and raises the cost to issuer. "In order to curb such practices, it is advised that in ...
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Income-Tax authorities serve notice to Jet Airways' Naresh Goyal on Tailwinds' foreign account
Posted Date : 27-Dec-2011 , 08:14:41 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Naresh Goyal, founder-promoter of Jet Airways, has received two notices from Income Tax authorities over a Swiss bank account in the name of Tailwinds, three people familiar with the development told ET Now. Tailwinds is the Isle of Man-based parent of Jet Airways and owns 79.99% of the airl...
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Anna Hazare to fast in Mumbai from tomorrow, govt asks him to 'wait'
Posted Date : 26-Dec-2011 , 06:14:25 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Showing no signs of relenting, Anna Hazare on Monday said he will go ahead with his three-day fast in Mumbai from tomorrow against a "weak" Lokpal Billwith his team raising the pitch for an independent probe agency for the ombudsman saying it was "non-negotiable" even as government as...
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Co Bill for refund of benefits in case of Satyam type frauds
Posted Date : 26-Dec-2011 , 10:46:46 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
In order to deter chief executives and other senior functionaries from indulging in Satyam type accounting fraud, the Companies Bill 2011 stipulates that such officials will have to refund the remuneration received in case the accounts are re-stated. According to the Companies Bill, which is awai...
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I-T dept to reopen returns of 'suspects'
Posted Date : 26-Dec-2011 , 10:45:24 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Faced with a number of cases of denial of secret foreign bank account holdings, the Income Tax department has decided to re-open past tax returns of such individuals in Mumbai and Delhi among others, in order to unearth black money stashed abroad.The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBD...
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ICAI for branch-level audit of private sector banks
Posted Date : 25-Dec-2011 , 08:54:09 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Banking and accounting regulators don’t see eye to eye, as RBI wants the practice relaxed even for public sector banks.
Private sector banks may have their branches statutorily audited by an RBI-approved panel, on the pattern of public sector bank audits, if the central bank accepts...
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Bank not responsible if ATM misused: Consumer forum
Posted Date : 24-Dec-2011 , 01:44:49 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
A person cannot claim damages from bank if he fails to immediately block his lost ATM and money is unauthorisedly withdrawn by using the card, a district consumer forum has said.It said the bank would have been liable if the transaction of withdrawal of money took place after blockage of the card.A ...
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Cos to gain from ICAI's proposed norms on forex derivatives
Posted Date : 24-Dec-2011 , 10:03:30 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
In what could be a major relief to India Inc, the accounting regulator ICAI has recommended that companies be allowed to account for losses arising from foreign exchange derivative trade over several years. The measure, according to sources, would prevent the companies ...
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Press Note by CBDT
Posted Date : 24-Dec-2011 , 10:02:32 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
It has been reported in a section of the press that several captains of industry have complained to the government that taxmen are harassing industry by resorting to indiscriminate and increased ‘raids’. It is informed that under the Income Tax Act, search and seizure is conducted o...
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Supreme Court ruling on Vodafone tax case to have global implications
Posted Date : 24-Dec-2011 , 10:01:07 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Supreme Court ruling on the Vodafone tax case, which involves a tax demand of $2 billion, will have a major impact on tax regimes of various countries seeking to introduce rules covering cross-border acquisitions involving entities in their respective jurisdictions, according to senior tax o...
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Action against ex-CFO in Satyam case within a week: ICAI
Posted Date : 24-Dec-2011 , 09:59:58 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Accounting regulator ICAI today said it will decided the case concerning former CFO of Satyam Computer in the Rs 14,000-crore accounting scam within a week. "The disciplinary committee of ICAI will take a decision based on the available documents against ex-Satyam CFO. The report will be finalis...
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HC dismisses Hindalco plea against I-T order on transfer pricing issue
Posted Date : 24-Dec-2011 , 09:57:18 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Bombay High Court on Friday dismissed the plea of the Aditya Birla Group flagship Hindalco Industries which had challenged the income-tax (I-T) department's contention that tax should be levied on corporate guaranatees issued by the company. A division bench comprising justices DY Chandrach...
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I-T searches unearthed Rs 18700 crore in last 2 years
Posted Date : 24-Dec-2011 , 09:55:06 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
More than Rs 18,700 crore of unaccounted wealth has been unearthed across the country after searches were conducted by the income tax officials in the last two years, the Central Board of Direct Taxes said on Friday. The body has, however, denied any harassment has been caus...
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Delhi Court orders Facebook, Google, Youtube and other websites.
Posted Date : 23-Dec-2011 , 08:28:20 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Over the voices rose to keep a check on the content which has been published on the social networking sites, a Delhi trial court today asked several sites including, Facebook, Youtube and Google to delete the 'anti religious' or 'anti social' content which promotes hatred or communal harmony.The cou...
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No tax relief for Infy
Posted Date : 23-Dec-2011 , 08:33:37 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Can an establishment seek a deduction under the Income-Tax Act with regard to a donation/ contribution made to police for regulating traffic? No way, says the Karnataka High Court. The division bench comprising late Justice V G Sabhahit and Justice Ravi Malimath in a recent judgment h...
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Spike in bad loans worries RBI
Posted Date : 23-Dec-2011 , 08:30:46 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Bad loan growth in Indian banks this year has been over thrice the average growth in the preceding five years. While most bad loans are in retail, priority sector and infrastructure, RBI is worried about the power sector which is going through a high level of stress.&nb...
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Cabinet clears 4.5 per cent sub-quota for minorities in Govt. jobs and edu. Instt.
Posted Date : 23-Dec-2011 , 08:27:32 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Union Cabinet has approved 4.5 per cent sub-quota for minorities within the 27 per cent reservation for other Backward Classes, (OBC). Top government sources said that the decision to this effect was taken at a cabinet meeting last evening. This decision will pave the way for reservation i...
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