Two FDI Proposals Amounting to RS. 89.33 Crore Approved by the Government
Posted Date : 29-Apr-2013 , 10:29:59 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Further to para 8 of the Press Release dated March 25, 2013, wherein it was stated that decision of the 6 (Six) proposals will be communicated separately, the Central Government has approved two (2)Proposals of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) amounting to Rs. 89.33 crore app...
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Govt releases latest edition of consolidated FDI policy
Posted Date : 06-Apr-2013 , 03:07:25 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) today released the latest edition of consolidated FDI policy incorporating the changes made in the regulations over the past one year.
The DIPP is the nodal agency on FDI related matters. With a view to make Indias FDI regime simple and easy ...
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Foreign investment in Government Securities and Corporate Bonds Rationalised
Posted Date : 01-Apr-2013 , 10:09:41 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Central Government in consultation with Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and SEBI has been progressively liberalizing/rationalizing the scheme for foreign investment in G-Secs and Corporate bonds keeping in view the evolving macroeconomic scenario and financing needs of the economy. Till now FII...
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Revision of Interest Rates for Small Savings Schemes With Effect from 1ST APRIL,2013
Posted Date : 25-Mar-2013 , 10:05:11 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Based on the decisions taken by the Government on the recommendations of the Shyamala Gopinath Committee for Comprehensive Review of National Small Savings Fund (NSSF), the interest rates for small saving schemes are to be notified every financial year, before 1st April of that year. Accordingl...
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Super-regulator for financial sector mooted
Posted Date : 23-Mar-2013 , 05:26:20 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
A government-appointed panel on Friday proposed a unified regulator for markets, insurance, commodities and pensions. It proposed to keep banking out of its purview, but only temporarily.
The panel, whose proposals could change the financial landscape of India, also suggested five additio...
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Govt approves 12 FDI proposals worth over Rs 2,609 crore
Posted Date : 22-Mar-2013 , 05:31:45 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The government on Friday said it has approved 12 FDI proposals, including that of pharma firm Claris Otsuka, totalling over Rs 2,609 crore.
The foreign investment promotion board (FIPB) headed by economic affairs secretary Arvind Mayaram, also cleared the proposal of Decat...
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Government Approves Nine Proposals of Foreign Direct Investment Amounting to About Rs.1140.14 Crore
Posted Date : 01-Mar-2013 , 06:51:58 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Based on the recommendations of Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) in its meeting held on January 21, 2013, the Government has approved nine (9) Proposals of Foreign Direct Investment amounting to Rs.1140.14crore appro...
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Finance Ministry sends IKEA's FDI proposal to Cabinet for final approval
Posted Date : 27-Feb-2013 , 07:08:42 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
After clearing the IKEA's Rs. 10,500 crore FDI proposal, the Finance Ministry today said it has now forwarded the investment plans of Swedish furniture major to set up single-brand retail stores to the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) for final approval.
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FIPB clears 4 single-brand retail FDI proposals of worth Rs 750 crore
Posted Date : 13-Feb-2013 , 04:20:13 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Finance Ministry today cleared four foreign direct investment (FDI) proposals in single brand retailing, including that of Decathlon and Fossil Inc, worth about Rs 750 crore, sources said. Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB), headed by Economic Affairs Secretary Ar...
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Public Debt Management for the Third Quarter of 2012-13 (Oct-Dec 2012) Released by Ministry of Finance
Posted Date : 24-Jan-2013 , 05:56:53 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The report on Public Debt Management for the third quarter of 2012-13 (Oct-Dec 2012) has been released by the Ministry of Finance and will be placed on the Ministry’s website i.e. www.finmin.nic.in today. The said report is attached here with as well.
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Four FDI Proposals Amounting to Rs. 1286.75 Crore Approved by FIPB
Posted Date : 15-Jan-2013 , 09:34:59 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Based on the recommendations of Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) in its meeting held on December 31, 2012, the Central Government has approved four (04) proposals of Foreign Direct Investment (FD...
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Mobile phone companies to seek written consent before activating value-added services
Posted Date : 15-Jan-2013 , 09:31:57 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Mobile phone companies will have to seek written consent from consumers before activating value-added services such as caller tunes, cricket updates etc. All telcos would have to seek mandatory consent of a customer - through email, SMS, fax or in writing - before activating any VAS t...
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Govt approves 14 FDI proposals worth over Rs 1,300 cr
Posted Date : 11-Jan-2013 , 05:15:32 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The government on Friday said it has approved 14 FDI proposals worth about Rs 1,311 crore including that of Hindustan Port Ltd.
“Based on the recommendations of FIPB in its meeting held on December 21, government has approved 14 proposals of foreign direct investment amounti...
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President gives assent to money laundering, banking bills
Posted Date : 10-Jan-2013 , 02:01:52 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The three financial sectors reforms laws, Prevention of MoneyLaundering (Amendment) Bill and Banking Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2012 have become law of the land with President Pranab Mukherjee giving assent to them.
The Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debts Laws (A...
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Black money could account for 10% of GDP (above Rs. 10 Lakh Crore) : Study
Posted Date : 10-Jan-2013 , 01:45:44 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
A study commissioned by the government last year on quantifying black money generated in the country has estimated that the illicit wealth is likely to exceed 10% ofGDP or anywhere above Rs 10 lakh crore, given the size of the economy.
The 1,000-page report was submitted to the...
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Govt sets up Fin Commission; to look into pricing of utilities
Posted Date : 02-Jan-2013 , 06:47:42 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The government on Wednesday constituted the 14th Finance Commission under the Chairmanship of former RBI Governor Y V Reddy, which among other things, will suggest steps for pricing of public utilities like electricity and water in an independent manner.
Announcing the formation of t...
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Posted Date : 31-Dec-2012 , 07:25:09 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance has been compiling and releasing quarterly statistics on India’s External Debt for the quarters ending September and December every year. This relates to India’s external debt at end-September 2012.
At end-September 2012, India...
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Forex reserves rises by $ 1.637 bn to $ 296.63 bn
Posted Date : 23-Dec-2012 , 07:09:36 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The foreign exchange reserves rose by a robust 1.637 billion dollars to touch 296.63 billion mark during the week ended December the 14th.According to the Reserve Bank's weekly statistical supplement, the gold reserves remained unchanged at 27.803 billion dollars during the week....
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Parliament passes stringent law against money laundering
Posted Date : 18-Dec-2012 , 07:54:42 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
A bill, which seeks to enlarge the definition of money laundering offences and could help curb funding of terrorist operations, was approved by Parliament today.The Prevention of Money Laundering (Amendment) Bill was passed by the Rajya Sabha by voice vote afterFinance ...
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Cases of Default in Repayment by the Non-Banking Financial Companies
Posted Date : 10-Dec-2012 , 09:51:42 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
As on 30th November 2012, eight cases of default in repayment of deposits by the Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFC) were pending with the Regional Benches of the Company Law Board (CLB) all over the country. Giving this information in written reply to a question in the Parliament, Shri ...
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Circulation of Fake Currency Notes
Posted Date : 06-Dec-2012 , 10:06:04 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has informed that the total number of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) seized and recovered in the years 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12 has been as follow:-
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2009-10
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FinMin raises FII limit in G-Secs, corp bonds
Posted Date : 01-Dec-2012 , 08:15:24 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
In a move aimed at attracting greater capital flows to help fund the current account deficit, the government has allowed foreign institutional investors to invest an additional $10 billion in government and corporate bonds, raising the overall window to $ 75 billion annually.
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Norms For Loan Securitization by NBFCs
Posted Date : 29-Nov-2012 , 10:51:15 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
RBI has informed that to prevent unhealthy practices surrounding securitization and assignment of loans and to allow for redistribution of credit risk to a wide spectrum of institutions, it has issued revised guidelines on ‘securitization transactions’ on August 21, 2012 which inter-alia...
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How companies are misusing
Posted Date : 27-Nov-2012 , 08:27:15 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
From non-descript companies that bagged coal blocks to shell companies related to BJP president Nitin Gadkari's business interests, the use of 'share application money' is emerging as a convenient way for promoters to channel equity investments into their companies to guise questionable, p...
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Finance minister P Chidambaram asks CEOs of PSU banks to cut margins
Posted Date : 26-Nov-2012 , 08:52:26 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Finance minister P Chidambaram has told the chief executives of state-owned banks not to be obsessed with higher margins and instead attract borrowers with lower interest rates. Bank managements, according to him, should be happy with a 3% margin - a suggestion that has not gone down...
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Finmin urges corporate affairs ministry to notify to keep ailing banks, insurers out of CCI
Posted Date : 19-Nov-2012 , 08:42:45 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The finance ministry has urged thecorporate affairs ministry to notify that ailing banks andinsurance companies will not come under the purview of the Competition Commission, a step that can help speed up issuance of new banking licences.In a letter to the corporat...
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Direct cash transfers for schemes from Jan 1
Posted Date : 10-Nov-2012 , 09:40:04 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The government would operationalise a phase-wise shift from subsidy-based system to direct cash transfers for several of its schemes from January 1 next year.
The cash transfer system is expected to curb corruption, cut down on administrative costs and minimise the leakages becaus...
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Govt approves disinvestment of 10% stake in Hindustan Aeronautics
Posted Date : 08-Nov-2012 , 10:54:29 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
A proposal for disinvestment of 10% of government equity in the country's only state-owned aerospace firmHindustan Aeronautics Limited was approved by the Union Cabinet on Thursday.
"The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved divestment of 10% equity in&nbs...
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Disinvestment of 10 percent paid up equity of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
Posted Date : 08-Nov-2012 , 10:46:04 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved to divest 10 percent equity in Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) out of its holding of 100 percent through an Initial Public Offer (IPO) in the domestic market as per the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Rules and Regulations. Fiv...
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SC refuses to interfere with policy on FDI in retail
Posted Date : 05-Nov-2012 , 09:19:48 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Supreme Court today refused to interfere with the policy on FDI in retail, saying that if it does not stand in Parliament then it would be at government’s peril.A Bench of Justices R.M. Lodha and A.R. Dave said that the policy making is the sole prerogative of the executive and refused to ...
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