Seeks capital gains tax payment prior to FIPB clearance.
Sebi has directed the depositories to ask all the depository participants to examine the origin of accounts that did not comply with the requirement for Permanent Account Number.
The exchange rate policy has served us very well in the last so many years and the exchange rate has been commended all around, says RBI Governor Y V Reddy.
The move will partly offset the impact of foreign currency inflows on money supply.
Banks to also charge 50-100 bps more for a second home.
Nearly 4,000 clerical cadre and staff have sought early retirement from the country's largest commercial bank, State Bank of India.
An interview with Zhan Xiangyang, director general of the world's third largest bank, with a market capitalisation of $183.85 billion.
Inflation based on the wholesale-price-index remained unchanged at 6.46 per cent for the week ended March 17 when compared to the week before. In fact, inflation is now unchanged for the last three weeks.
The issue has gained importance as a working group of International Organisation of Securities Commission (IOSCO) has been set up to study the impact of private equity funds on emerging markets.
It is Finance Minister P Chidambaram's meeting with leaders of public sector bank unions that averted the three-day bank strike proposed from March 28.
Market regulator asks bankers to use real time gross settlement system for IPOs.
This follows an Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR) decision, which directed that payments made by an Indian subscriber for using a portal of a foreign company will be subject to deduction of tax at source.
Price ceiling on the day a company's scrip is first listed on the cards.
The Bombay Stock Exchange may longer enjoy the exclusivity over the reporting platform for the corporate bond market
The Central Board of Direct Taxes has sought a clear definition of the term 'permanent establishment' for assessment of tax payable by foreign entities in India. Currently, the Act defines a 'permanent establishment' as a fixed place of business.
The Income-Tax department will have a say in mergers, demergers and amalgamations in 2006-07, with the Registrar of Companies (RoC) referring the first set of cases for clearance to the department.
The government is planning a slew of amendments to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) Act in the forthcoming Budget session.
In a major development on taxation of FII income, the Authority on Advance Ruling has ruled that income will now be taxed as capital gains and not business income.
According to market sources, it has been observed that most companies are filing claims under short-term capital gains, irrespective of the volume of transactions.
The Bombay Stock Exchange is learnt to have shortlisted London, Nasdaq, Deutsche Borse, New York, and Singapore stock exchanges for the proposed sale of its 26 per cent stake.