MET League of Colleges and Chartered Insurance Institutes (CII), London announce the eMBA-Insurance programme.
GST Reform 2.0, which trims tax slabs from four to two, signals a push for demand-led growth, and together with recent income tax cuts, sets the stage for sustained economic growth, experts said. The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council on September 3 approved an overhaul of the indirect tax regime by taxing essentials at 5 per cent and other goods at 18 per cent. A new 40 per cent tax will be applicable on luxury and sin items.
One of the most exploited provisions is Section 10(13A), which permits exemption on HRA.
Graduates in any discipline from a recognised University or appearing for final year exam are eligible to apply.
'The incentives to switch to the new tax regime... are viewed as a negative due to potential loss of customers who buy policies for saving tax.' 'The tax-saving value proposition for the sector reduces.'
Market downturns or regulatory shifts can reduce liquidity, making it harder to buy or sell assets when needed.
rediffGURU Vipul Bhavsar answers readers' personal income tax queries.
There is discrimination against women in insurance cover. As a flood of insurance companies tap the capital markets with public issues, there is however, hardly any reference to this asymmetry. Subhomoy Bhattacharjee reports
rediffGURU Samkit Maniar answers readers' personal income tax queries.
rediffGURU Vipul Bhavsar answers readers' personal income tax queries.
There was no smooth surge in middle class prosperity for foreign businesses to tap into because of the Indian economy was mismanaged, argues Debashis Basu.
rediffGURU Samkit Maniar answers readers' personal income tax queries
There is a large population standing outside the coverage of primary healthcare, says Praveen Gupta of Raheja QBE.
The Centre is looking to continue maintaining an arms length in financial sector appointments.
Ask your bank to save for you. Plan your taxes. Reward yourself for your addictions... Chartered accountant Shreya Jaiswal's 10 ways to make more money this year.
Tax benefit on WFH expenses, regulatory clarity on cryptos figure high on their wish list.
The regulator has not been maintaining panel of auditors since 2005 and instead prescribing the requirements for their appointment by insurers. In the backdrop of inflated balance sheet of Satyam Computer Services, chartered accountant body ICAI had pitched for the appointment of statutory auditors for insurance firms by IRDA.
Members of Parliament, state legislatures, and local governments not eligible to be members of PSB boards
Check out the new schedule for the CA exams held by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India has declared the dates for its examinations.
Here's the full text of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to a joint session of the United States Congress, delivered on Thursday.
The session was organised in the backdrop of upcoming new Companies Act which is touted to have very strong provisions for both executive and independent directors, said Nitin Mankad, chairman, CII Central Gujarat Zonal Council.
The 39-year-old was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate from Ranchi after the agency conducted multi-city raids against him, Singhal, her businessman husband Abhishek Jha and others, on May 6.
The government today expanded the three-member Satyam board to six to include S Balakrishnan of Life Insurance Corporation, Tarun Das, chief mentor of the Confederation of Indian Industry and T N Manoharan, former president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India's Professional Education-I, Professional Education-II and Final examination will be held from November 1.
The Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India University, Tripura has announced admission to various degree and post degree programmes.
Reliance Industries Ltd, the nation's most valuable company, on Thursday said it has raised $4 billion (around Rs 30,000 crore) in debt through the largest ever foreign currency bond issuance by an Indian entity. The oil-to-telecom conglomerate plans to use the proceeds of the three tranche issues to retire existing borrowings. The issue was "nearly 3 times oversubscribed with a peak order book aggregating around $11.5 billion," the company said in a statement. This is the largest ever foreign currency bond transaction in India, eclipsing ONGC Videsh Ltd's $2.2 billion US dollar bonds issue of 2014.
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India invites applications for Management Accountancy Course (MAC Part-I) and Insurance and Risk Management (IRM) Examinations.
These include the Professional Education-I, Professional Education-II and Final examination.
Fintechs need to behave with responsibility and transparency. A lot of mis-selling has been happening. Other issues have been plaguing the fledgling industry -- high interest rates, even higher processing fees, harsh collection process and, most critically, data leakage leading to rampant frauds, points out Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
25,600 cases of banking fraud totalling Rs 1.79 billion were reported up to December 2017. 'There is an inherent legacy when it comes to insuring crime.' 'Generally, most banks are uncomfortable in sharing data about employee fraud.'
There will be different ways of returning the money, depending on the profile of the depositors and the amount, predicts Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Mired in corruption, politics and with a history of suicides by its hapless depositors, PMC Bank's revival is a challenge very different from Yes Bank and LVB, both for the regulator and the rescuer, observes Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
If there were an Olympics for bank frauds in India, Rishi Agarwal, founder and former chairman of ABG Shipyard Ltd, a nephew of the Ruia brothers of the Essar group, would bag the gold, pushing Nirav Modi to his right, says Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Promises have been made in the past about cleaning up bank boards, revamping processes, purging vested interests. How far away is that Promised Land?
Some experts says that the high net-worth requirement of Rs 50 crore for setting up an IU is a deterrent.
The e-commerce firm recruited 18 post graduate students.
In the aftermath of the PMC Bank mess which was in the RBI's highest rating of 'A' category, trustworthiness of these ratings may be up for a review.
In a bid to gain a bigger share of the customer's wallet, banks are ramping up their cross-selling initiatives.
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