Securities and Exchange Board of India would come out with transparent guidelines on search and seizure powers of the regulator along with procedures for investigating companies for insider trading and market misconduct.
The pension sector is expected to become the largest financial sector in India in the next five years and there will be a separate law for the sector, a top finance ministry official said on Tuesday.
Air Sahara on Thursday started its Colombo-Bangalore flight, its second flight from India to Sri Lanka.
Life Insurance Corporation and UTI Mutual Fund are in the fray for entering the lucrative pension business, which is slated to grow to Rs 50,000 crore (Rs 500 billion) by 2010.
The reshuffle is aimed at speeding up the implementation of the government's ambitious programmes like the SmartCity project and focus on key sectors like Mines, Information Technology and Road Transport.
Government is planning to foreclose seven major assured return schemes of the Unit Trust of India, including the 'Children Growth Fund'.
The government will operationalise the interim Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority and come up with the new pension scheme for about 1,00,000 employees from January 1, 2004.
After examining them, a bomb disposal squad said they were 'crude crackers'.
Private airline Air Sahara on Wednesday launched a credit card with Standard Chartered Bank as part of efforts to improve passenger traffic and boost revenues.
The Financial Stability and Development Council members include heads of regulatory bodies like RBI, Sebi and Insurance Regulatory Development Authority.
Indian Airlines and Jet Airways on Friday revised the advance purchase fares in most of the sectors from next month.
Eleven coaches of an express train heading to Assam derailed near Patna Sahib station under Danapur division of East Central Railway zone last night, but no casualty was reported.
Private domestic airline Air Sahara said on Monday it would induct 12 aircraft this year, including seven Bombardier and five Boeing aircraft, at about $45 million to start new flights and add new destinations in the country.
The final guidelines should be there in 3-4 months.
Air Sahara on Friday announced the induction of 50-seater regional jet planes into its fleet as part of plans to spread its network into small towns and cities of the country.\n\n\n\n
Simultaneous protests were held in several other cities, and are also slated to be held elsewhere in the world, the organisers said.
The capital markets watchdog had set up an expert panel in March to suggest new measures to regulate insider trading.
Under the new norms, 75 per cent shares can be reserved for institutional investors
The government has also allowed individuals from the private sector to apply for the post
Starting on Monday, Microsoft is inviting people to try out the new web experience.
Multi-Commodity Exchange of India is the only listed bourse in the country
As per a PMO statement, Modi told the investors that "he believes in a fair, predictable and consistent tax system
Of the 280-odd equity schemes that have been in existence for five years or more, 190 funds or about 70 per cent of those funds have outperformed their respective benchmark indices.
Will Arundhati Bhattacharya be the RBI's first woman governor? Or will Urjit Patel succeed Raghuram Rajanas RBI governor when his term ends on September 4?
The government needs to take positive action to reaffirm that story.
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He said that between 2000 and 2014, not a single entity got registered under the Collective Investment Scheme (CIS) regulations, which was introduced in 2000.
At present, Sebi norms bar wilful defaulters from issuing convertible debt instruments.
The Supreme Court on Friday allowed Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy to intervene in the pending matters relating to the Ayodhya title dispute with his plea seeking construction of Ram temple at the site of demolished disputed structure.
Besides bank accounts, Sebi has also in various proceedings ordered depositories, NSDL and CDSL, to attach the demat securities accounts of the erring entities.
The framework does not allow settling of serious violations that have 'market-wide impact'.
Rising for the second session, the Indian rupee on Thursday climbed by 50 paise to nearly four-week high of 62.67 against the greenback on persistent selling of dollars by banks and hopes of capital inflows in view of a strong equity market.
Sebi to fix promoters' side deals with PE investors
This was at a meeting of the Financial Stability and Development Council, chaired by him. Chidambaram, set to resign on Friday to make way for his successor, called upon the regulators and the ministry to be ready and take necessary action.
Sebi to consider changes in start-up listing norms
The high-level panel, chaired by former Chief Justice of Karnataka and Kerala High Courts, K Sodhi, had focused on reviewing the Sebi (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 1992.
Women of the family rush to become directors of firms to meet Sebi deadline.
The EPFO, which has 50 million subscribers, provides annual interest of 8.75 per cent on provident fund deposits.
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