Mumbai, May 18 (IANS) Government-owned Life Insurance Corporation of India on Monday received approval from its shareholders for the allotment of fully paid-up bonus equity shares worth Rs 6,352 crore.The shares, which carry a face value of Rs 10, are being issued in a 1:1 ratio, effectively doubling its paid-up share capital. Under this structure, shareholders receive one new bonus equity share for every one existing share held. This is the first-ever bonus issue announced by the LIC.The compan…
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New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday said it has conducted searches at seven premises in connection with a case registered against Reliance Communications Ltd., one of the Reliance ADA Group companies.These premises were spread across Mumbai, Gurugram, and Bengaluru, the Bureau said in a statement.“The searches were conducted at the residential premises of the then CEO, CFO and Directors of the company who served during the period 2015–2017. The sear…
Mumbai, May 9 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday said it has conducted searches at 17 premises in Mumbai in connection with three cases registered against Anil Ambani-led Reliance ADA Group companies — Reliance Telecom Ltd, Reliance Commercial Finance Ltd, Reliance Home Finance Ltd and their Directors.According to a CBI statement, these searches are “being conducted at the residential premises of Directors of the above-mentioned companies as well as at the office pre…
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) The policies of the companies should be oriented towards increasing overall insurance penetration and density, while ensuring retention of market share, said M. Nagaraju, Secretary, Department of Financial Services (DFS).He underscored the need to expand insurance coverage to a wider segment of the population, advising that companies should prioritise inclusion of more individuals under the ambit of insurance rather than concentrating predominantly on big-ticket policies….
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) The Union government notified 100 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) in the insurance sector under the automatic route, paving the way for greater participation by overseas investors, according to a report released on Saturday.NDTV Profit has reported that foreign investment in insurance companies will be subject to compliance with provisions of the Insurance Act, 1938, and mandatory approval from the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) f…
Mumbai, April 26 (IANS) The combined market valuation of seven of India’s top-10 most valued companies eroded by over Rs 2 lakh crore last week, with Reliance Industries and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) emerging as the biggest laggards.The downturn came in line with a bearish trend on Dalal Street, where the Sensex plunged 1,829.33 points, or 2.33 per cent, while the Nifty declined 455.6 points, or 1.87 per cent during the week.Market sentiment remained under pressure after two consecutive …
Pune, April 24 (IANS) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday confirmed that the government plans to continue with the disinvestment process of IDBI Bank.The comments dispelled the uncertainty hanging over the privatisation of IDBI Bank, as the offers received in the earlier bidding round were below the reserve price fixed by the government. Consequently, the proposed transaction had to be called off last month.Under the original plan, the government was to sell a 30.48 per cent stake in I…
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested two senior executives of Anil Ambani-controlled Reliance Communications (RCom), D. Vishwanath and Anil Kalya, in connection with the Rs 19,694 crore bank fraud case registered against the company, according to an agency statement on Monday.The CBI had registered a regular case against Reliance Communications Limited, Anil D Ambani, and unknown others on the complaint of State Bank of India (SBI), on the allegations…
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested Amitabh Jhunjhunwala and Amit Bapna, close aides of industrialist Anil Ambani, in an ongoing investigation under the PMLA, based on multiple ECIRs registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), according to sources. Jhunjhunwala, who was the director of Reliance Capital Limited, is alleged to have been one of the key decision-makers in various operations of RHFL (Reliance Home Finance Limited) and RCFL (M/s Rel…
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) The Finance Ministry’s Department of Financial Services Secretary, M. Nagaraju, on Wednesday launched two next-generation mobile applications of Life Insurance Corporation of India — ‘MyLIC’ for policyholders and ‘Super Sales Saathi’ for sales intermediaries — as part of efforts to accelerate the insurer’s digital transformation.In his remarks on the occasion, Nagaraju described the development as a strategic inflection point in LIC’s digital journey.”LIC…