How your health insurance claim can be much lower than the actual hospital bill?
Of-late, complaints against health insurance companies have gone up largely on account of dissatisfaction with claim settlement. This is mostly because customers are unaware of common features in health insurance policies that relates to sub-limits. Normally, almost all health insurance policies have specific cap called sub-limits to the sum insured under which the insurer will…
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Whether a bank account can be opened in the name of an undischarged insolvent?
No account should be opened in the name of an un-discharged insolvent. An insolvent person is a person who is unable to pay his debts as they are due or his liabilities cannot be covered by his assets is insolvent person. Such a person who cannot pay his debts can have insolvency proceedings initiated against…
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Govt. announces Issue price of Sovereign Gold Bond series VI
The Reserve Bank of India made the announcement of issuance of the Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme 2019-20 Series on various dates in tranches starting from tranche series V to tranche series X. In the notification dated October 3, 2019 RBI indicated dates the Bond issued to the investor of every tranche. Accordingly, the Bond issue…
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Wage revision talks held between UFBU and IBA
In today’s( October 18, 2019) talks between representatives of UFBU constituents and IBA, UFBU pressed for an immediate decision on the following issues. Demand for Early settlement, Demand for an increase in IBA’s offer, Demand for the merger of special allowance into basic pay, Demand for 5 days week, Demand for improvement in family pension,…
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RBI announces On-tap Authorisation of Payment Systems
In order to benefit from diversification of risk as also to encourage innovation and competition, Reserve Bank on 15th October 2019 announced to offer on-tap authorisation for the following entities: Bharat Bill Payment Operating Unit (BBPOU). Trade Receivables Discounting System (TReDS). White Label ATMs (WLAs). The entities desirous to function / operate / provide platforms…
Clarity on bank lending to InvITs
Banks are generally permitted to lend to those InvITs where none of the underlying SPVs, which have existing bank loans, is facing ‘financial difficulty’. In view of banks and stakeholders seeking clarification on the provision of credit facilities to Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs), RBI on October 15, 2019, clarified that the banks are permitted to…
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