India shell companies News
The government has allowed 24 insurance companies to sell their policy after collecting Aadhaar card details of the buyers
The move is understood to aim at checking the laundering of funds into insurance firms and shell companies
The decision is likely to help these insurance companies to perform in real-time and do e-KYC. This would also reduce the cost of transaction
The regulator has asked the exchanges to restrict trading in shares of 331 such companies, some of which have investments by several well-known domestic and foreign investors and the move spooked overall market sentiments on fears about possible action against more such firms.
The restrictions include limiting trading in the affected companies to once a month and curbs in the trading of shares held by the promoters and directors of the companies.
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