Now this is amended to
i) | (a) in Government securities; (b) Other securities, as defined in section 2(h) of the Securities Contract (Regulation) Act, 1956, the principal whereof and interest whereon is fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Central Government or any State Government, except those covered under (ii) (a) below; and/or (c) units of mutual funds set up as dedicated funds for investment in Government securities and regulated by the Securities and Exchange Board of India | Fifty five per cent |
(ii) | (a) Debt securities with maturity of not less than three years tenure issued by Bodies Corporate, including banks and public financial institutions. (b) Term Deposit Receipts of not less than one year duration issued by scheduled commercial banks fulfilling all the following criteria:
(c) Rupee Bonds having an outstanding maturity of at least three years issued by institutions of the international Bank for Reconstruction and Development, International Finance Corporation and the Asian Development Bank. | Forty per cent |
(iii) | Money market instruments including units of money market mutual funds | Five per cent |
(iv) | Shares of companies on which derivatives are available in Bombay Stock Exchange or National Stock Exchange or equity linked schemes of mutual funds regulated by the Securities and Exchange Board of India | Fifteen per cent |
CBDT Notification No. 24/2009, Dated: March 12, 2009