TABLE INVESTMENT PATTERN
S.No. | Investment | Minimum Percentage of Investible moneys to be invested in items referred to in column (2) |
(1) | (2) | (3) |
(i) | In Central Government securities as defined in section 2 of the Public Debt Act, 1944 (18 of 1944); and/or units of such Mutual Funds which have been set up as dedicated funds for investment in Government securities and which are regulated by the securities and Exchange Board of India; | Twenty five Percent. |
(ii) | (a) in Government securities as defined in section 2 of the Public Debt Act, 1944 (18 of 1944), created and issued by any state Government, and/or units of such mutual funds which have been set up as dedicated funds for investment in Government securities and which are regulated by the securities and Exchange Board of India: and/or (b) in any other negotiable securities the principle whereof the interest whereon is fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Central Government or any State Government except those covered under (iii)(a) below; | Fifteen per cent. |
(iii) | (a) in bonds/securities of a public financial institution or of a public sector company or of a public sector bank, which have an investment grade rating from at least two credit rating agencies; and/or (b) Term Deposit Receipts (TDR) up to three years issued by public sector banks; and/ or (c) in Collateral Borrowing and Lending Obligation (CBLO) issued by Clearing Corporation of India Limited and approved by the Reserve Bank of India | Thirty per cent. |
(iv) | to be investment in any of the above three categories, as decide by their Trustees. | Thirty per cent. |
NOTIFICATION NO. , Dated : November 3, 2005
With all that Income Tax exemption schemes, recall what Lord Justice Harman said regarding the schedule applicable to a tax payer.
“Indeed it has been said that the pleasure of life depends upon the schedule under which man lives.”
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