IN line with IRDA's new charge structure for ULIPs, Kotak Life has launched a ULIP, which offers guaranteed maturity addition of up to 280% of your first year premium. The fixed return of the first year premium ranges from 110% for 10-year policy to 280% on a 30-year policy. The Kotak Super Advantage, which has replaced its earlier ULIP plan called Kotak Smart Advantage, claims 100% allocation of your premiums from the second year onwards. Besides, the ULIP offers assured bonus addition to enhance your fund value at maturity, the life insurer said in a statement. This benefit is calculated as 3% of the average Fund Value of the last three policy years. This ULIP offers five fund options to customers on the basis of their risk appetite.
IDFC - Long term infrastructure bonds What are infrastructure bonds? In 2010, the government introduced a new section 80CCF under the Income Tax Act, 1961 (" Income Tax Act ") to provide for income tax deductions for subscription to long-term infrastructure bonds and pursuant to that the Central Board of Direct Taxes passed Notification No. 48/2010/F.No.149/84/2010-SO(TPL) dated July 9, 2010. These long term infrastructure bonds offer an additional window of tax deduction of investments up to Rs. 20,000 for the financial year 2010-11. This deduction is over and above the Rs 1 lakh deduction available under sections 80C, 80CCC and 80CCD read with section 80CCE of the Income Tax Act. Infrastructure bonds help in intermediating the retail investor's savings into infrastructure sector directly. Long term infrastructure Bonds by IDFC IDFC issued an earlier tranche of these long term infrastructure bonds on November 12, 2010. This is the second public issue of long-te...