Section 10(10D) is read as under:- Any sum received under a life insurance policy, including the sum allocated by way of bonus on such policy, other than
(a) any sum received under sub-section (3) of section 80DD or sub-section (3) of section 80DDA*; or
(b) any sum received under a Keyman insurance policy; or
(c) any sum received under an insurance policy issued on or after the 1st day of April, 2003 in respect of which the premium payable for any of the years during the term of the policy exceeds twenty per cent of the actual capital sum assured:
shall be exempt from tax.
Provided that the provisions of this sub-clause shall not apply to any sum received on the death of a person:
Thus in your case, the said premuim is exempt. Treat it as a capital receipt.
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