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‘GST bachat utsav’: Taxes on wide range of goods, services to be reduced starting Monday
Underlining that the mantra of ‘Nagarik Devobhava’ is clearly...
Justice Surya Kant launches MP HC’s dashboard for motor accident claims
"The dashboard would serve as a central repository, where...
Britain’s financial regulators need ‘ambitious mindset’, says industry leader
“At Lloyd’s, we have the capacity and expertise to evaluate and approve a new underwriting syndicate within 30 days, but the external regulators require many months more before making a decision, causing businesses to set up outside the UK,” said Carnegie-Brown,...
Brazil subsidised rural insurance for Amazon deforested land
Among the companies cited by Repórter Brasil was a unit of Japan’s Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. In 2020, it provided policies to landowners in Mato Grosso, Brazil’s largest crop-producing state. About 70% of the property covered by the insurance was embargoed due to...
Regularly monitoring compliances of intermediaries with new IT rules: MoS IT
Rajeev Chandrasekhar,Minister of State for Electronics and IT “Intermediaries should take additional measures to not permit any advertisements of illegal loan and betting apps. Intermediaries have been warned that non-compliance will lead to losing exemption from...
EPFO fixes 8.25 pc interest rate on employees’ provident fund for 2023-24
"The EPFO's apex decision making body Central Board of Trustees (CBT) has decided to provide 8.25 per cent rate of interest on EPF for 2023-24 at its meeting on Saturday,” a source said New Delhi: Retirement fund body EPFO on Saturday fixed a three-year high interest...
RBI raises ceiling on remuneration of non-executive directors to Rs 30 lakh
"Considering the crucial role of non-executive directors in efficient functioning of bank boards and its various committees and in order to further enable the banks to sufficiently attract qualified competent individuals on their boards, it has been decided to revise...
Govt formulating action plan to compensate victims of cyber financial frauds
Vivek Joshi, Secretary, Department of Financial Services Also discussed was the issue of integration of Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management System platform with National Cybercrime Reporting Portal with the aim to centralise the platform that will...
Govt and ADB sign $200 million loan to tackle flood and erosion risk along Brahmaputra river
“Through the project, ADB continues to pursue its cost-effective, adaptive, and systematic river stabilisation approach to managing the Brahmaputra river. While deploying riverbank protection technology, ADB will also continue to build the capacity of state agencies...
Govt, exporters, shippers discuss Red Sea crisis; commerce ministry asks FIEO to share specific issues
The exporting community has urged the commerce ministry to intervene in freight rates as the shippers are charging huge amounts.High freight rates are impacting the exporting community. We are at dis-advantageous position as compared to countries which are not getting...
Climate change drives world to first 12-month spell over 1.5C
Already 2023 was the planet's hottest year in global records going back to 1850, as human-caused climate change and El Nino, the weather pattern that warms the surface waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean, pushed temperatures higher "We are heading towards a...
Equity mutual fund inflow hits almost 2-yr high of Rs 21,780-cr in Jan
The flow in January was the highest since March 2022, when equity-oriented mutual funds witnessed an inflow of Rs 28,463 crore. Also, the latest flow marks the 35th consecutive month of net inflows in equity funds New Delhi: Equity mutual funds experienced a net...