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Why can’t Centre formulate ‘clear cut’ policy to regulate cryptocurrency? asks SC
“Why does Centre not come out with a clear cut policy on regulating...
Govt reviews COVID-19 situation abroad
As of May 19, 2025, the number of active COVID-19 cases in India...
Census, NPR databases declared as critical information infrastructure
The computer resources of all associated dependencies of the aforementioned entities have also been declared as “protected systems” under the law New Delhi: The government has declared certain databases related to the Census and the National Population Register (NPR)...
General insurance industry’s prm rise 16% to Rs 20,423 crore in Oct, pvt sector gains market share by 2%
The private sector general insurers have further expanded their market share to 51.34 per cent till October-2022 as against 49.24 per cent in the year-ago period. The four PSU general insurers have continued to lose their market share to 33.13 per cent till Oct -2022...
Funding winter: IFSCA aims to hand out Fintech grants to Indian innovators from early next year
''We have an external committee which will be looking into these applications. Probably, from early next year, the grants will start flowing,'' he said on the sidelines of Singapore Fintech Festival (SFF) held 2-4 Nov 2022 The grants are for bootstrap innovators, and...
Fadnavis directs GST officials to work with cyber dept to curb financial frauds
Fadnavis, who also holds home and finance portfolios, issued the instruction after holding a meeting with GST officials as well as those of the state finance department Mumbai: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday asked state GST (Goods and...
Climate finance a mirage; early warning systems key to saving lives, livelihoods: Bhupender Yadav at COP27
Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav India is making swift progress in respect of early warning for other hazards such as heat waves, the minister said, adding that the country has made concerted efforts towards making early warnings impact-based, easily...
Life insurers register 15 pc rise in new biz premium at Rs 24,916 cr in Oct
LIC recorded 18 per cent rise in its new business premium at Rs 15,920.13 crore during the month, as against Rs 13,500.78 crore a year ago The rest 23 players in the private sector witnessed their combined new business premium increasing by 11 per cent to Rs 8,996.45...
Customer protection lies at core of microfinance regulation, says RBI Deputy Governor
Considering the large customer base of microfinance at 6 crore borrowers, microfinance, Deputy Governor M. Rajeshwar Rao said, has emerged as one of the most important tools to foster financial inclusion Mumbai: Customer protection lies at core of microfinance...
‘IRDAI in talks with govt to relax Rs 100-cr entry capital for insurers’
Debasish Panda, Chairman,IRDAI "Like in the banking system, we have microfinance institutions, regional banks, and small finance banks. So, we have all categories of banks then there are non-banking financial companies. In the insurance sector also, we should have...
Primary schools shut; WFH for 50% govt staff as Delhi grapples with ‘severe’ pollution
The data from the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) showed that the concentration of lung-damaging fine particles known as PM2.5 was above 600 micrograms per cubic metre, around eight times the national standard of 60 micrograms per cubic metre, in many areas....
IRDAI nixes Fairfax move raising its stake to 74% in Go Digit, deal would make company richer by $375 million
Prem Watsa, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Fairfax Fairfax currently owns 45. 3% in Go Digi Infoworks, which has 83% stake in the Go Digit General Insurance company. In June 2022, Digit Insurance and Fairfax had applied to the IRDAI for approval to convert the...