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Govt completes 5% OFS in GIC Re, including 3% green-shoe option: DIPAM Sect
Sharing the outcome of the stake sale on social media platform X,...
NSE files for Rs 30,000-cr IPO; set to become India’s biggest-ever public issue
Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), the single largest...
Delhi tribunal awards Rs 1.1-crore compensation to family of serviceman killed in crash
Presiding officer Sudeep Raj Saini observed that merely because the deceased was riding his two-wheeler under the influence of alcohol, it did not automatically establish contributory negligence on his part. New Delhi: A motor accident claims tribunal here has awarded...
IRDAI chairman Seth meets Indian reinsurers
Ajay Seth, chairman,IRDAI ``It was an introductory meeting and had no specific agenda. Seth wanted to know the state of affair in the Indian reinsurance industry,’’ said one of the CEOs who had attended the meeting Mumbai: After meeting life and non-life insurers...
Crop loss from floods wild animals now covered under PM Fasal Bima Yojana: Chouhan
"I want to give good news to farmers. PMFBY, which provides risk coverage and compensation for crop losses, will now include losses caused by flooding and wild animals", Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Nagpur:Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh...
FinMin renews merger proposal of state-owned general insurance companies
To facilitate the entry of new players from overseas to cater to the demand for insurance and increase penetration, the government has lined up a bill seeking to increase the FDI limit to 100 per cent from the existing 74 per cent in the insurance sector in the...
Mandatory appointment letters, fixed work hours, social security benefits among key changes in new labour Codes
The Ministry of Labour & Employment has also taken steps to develop a national database to enroll unorganized workers including migrants. It will help migrant workers get jobs, map their skills and provide other social security benefits. This will ensure...
Govt to table Bill to hike FDI in insurance sector to 100% in Winter session of Parliament
A bill seeking to open up the civil nuclear sector for private players, which will have implications for the industry, is among the 10 new proposed legislations listed by the government for introduction in the winter session of Parliament, beginning December 1. New...
“Insurers could be mandated to meet annual disability coverage targets monitored through digital dashboards”Sr Govt official
“IRDAI's role, along with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, needs to be very strongly converged and coordinated because this is not a single ministry's game. Insurers could be mandated to meet...
Probe agencies can’t freeze bank accounts involved in cyber fraud transactions:HC
A probe agency can put the disputed amount on lien, but cannot freeze the entire account, said a bench of Justices Anil Pansare and Raj Wakode at Nagpur in a judgment passed on Thursday Mumbai: In a significant ruling, the Bombay High Court has held that probe...
SC constitutes high-level panel to deal with contamination of rivers in Rajasthan
Referring to several verdicts of the apex court in environmental matters, the bench said these decisions leave no room for ambiguity that where environmental degradation threatens life, health and ecological balance, the state must act with urgency, competence and...
FSSAI asks states to remove fruit-based beverages other drinks being sold under ORS brand from mkts
Last month, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) had directed all food business operators to immediately stop using the word 'ORS' (Oral Rehydration Solution) in their labelling and advertisements, calling such practices misleading to consumers New...