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Affluent Indians need Rs 3.5 crore for comfortable retirement, says HSBC report
"Investors (in India) are concerned about the cost of living and...
64.3% Indians now covered under social security, against 22% in 2016
The government's initiatives for improving access to basic...
States reverting to old pension scheme fiscally unsustainable: RBI paper
The immediate gain for states shifting back to the OPS is that they will not have to spend on the NPS contribution of the current employees, but in the future, the unfunded OPS is likely to exert "severe pressures" on their finances, it said. Mumbai: States reverting...
Ministry of Finance approves welfare measures for LIC agents and employees
Siddhartha Mohanty, chairperson, LIC, thanked finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman for extending the benefits of agents and employees of the corporation New Delhi: The Ministry of Finance today approved a series of Welfare measures for the benefit of agents and...
RBI’s financial inclusion index rises; shows growth across all segments
In August 2021, the central bank said it has been conceptualised as a comprehensive index, incorporating details of banking, investments, insurance, postal, as well as the pension sector, in consultation with government and respective sectoral regulators Mumbai: The...
Bank of England tells UK to hold insurers to account on infrastructure
Britain is rolling back capital rules for insurers from later this year and the industry has said this would make available up to 100 billion pounds to invest in infrastructure, but some lawmakers have doubts this will actually be the case The government should check...
FEATURE-India’s women gig workers organise with WhatsApp, secret meetings
India is one of the largest and fastest-growing markets for the so-called gig economy, with nearly 8 million workers in 2020-21, and forecast to expand to 24 million workers by 2029-30, according to government think-tank NITI Aayog Women make up a very small part of...
Live-in relationship cannot provide stability, security: Allahabad HC
The court said, "The brutish concept of changing partners in every season cannot be considered to be the hallmark of a stable and healthy society. The security and stability which the institution of marriage provides to an individual's life cannot be expected from a...
Total Asset Under Management (AUM) under NPS reaches Rs 10 lakh crore
For corporates, it was Rs 1,35,218, for all citizen model the AUM was Rs 47,663, for NPS Lite it was Rs 5,157 and for Atal Pension Scheme the AUM was Rs 30,051 New Delhi: The number of subscribers under the National Pension System (NPS) and Atal Pension Yojana (APY)...
LIC secures 107th position in Fortune Global 500 list
Life Insurance Corporation(LIC) is celebrating its 67th anniversary on Friday. With 13.47 lakh agents, LIC has taken many customer-centric initiatives and digital initiatives besides improving pricing and creating operational efficiencies Mumbai: With total 27.74...
India Retirement Index: Urban India sees a significant upward movement
Prashant Tripathy, managing director & CEO, Max Life said, “This edition shows progress in India’s retirement preparedness, which also signals the country’s stronger economic resilience. Today's working population will be tomorrow's large, retired population. And...
Pandemic, inflation push 68 million more in Asia into extreme poverty – ADB
In a new report released on Thursday, the ADB said an estimated 155.2 million people in developing Asia, or 3.9% of the region's population, lived in extreme poverty as of last year, 67.8 million more than would have been the case without the health and cost-of-living...