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No fee to be charged for updation of nominees for PPF accounts: FM
"The Banking Amendment Bill 2025, passed recently, allows...
New India celebrates `Bima Jagruti Mahotsava’ in Gujarat
Furthering its commitment to financial inclusion, NIA has opened a...
Soaring inflation rates and Ukraine war push 71 million into poverty globally, warns UNDP
"Unprecedented price surges mean that for many people across the world, the food that they could afford yesterday is no longer attainable today/,This cost-of-living crisis is tipping millions of people into poverty and even starvation at breathtaking speed and with...
COVID-19 Pandemic: Risk lessons in a complex, inter-connected world
Today’s interconnected world is an evolving system, and disastrous events are often the results of systemic failures. The new UN report shows that It’s time to develop a deeper understanding of systemic risks, how they trigger other hazards and shocks, often in...
Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh exit NPS, PFRDA refuses to return their accumulated fund
Supratim Bandyopadhyay, chairperson, PFRDA Supratim Bandyopadhyay, chairperson, PFRDA, said, the total assets under NPS has touched Rs 35 trillion and currently almost has an AUM of Rs 7,40 trillion with 5.33 subscribers across central and state government...
40 pc elderly want to be employed for as long as possible, 13 pc experience physical abuse: study
The insurance sector and schemes - both government and private - needs to better address the health insurance needs of elderly, and it's time for employers to take off their ageist glasses and give elderly a chance to prove their mettle,'' said Anupama Datta, head...
From security to uncertainty: Post Covid, many elderly return to workforce
The reasons for seeking financial independence are varied as is the income bracket. It could be somebody whose son lost his job, another whose savings dwindled in the long months of lockdown or an elderly person who may have seen an earning child die of Covid and is...
Govt approves 8.1% on EPF deposit for 2021-22
The 8.1 per cent EPF rate of interest is the lowest since 1977-78, when it stood at 8 per cent. The 8.5 per cent interest rate on EPF deposits for 2020-21 was decided by the Central Board of Trustees (CBT) in March 2021. New Delhi: The government has approved 8.1 per...
PFRDA rejects Chhattisgarh’s request to refund Rs 17,240 cr collected under NPS, CM urges Modi to intervene
Bhupesh Baghel,Chief Minister,Chhattisgarh PFRDA in a letter dated May 26 replied that there is no such provision available under which the funds, which are deposited both in the form of the government contribution and employees' contribution towards NPS, along with...
Govt raises premium for flagship insurance schemes PMJJBY, PMSBY
The premium rate of PMJJBY has been revised upward to Rs 1.25 per day, translating into an increase from Rs 330 to Rs 436 annually The annual premium for PMSBY has been hiked from Rs 12 to Rs 20, an official statement said New Delhi: The government on Tuesday raised...
Income of 94.11% registered informal workers at Rs 10,000 or below,74pc belong to SC, ST, OBC
e-Shram portal is aimed at building a comprehensive National Database of Unorganized Workers (NDUW) in the country The data showed that 94.11 per cent of the registered informal workers have a monthly income of Rs 10,000 or below, while 4.36 per cent have a monthly...
UK’s Sunak extends one-off $46.6 bn y to ease a cost-of-living crisis for public
British finance minister Rishi Sunak A new, one-off GBP 650 payment will be offered to more than 8 million low-income households on Universal Credit, Tax Credits, Pension Credit and other benefits, with separate one-off payments of GBP 300 to pensioner households and...