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Expanding Life and Health insurance can boost ASEAN growth, says a Study
In partnership with PwC, the study evaluates the social and...
Insurers start passing on full benefits of zero GST on retail Life and Health covers
``The net outgo for individual consumers has been reduced for...
Average household spending on food less than half for 1st time in modern India
However, this decline was more substantial for the bottom 20 per cent of the households in rural and urban areas. In all likelihood, this reflects the effectiveness of the government's food security policies, which provide free food grains to large numbers of...
Cyber Protection: Public-private action to bridge gap and boost resilience
Mario Greco, Group Chief Executive Officer, Zurich Insurance Group, said: “The threat of cyberattacks poses a significant risk to both societal and economic stability. As insurers, we can offer some degree of protection, but we must acknowledge that large-scale,...
Centre to create Aadhaar-like digital IDs for 11 crore farmers by FY27
“These IDs, created and maintained by the state governments/union territories, will be linked to various farmer-related data, including land records, livestock ownership, crops sown, and benefits availed,” said the government New Delhi: In a bid to empower the...
Presence of women directors in active companies grew three-fold in last 10 years, says FM Sitharaman
Women are also rising on the corporate ladder and in the startup and financial technology space, about 18 per cent of 111 unicorns (valued at USD 1 billion) are led by women in India, said Nirmala Sitharaman,Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Chennai: The...
Institutional investors put in bids worth Rs 2,300 cr for GIC Re OFS
Based on indicative price of Rs 395.03 for the bids, institutional investors put Rs 2,284 crore bids for GIC Re shares as of 3:20 pm on Wednesday. Retail investors will get to bid in the OFS on Thursday New Delhi: Institutional investors on Wednesday placed bids...
Govt to pay for treatment of road accident victims of uninsured vehicles
Earlier, the General Insurance Council (GI Council), the official representative body of the Indian general insurers consisting of private sector and PSU general insurers, has sued the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) in Delhi High Court for asking the...
Govt to sell 7% stake in GIC Re tom, to mop up Rs 4,701 cr
“Retail investors and GIC employees can bid on Thursday. The government will divest 3.39 per cent equity with an additional 3.39 per cent as green shoe option,” Secretary, Department of Investment and Public Asset Management, posted on social media platform X ...
India needs to avoid financialization as it marches towards Viksit Bharat goal, says Nageswaran
V Anantha Nageswaran, Chief Economic Advisor "Unprecedented levels of public and private sector debt, some visible to regulators and some not, economic growth dependent on continued increase in asset prices to offset the leverage that have built up and hence a massive...
Gen insurers sue govt for being ordered to fund treatment of accident victims of uninsured vehicles
To the consternation of the general insurers, who do motor business, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways had issued a directive under Motor Vehicle Accident Fund scheme saying that the insurers have to even fund the cashless medical care of victims of...
New SHe-Box portal to create workplace safer, more inclusive for women
Annapurna Devi, Union Ministrer, Ministry of Women and Child Development All women facing sexual harassment in the workplace, irrespective of being in organised or unorganised, private or public sector, can register a complaint and track it using the portal. Once...