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Income growth, demographics and awareness push Indians to opt for finances over physical assets: Goldman Sachs
This growth, according to the Goldman Sachs report, will translate...
Automakers report dip in vehicle dispatches in Aug as buyers await price cut in GST rejig
The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India reported an 8...
Insurance premiums for climate resilience and NatCat protection are set to increase by 50% by 2030, to reach $200-250 billion, says report
Whilst insurance promises to be a great enabler to unlocking the transition and adapting economies to a new climate era, it will require a paradigm shift in how risk management is prioritised if climate finance is to be deployed and businesses are to secure their...
EPFO’s gross new subscribers addition declined by over 4 per cent to 10.9 million in 2023-24
The report also showed that the gross addition of members of Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) also dipped to 16,760,672 in 2023-24 from 16,773,023 in 2022-23 New Delhi: Retirement fund body EPFO's gross new subscribers addition declined by over 4 per cent...
AP Govt to disburse hiked welfare pensions on July 1
N Chandrababu Naidu,Chief Minister,Andhra Pradesh Over 65 lakh beneficiaries under 28 categories will benefit. The new government has also increased pensions to eligible specially-abled persons from Rs 3,000 per month to Rs 6,000 per month Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh):...
Delhi airport roof collapse raises concerns over Govt’s massive infra push
The issues cast a harsh spotlight on Modi’s building spree, which officials are leaning on to boost development in the world’s fastest-growing major economy. According to Bloomberg Economics, 44.4 trillion rupees ($532 billion) worth of new infrastructure will become...
BJP’s women wing calls for probe into Foxconn India hiring practices
Foxconn hiring agents and HR sources interviewed by Reuters cited family duties, pregnancy and higher absenteeism as reasons why Foxconn did not hire married women at the plant. The story has sparked debates on TV channels and newspaper editorials New Delhi: The...
Insurance Awareness Day: Industry Leaders Lay Out Action Plans
The journey towards widespread insurance coverage begins with informed individuals and families. India's insurance penetration rate for 2023-24 is anticipated to be 3.8%, with life insurance penetration expected to be 2.9%. These figures underscore the pressing need...
Centre asks depts to timely review employees’ working to prematurely retire non-performers
In an order, the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) asked ministries concerned to direct the public sector undertakings (PSUs), banks, autonomous institutions and statutory bodies under their administrative control to undertake the exercise of periodic review...
Budget fy25: Health experts urge FM to allow co-payment scheme for Ayushman Bharat in pvt hospitals, subsidise vaccines
Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Finance Minister The experts also highlighted that, under the Ayushman Bharat Scheme, patients often need to go to private hospitals because 85 per cent of tertiary care beds are in the private sector. They suggested implementing a co-payment...
Centre to conduct thorough check of airports, says Civil Aviation Minister
Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu, who visited the Terminal-1 site soon after the incident, said, "We will conduct a thorough check on all the airports that come under our purview…we will make the necessary report and see if there is a...
Wage negotiations for all PSU general insurers to begin soon
GIPSA informed deputy central labour commissioner on Thursday that the performance of all PSU general insurance companies has improved and they were are awaiting DFS go ahead for calling unions for wage revision negotiation. In turn, deputy CLC advised the DFS and...