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Can med for rare disorder SMA be made available at lower price in India: SC to drug manufacturer
During the hearing on Friday, the bench was told by senior advocate...
NPS corpus touches Rs 14.4 lakh crore with 8.4 cr subscribers in FY 25: PFRDA chairman
L TO R- Deepak Mohanty, chairman,PFRDA , Nagaraju Maddirala,...
India’s nominal GDP to be USD 3.5 trillion by end-March: Eco Survey
V. Anantha Nageswaran,Chief Economic Adviser Further support to economic growth will come from the expansion of public digital platforms and path-breaking measures such as PM GatiShakti, the National Logistics Policy and the Production-Linked Incentive schemes to...
Road transport, highways sector has max number of delayed projects: Govt
In the road transport and highways sector, 428 out of 724 projects are delayed. In railways, out of 173 projects, 117 are delayed, while in the petroleum sector, 88 out of 158 projects are running behind schedule, as per the latest flash report on infrastructure...
FinMin to stick to privatisation of already announced CPSEs next fiscal
After tasting success in privatising loss-making Air India in 2021, the progress of PSU sell-off has not been very impressive over the past year, and experts say that with the general election around the corner in 2024, no major disinvestment announcement is expected...
Indian Economy: Kicking into high gear
Among other notable differences: India’s middle class remains significantly smaller. Fully capturing the nation’s demographic dividend — perhaps its biggest advantage compared to bigger economies — will require broader wealth creation that resolves high unemployment...
IMA puts forward demands to govt ahead of budget presentation
In its proposal to the government for consideration in the upcoming Union Budget, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has said deficit funding is the most important cause behind the lack of penetration of the AB-PMJAY If the funding has to be raised to at least the...
Govt notifies 3 GACs to look into complaints against social media firms
The objective of establishing the GACs is to settle the issues that users may have against the manner in which social media platforms initially addressed their complaints regarding content and other matters New Delhi: The Centre on Friday notified three grievances...
Twitter sued in Germany to force the platform to remove antisemitic content
HateAid and the European Union of Jewish Students filed the suit against Twitter to require the platform to clarify basic obligations when moderating criminal content, according to a statement on Wednesday. By filing this lawsuit, HateAid and EUJS said they’re seeking...
Budget- 2023-24: “Cut GST rate from 18% to 5% on health insurance premiums”
It is expected that the government in the upcoming budget comes up with a series of measures to boost this sector, thus considering 5% GST tax slab on health insurance premium to make it more affordable for the people living in the middle-income group to get access to...
Budget Wishlist: Insurers expect for tax concessions to push industry’s growth
Scrapping or slashing of Goods and Services Tax (GST) on insurance premiums, making pension/annuity proceeds tax-free, and creating a separate category for tax deduction for premium paid are some of the budget wishlist of Indian insurers The industry players are also...
Maha govt positive about old pension scheme for teachers and govt employees: CM Shinde
Eknath Shinde, Chief Minister,Maharashtra Under the old pension scheme, employees get a defined pension. Under this, an employee is entitled for a 50 per cent amount of the last salary drawn as pension However, the pension amount is contributory under the National...