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Trump tariff worries spur record overseas demand for JGBs
Overseas investors scooped up some 2.18 trillion yen ($15.49...
Centre committed to providing affordable and quality healthcare for poor Nadda : JP Nadda
JP Nadda,Union Health Minister Nadda stressed that simple changes...
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...
Claims and reinsurance costs impacting on Indian insurers’ profitability
"India's privately-owned insurers, where foreign shareholdings are concentrated, have cut their exposure to high risk assets and have been early adopters of actuarial-led reserve management and risk-based capital management. This has and will continue to help private...
India’s population may have already overtaken China’s, analysts
India's population stood at 1.417 billion as of end 2022, according to estimates from the World Population Review, an independent organization focused on census and demographics.That’s a little over 5 million more than the 1.412 billion reported by China Tuesday when...
Budget-2023-24:Centre may plan rate changes in new income tax structure
While the new optional income tax scheme - announced in 2020 to make tax compliance simpler - offers lower headline taxation rates on annual income, experts say it is unattractive to many as it does not allow exemptions on housing rentals and insurance among other...
Green Bonds purchase by insurers to be treated as infrastructure investments: IRDAI
The regulator, in a circular dated Jan. 13, said the move was made with the objective of "de-concentration and diversification" of insurers' infrastructure portfolios as well as "from the perspective of participation in environmental, social and governance (ESG)...
China’s GDP sinks to three per cent in 2022, second lowest in 50 years
Significantly this year, China's GDP in terms of dollars declined from USD 18 trillion in 2021 to USD 17.94 trillion last year mainly due to a sharp rise of the dollar against RMB (the Chinese currency) in 2022 The slow pace was blamed mainly on the strictly...
EU plans law forcing companies to prove green claims are real – draft
The draft rules would cover all products and services sold in the EU, unless they are covered by comparable EU rules. "Green" investment products are already regulated the EU's taxonomy, a controversial labelling system facing legal challenges from the Austrian...
Centre earmarks Rs 2,000 crore to encourage states to scrap old vehicles
Incentive for scrapping of old vehicles has been added to the scheme and an amount of Rs 2,000 crore has been earmarked for scrapping state government vehicles which are older than 15 years, waiver of liabilities on old vehicles and providing tax concessions to...