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Digital competition law after due process Union Minister Harsh Malhotra
Speaking at the National Conference on Economics of Competition Law...
India advancing with labour welfare, quality employment and social justice: Govt
Sumita Dawra, Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment and...
Govt pushes back six car airbags rule by a year to Oct 2023
Mandating six airbags is part of a renewed push by the road transport ministry to improve safety after Cyrus Mistry, the former chairman of Indian conglomerate Tata Sons, died in a recent car crash NEW DELHI: The government will require all passenger cars to have a...
Rajasthan govt approves Rs 500 crore budget for payment of medical facilities to employees
The main objective of the RGHS scheme is to provide cashless medical treatment to government employees and pensioners. The cost of the treatment is borne by the state government, according to officials Jaipur: The Rajasthan government has approved an additional budget...
Govt hikes interest rates on some small savings schemes by up to 30 bps in Q3
Senior Citizen Savings scheme will earn 20 basis points more to 7.6 per cent from the existing rate of 7.4 per cent during the October-December period, a finance ministry notification said New Delhi: The government on Thursday raised rates on some small savings...
At Rs 1,000 per claim, National Insurance plans to hire Internal Ombudsman
The Internal Ombudsman is required to strengthen the grievance redressal mechanism and reduce the complaints to Insurance Ombudsman and pre-empt litigation in judicial and quasi-judicial forums Chennai: In an attempt to reduce claims litigation costs, individual...
RBI set for fourth straight rate hike to quell inflation, say experts
Inflation will remain elevated this year and the next, ADB said in an update to its flagship Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2022 report ''This Update forecasts the inflation rate averaging 6.7 percent in FY2022 (fiscal ending in March 2023) before moderating to 5.8...
FPIs pump in Rs 8,600-cr in Sep; pace of investment slows
FPIs turned net buyers in July after nine straight months of net outflows, which started in October last year. Between October 2021 till June 2022, they sold Rs 2.46 lakh crore in the Indian equity markets. New Delhi: After infusing more than Rs 51,000 crore last...
Conflict, climate change and Covid pose threat to health of women, children: PMNCH
As many as 18 million children did not receive a single dose of DTP in 2021. The vast majority of these children live in low and middle-income countries, with India, Nigeria, Indonesia, Ethiopia and the Philippines recording the highest numbers, the statement said In...
Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission crosses 1 cr digitally linked health records
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya Over 28,300 hospitals of which 46 per cent are private have been empanelled so far under the scheme. Of the total 3.8 crore hospital admission under the scheme, 46 per cent were in government-run hospitals. Fifty-two per cent of...
India on track to attract $100 bn FDI this fiscal on back of reforms: Govt
The reform measures include liberalization of guidelines and regulations, in order to reduce unnecessary compliance burden, bring down cost and enhance the ease of doing business in India, it added New Delhi: India is on track to attract USD 100 billion foreign direct...
Belgium’s Ageas first to pick up majority stake in Indian life insurance JV; pays Rs 580 crore to IDBI Bank
''With this transaction, Ageas increases its interest in the joint venture that it has operated to date together with IDBI Bank and Federal Bank to 74 per cent.'' Ageas Federal Life Insurance said with the completion of the majority shareholding by Ageas, it is the...