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Protect customers from the menace of rising digital frauds: Malhotra
Sanjay Malhotra,Governor,Reserve Bank of India "A key element of...
India crosses milestone of 50,000 NQAS certifications of public healthcare units
The rapid scale-up of NQAS reflects the adoption of multi-pronged...
RBI to promote innovations in payment systems with soft touch regulations:Governor
Sanjay Malhotra,Governor , RBI "We will continue to encourage innovation while promoting safety and security through soft touch regulations," the RBI chief said and added that the central bank has adopted a soft-touch approach to regulating the payments ecosystem and...
Irdai permits insurers to undertake transactions in bond forwards for hedging
In a circular on 'Exposure to Forward Contracts in Government Securities (Bond Forwards)', Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai) said that in view of the RBI's directions and considering insurers requests for introduction of Bond Forwards,...
Social media and digital accounts accessed only in search, survey ops: I-T official
"These powers are only to be executed during the course of a search or survey operation, and that too when the assessee being searched or surveyed refuses to share the passwords for digital storage drives, emails, Clouds and communication platforms such as WhatsApp...
IRDAI board to meet on Wednesday
Among other issues, the meeting, the last one under chairmanship of Debasish Panda, may consider granting approvals –R2-to the first private sector reinsurance company, Value Attics Reinsurance Limited, set up by Canadian billionaire Prem Watsa’s Fairfax group...
Govt advertises for a new IRDAI chairman as Panda’s 3-yr tenure ends on Mar 13
Debasish Panda, chairman, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority The last date for applying for the top IRDAI job is Apr 6. For the new chairman of IRDAI, names of Giridhar Aramane, former Defense Secretary, Ajay Seth, Secretary, Department of Economic...
EU’s aggressive environmental regulations biggest hurdles of FTA talks with India: GTRI
"The EU is urging India to adopt stronger privacy regulations aligned with GDPR, but India sees this as an unnecessary burden on its digital economy. India has just enacted its Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, which it argues should be sufficient, though it...
GST rates will come down further: Sitharaman
Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Finance Minister Responding to a question ’ on whether it is time to rationalise GST rates and slabs, Sitharaman said ”that work has almost reached a finale”. Mumbai: In an Indication that the GST rates on Health Insurance and Term Life...
India markets regulator to boost transparency, including on board conflicts, says new chairman
Tuhin Kanta Pandey,,Chairperson , Sebi "We will be coming forward with our own plan to further transparently reveal these conflicts of interest, etc. for the public," Tuhin Kanta Pandey said in his first public speech since taking over as SEBI chief Mumbai: India's...
Nippon Life Insurance may pick up minority stake IndusInd Bank
Nippon Life Insurance Co.’s India unit is considering buying a minority stake in IndusInd Bank Ltd., people familiar with the matter said, with the aim of using the lender’s network to expand sales of its insurance products Mumbai: Japanese major Nippon Life Insurance...
Govt wants insurance payouts to replace its compensation in managing natural disasters: DFS Secy
L to-R-Hitesh Kotak, Chief Executive, Japan, India, Korea, and South-East Asia at Munich Re,Krishna S Vatsa, Member, NDMA,Safi Ahsan Rizvi, Advisor (Mitigation), NDMA, M Nagaraju, Secretary, Department of Finance (DFS), Mandakini Balodhi, Director(Insurance),...