by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 21, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Pension & Social Security
NEW DELHI: The government has evolved a new scheme to provide social security pension of Rs 3,000 per month to farmers above the age of 60 years, the Rajya Sabha was informed Friday. Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said the government has...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 21, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Life, Non-Life
New Delhi: The Centre is considering increasing the personal income tax threshold in next month’s budget, according to people familiar with the matter, as authorities seek to kickstart consumption in the economy. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 21, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management
Donald Trump approved but then scrapped strikes against Iranian targets on Thursday, The New York Times reported, after Iran shot down a US drone in what the president termed a "big mistake." The US was planning to hit "a handful of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 20, 2019 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
Himalayan glaciers have been melting twice as fast since the start of this century, underscoring the threat the climate crisis poses to water supplies for hundreds of millions of people across Asia. Scientists have long been trying to establish how quickly...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 20, 2019 | Indian News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Mumbai: Despite not having a level playing field, some of the overseas multinational reinsurers, who are having branch operations in the country, have grown their business aggressively in 2018-19, which is these reinsurers’ second year of full operations. ...
