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Top 10% earners have 55% of India’s wealth: Report

“In 2014, the share of national income captured by India’s top one per cent of earners was 22 per cent, while the share of the top 10 per cent of earners was around 56 per cent. The top 0.1 per cent of earners has continued to capture more growth than all those in the bottom 50 per cent combined,”

IRDAI Panel suggests competitive returns for life insurance customers

Panel has suggested to “lower the mandatory proportion of ‘G-Secs’ in the Life Fund and the Pension and General Annuity Funds and allow for higher exposure in alternative higher yielding assets (like equity or property) or high rated corporate bonds” to help insurers generate a high gross return on investments so that insurance savings products can compare favourably in the financial savings space

Government to bear MDR charges on digital transactions up to Rs 2,000

The move will have an impact of Rs 2,512 crore on the exchequer.The minister said since such transactions account for sizable percentage of transaction volume, the decision will help move towards less-cash economy. Prasad further said digital transactions during April -September 2017 were valued at 2.18 lakh crore.This amount is estimated to be Rs 4.37 lakh crore for the whole of the current financial year.