Welcome to My Blog
Here is a masonry blog layout with no sidebar
Insurance, 8 other economic bills to be taken up in Winter Session
As per the list of Bills circulated with the members of Parliament for the upcoming session, the government proposes to introduce The Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2025, to raise the FDI limit in the insurance sector to 100 per cent, from 74 per cent, as part of...
3rd edition “IFSCA-IRDAI GIFT-City Global Reinsurance Summit on Jan 19, 2026 in Mumbai
The 3rd edition “IFSCA-IRDAI GIFT-City Global Reinsurance Summit” (GRS) under aegis of the Ministry of Finance, Government of India to be held on Jan 19, 2026 at Hotel JW Marriott, Juhu, Mumbai, India.The event bring all stakeholders onto a common platform to discuss...
India’s population to stabilise at at 1.8–1.9 billion by 2080 due to falling fertility rate: IASP
While birth rates are falling, life expectancy continues to rise due to improvements in healthcare.More people are living beyond 60, and this brings new challenges of elderly care, especially as younger people migrate for work. More people are living beyond 60, and...
Jul-Sep quarter GDP surges to 8.2%, India’s strong economic resilience,say experts
The GDP growth came ahead of the festive season consumption boost on the back of the implementation of a significant reduction in the goods and services tax (GST) New Delhi: GDP growth, driven by strong domestic demand, resilient services exports, and low inflation,...
Indian airlines complete software upgrade for 80 pc of 338 affected A320 family planes
A total of 200 IndiGo planes have been affected, and software upgrades have been completed for 184 of them, while in the case of Air India, 113 aircraft have been impacted and upgrades have been done for 69 of them, DGCA data showed.In the case of Air India Express,...
FM Sitharaman lays foundation for offices of 15 PSU banks, insurance companies in Amaravati
Sitharaman described the gathering of all major PSU banks and insurance companies on one financial street as a historic first for any state capital in India Amaravati:Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu on...
Universal Coverage:Rebuilding India’s Health Insurance Architecture
Health insurance sector itself is facing headwinds with 12-15% medical inflation, opaque pricing structure, and strained insurer–hospital relations. Insurers are under stress with combined ratios above 110% and low single-digit RoEs. Cutting GST on health insurance to...
Life Insurance:Driving Product Innovation and Long-Term Sustainability
Along with changing customer needs, expanded datasets and increasing digitisation, the specialized skillset of actuaries is also paving the way for new age personalised and embedded products. Enabled by modern techniques, including machine learning and predictive...
Airbus issues major A320 recall, threatening global flight disruption
The advisory follows an unnerving incident on Oct. 30 involving a JetBlue plane flying from Cancun to Newark, New Jersey, that suffered a computer glitch, resulting in a sudden unexpected downward pitch without pilot input. Nobody was injured, and the jet diverted to...
DGCA asks Indian operators to immediately carry out requisite software upgrades in 338 A320 family aircraft
Airbus said intense solar radiation might corrupt data critical to flight controls in a significant number of A320 family aircraft and that the software changes required to fix the issue would lead to operational disruptions New Delhi: As many as 338 A320 family...
AIG to pay Neal $2.7 million to compensate for “foregone incentives”
John Neal, forner CEO, Lloyd's AIG withdrew its employment offer to Neal, who had been set to join the company as president in December, after learning that the executive was being investigated at his former employer, Lloyd’s of London, the Wall Street Journal...
Sri Lanka shuts offices, schools as 56 killed due to floods and landslides
More than 25 people were killed Thursday in landslides in the central mountainous tea-growing regions of Badulla and Nuwara Eliya, which is about 300 kilometres east of the capital, Colombo. Another 21 people were missing and 14 were injured in the Badulla and Nuwara...
Govt plans to extend tax holiday to 15 yrs on profits earned by aircraft leasing firms in GIFT City
Plane leasing companies housed at Gujarat International Finance Tec-City, or GIFT City, currently get a tax waiver for 10 years. Expanding this benefit by five years will make GIFT City more attractive to lessors who typically make the bulk of the profit on an...
Why accident insurance cover only for those purchasing tickets online, SC asks railways
A bench of Justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and K Vinod Chandran was told that the insurance cover is provided only to passengers purchasing tickets online to cover accidents New Delhi: The Supreme Court has asked the Indian Railways to apprise it why an accident...
Govt returns Rs1,887 crore unclaimed financial assets to citizens in 2 months
Unclaimed financial assets such as insurance policy claims, bank deposits, dividends, shares, and income from mutual funds often remain unclaimed due to a lack of awareness or outdated account details New Delhi: The Secretary of the Department of Financial Services,...
GST rate rationalisation boosts consumption; economy to maintain growth momentum: FinMin report
“The rationalisation of GST rates has provided a measurable boost to consumption, as reflected in the strengthening of high-frequency indicators, including higher e-way bill generation, record festive-season automobile sales, robust UPI transaction values, and a...
Govt mulls rating system for assessing performance of contractor firms engaged in NH works
According to the concept note, ratings for Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) and Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM) projects shall be conducted together, whereas ratings for Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) projects shall be conducted separately New Delhi: In a...
Sebi introduces new incentive structure for mutual fund distributors
Under this, asset management companies (AMCs) will pay these distributors 1 per cent of the first lump-sum investment or the first-year SIP amount, up to Rs 2,000, provided the investor stays invested for at least a year. New Delhi:, Markets regulator Sebi on Thursday...