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Govt examining public comments on draft Consumer Protection (e-commerce) Rules
Semiconductor shortage hurting production, may impact Aug-Sep automobile wholesales: Report
Noting that chip shortages are hurting production and should impact August-September wholesales, Jefferies said, ”companies such as Maruti, Bajaj and Royal Enfield have seen an increased impact in the September quarter.” The recent pandemic-related lockdown in Malaysia might add to the constraints, it added.
Semiconductors are silicon chips that cater to control and memory functions in products ranging from automobiles, computers and cell phones to various other electronic items.
Facebook, Xiaomi want a slice of India’s $1 trillion digital loan market
Amazon.com also made its maiden investment in the country’s wealth management sector this month, participating in a $40 million round by fintech startup Smallcase Technologies Pvt.Alphabet Inc.’s Google is also upping its game. After offering wealth management products such as digital gold, mutual funds on its popular Google Pay platform, it’s now tied up with small Indian lenders for opening time deposits for its customers.
India’s digital payments market is drawing the attention of some of techs biggest names after online transactions surged during the pandemic and traditional lenders turned cautious following a rise in bad debt. Digital lending is expected to treble to $350 billion by 2023 and reach a total of $1 trillion in the five years since 2019, according to estimates from the Boston Consulting Group.
LIC’s total assets swell 22 % to Rs 38 trillion in FY 2021
The corporation’s total Life Fund(total investment) has gone up by 10 per cent y-o-y to the tune of Rs.34,36,686 rores in Fy 2020-21.
The total funds of the corporation, invested across the sectors of the economy, are Rs 36,76,170 crores as on 31st March 2021.
In 2020-21 LIC has settled 229.15 lakhs claims amounting to Rs. 1,47,754 crores.
International
Chinese province launches insurance for businesses hit by coronavirus
COVID-19 coronavirus:Chinese tourist in France, first such death in Europe
-European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides warned ministers at the event in Brussels that “viruses know no borders”,
-She said coordination within the EU was vital in fighting the virus, including sharing information and cooperation between countries.“We are determined to ensure an effective, coherent EU-level response,” she said, adding: “We need to be united in our response – coherent and coordinated with each other.”
Coronavirus could damage global growth in 2020, says IMF
Coronavirus triggers major dislocation in global supply chains
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