by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 24, 2026 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life
BJP MP Bhartruhari Mahtab has been reappointed as Chairperson of the Committee, which comprises 21 members from Lok Sabha and 10 from Rajya Sabha. New Delhi: Parliament’s Standing Committee on Finance has selected 46 subjects for detailed examination and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 24, 2026 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Technology
Shivraj Singh Chouhan.Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare The Farmer ID initiative is designed to provide farmers with a unique digital identity, enabling transparent, efficient and timely access to government schemes, bank credit, crop insurance and disaster...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 24, 2026 | Banking & Bancassurance, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Regulation, Risk Management, Technology
Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Finance Minister The FSDC discussed reducing cost of intermediation in the financial sector Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also urged the regulators and stakeholders concerned to expedite the process of refund of unclaimed assets...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 24, 2026 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Policy
According to the statement by Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers, the panel will examine the existing regulatory set-up and suggest measures to strengthen oversight, monitoring, and enforcement mechanisms to check unethical pharmaceutical marketing practices. New...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 24, 2026 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Technology
The ministry has chosen 10 pilot locations for the project — the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Amritsar, Bastar, Bengaluru, Guwahati, Ladakh, Lakshadweep, Mumbai, Rudraprayag and Visakhapatnam. New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Home Affairs on Friday said it has sought...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 24, 2026 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Policy
“This initiative to estimate platform gig workers is a half-step as there are a large number of informal gig workers who are not on any platform,” said K.R. Shyam Sundar, a labour economist and a former professor at XLRI Jamshedpur. NEW DELHI: India...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 24, 2026 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Policy
In an affidavit filed before the Supreme Court in a pending plea seeking regulation of medicine prices, the Union government, through the Department of Pharmaceuticals, said it had decided to rationalise trade margins on anti-cancer drugs after extensive consultations...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 23, 2026 | Articles, Intermediaries, Life, Non-Life, Regulation
As the IRDAI reshapes insurance distribution, reforms must recognise brokers’ role in risk management, claims support and better policyholder protection. Today, they contribute over 40% of general insurance premiums, bringing expertise in risk assessment, product...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 23, 2026 | Articles, Intermediaries, Life, Non-Life, Regulation, Technology
IRDAI’s consultation paper “Recalibrating Economics of Insurance Distribution” goes beyond commission rationalisation to propose a sweeping overhaul of India’s insurance distribution ecosystem, covering intermediary structures, remuneration,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 23, 2026 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management, Technology
The emergency shutdowns of banking, airline, rail, tax and government services from Tokyo to Helsinki mark one of the most dramatic tests of the decades-old programming tools that keep the web running, exposing how deeply governments and companies depend on code that...
