by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 2, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Pension & Social Security, Policy
Under the old pension scheme, the entire pension amount is given by the government. In NPS, employees contribute 10 per cent of their salary towards pension while the state government contributes 14 per cent. The implementation of the old pension scheme would benefit...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 2, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Risk Management
India is the world’s biggest exporter of rice, a staple for Asia, and monsoon rains determine the size of the country’s rice crop. India’s top rice regions in the east – Bihar, Jharkhand and some parts of the states of West Bengal and Uttar...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 2, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Life, Policy
At the recent National Day Rally, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had announced that Section 377A would be repealed, but also said the government would amend the Constitution to safeguard the definition of marriage from legal challenges The Indian Supreme Court’s...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 2, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Non-Life
“If we look at the entire industry, the pending orders should be in the range of 7-7.5 lakh units. Now how the production gets ramped up would determine how well the industry performs,” MSI Senior Executive Director (Sales and Marketing) Shashank...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 1, 2022 | Health, Indian News
Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer among women globally, with an estimated 604,000 new cases and 342,000 deaths in 2020, according to the World Health Organization. About 90% of the new cases and deaths worldwide occurred in low- and middle-income...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 1, 2022 | Indian News, Life
. ”We intend to increase our market share of non-par business as well as diversify the channel mix while ensuring that our agents stay as the main distribution pillars of our products,” LIC chairman M R Kumar told shareholders in company’s annual...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 1, 2022 | Workplace/Employee Benefits
GENEVA: A new initiative to cut deaths and injuries among garment and footwear workers has been launched by the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Vision Zero Fund1 and Nike Inc. The joint initiative aims to understand why garment and footwear workers are...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 1, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Pension & Social Security
The World Social Protection Report 2020–22: Regional companion report for Asia and the Pacific finds that only 44.1 per cent of the region’s population have access to at least one social protection benefit. Looking at some specific benefits; only 45.9 per cent...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 1, 2022 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
”India believes that environmental sustainability can only be achieved through climate justice and equity in resource usage, technology, financing and low-carbon development timelines. Anything less is unacceptable,” Yadav said He said the G20 members must...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 1, 2022 | Data, Technology
Meta on its own identified 9.98 lakh ”Dangerous Organizations and Individuals: Terrorism” related content and finally it took action against 99.8 per cent of the posts that were identified Social media major Meta had taken action against 2.7 crore on...
