by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 31, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Policy, Technology
A new chapter, ‘Tracking Development through Satellite Images and Cartography’, demonstrates the use of satellite and geo-spatial images to gauge various economic phenomenon such as urbanisation, infrastructure, environmental impact and farming practices,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 31, 2022 | Indian News, Life, Non-Life
As of 2020, the penetration for life insurance in India is 3.2 per cent and nonlife insurance penetration is 1 per cent New Delhi: Though, India is at par with international average in terms of insurance penetration for life insurance, the country lags behind in...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 31, 2022 | Articles, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic, Workplace/Employee Benefits
Satish Gidugu, CEO, Medi Assist Healthcare Services There is a need to reduce the GST rates on insurance premiums, allow input credit on GST paid towards employee health insurance and eliminate perquisite tax on employee medical reimbursements The COVID-19 pandemic...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 31, 2022 | Briefs, Workplace/Employee Benefits
The government has given Rajesh Verma, secretary, ministry of corporate affairs the additional charge of department of financial services(DFS) after Debasish Panda retired as the secretary, DFS on Monday. Panda has been heading the DFS since March...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 31, 2022 | Briefs, Life, Pension & Social Security
Life Insurance Corporation(LIC) has revised its annuity rates for Jeevan Akshay and New Jeevan Shanti with effect from 1st Feb 2022.The modified version of these plans with revised annuity rates shall be available for sale from 1st Feb .The annuity amount under both...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 31, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Wealth Management/ Philanthropy
Vinod Nair, head of research at Geojit Financial Services, said taking positive cues from global markets and favourable takeaways from the Economic Survey report, the market rallied ahead of the Budget day Mumbai: Investors’ wealth on Monday gained over Rs 3.33...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 31, 2022 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Policy
According to the survey, India’s performance on the NITI Aayog SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) India Index has improved from an overall score of 60 in 2019-20 to 66 in 2020-21. It said the figures “show progress” in India’s journey towards...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 31, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Policy
The latest NFHS-5 shows that Total Fertility Rate (TFR), an average number of children per women, has further come down to 2 in 2019-21 from 2.2 in 2015-16. Sex ratio, number of females per 1000 males, in the total population has risen from 991 females in 2015-16...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 31, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Policy
The Public Private Partnership Appraisal Committee (PPPAC) which is responsible for the appraisal of PPP projects has cleared 66 projects with a total project cost of Rs 1,37,218 crore from 2014-15 to 2020-21 New Delhi: In order to achieve USD 5 trillion GDP by...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 31, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Policy
President Ram Nath Kovind The small farmers of the country have also benefited from the new changes in the crop insurance scheme. More than Rs one lakh crore have been given as compensation to about eight crore farmers since these changes were introduced President Ram...
