by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 17, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi It is time for India to stand up and have a movement of young people to connect them with jobs relevant for the future and equip them with marketable skills, UNICEF chief Henrietta H Fore said. UNICEF in collaboration with NITI Aayog recently...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 17, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has proposed significant cut in the compliance time to just one hour per month for start-ups as part of measures to ease regulatory requirements for budding entrepreneurs, an...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 17, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Life, Non-Life
New Delhi: State-owned firms should be subjected to governance standards on par with private players to ensure a level-playing field as "excessive scrutiny" by the CVC, CAG and the threat of a CBI probe often leads to stalled or over-cautious...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 17, 2019 | Health, Indian News
New Delhi: The health ministry has rejected a proposal for allowing Ayushman Bharat beneficiaries to avail high-cost treatment for life-threatening diseases under the Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi, and suggested that the health insurance scheme could be modified and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 17, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: Greater private sector innovation and use of technology like digital tools would help India provide quality healthcare services at low cost, billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has said, listing priority areas of his...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 17, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) pumped in a net sum of Rs 19,203 crore into the domestic capital markets in the first half of November amid encouraging domestic and global factors. According to the latest depositories data, overseas...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 17, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
Mumbai: Mumbai residents need not buy reverse osmosis (RO) water purifiers as a study by the Union Consumer Affairs Ministry has found samples of tap water collected from the financial capital compliant with the Indian standards for drinking water, according to...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 15, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts
The male-dominated finance industry is missing out on more than $700 billion a year in revenue by failing to listen to or tailor products for women, according to management consultancy Oliver Wyman. “Women are arguably the single largest...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 15, 2019 | Banking & Bancassurance, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the government will bring legislations on raising insurance cover on bank deposits from the current Rs 1 lakh and regulating multi-state cooperative banks. Media report suggests the bank...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 15, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: To safeguard the interest of workers in formal sector, particularly working class, the Centre is planning to introduce 'One Nation, One Pay Day' system, Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar said on Friday. "There should be a pan-India...
