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Ahead of the Madhya Pradesh elections, the Kamal Nath-led Congress released the party manifesto on Tuesday.
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Former J-K Governor Satyapal Malik said that he has been called by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for giving clarification regarding the alleged insurance scam in Jammu and Kashmir.
Ahead of the G7 summit Prime Minister Narendra Modi met President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, as well as President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, on Jun 27 on the sidelines of G-7 Summit in Schloss Elmau, Germany, in two separate meetings.
The Central Government has informed the Lok Sabha on Mar 15, that the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) is not being privatized. The information was provided by the government in a reply to a supplementary question during the Question Hour in Lok Sabha.
Union Cabinet has cleared the policy on the privatization of public sector undertakings (PSUs). The details regarding the policy will be announced in the upcoming Union Budget that is to be presented on Feb 1, 2021.
In a bid to help the employees working in cantonment areas across India, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launched ‘Chhavni COVID: Yodha Sanrakshan Yojana’. It is a life insurance scheme that will provide a cover of ₹5 lakhs each to more than 10,000 employees working in cantonment areas.
Looking forward to ensure proper safety of the employees, the Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday accorded sanction to implementation of the Group Personal Accidental Insurance Policy through Oriental Insurance Company Limited for a period of 3 years commencing from December 2, 2019. According to an order issued by Finance Department, the policy shall cover an aggregate of more than 3.50 lakh employees of the J&K Government.
Launching 'Pradhan Mantri Kisan Mandhan Yojana' from poll bound Jharkhand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that every farmer will get Rs 3,000 per month after attaining the age of 60.
India last year launched the inclusive pension scheme for the unorganized sector. Now, taking an ambitious leap for welfare every single citizen of the country, the government launched ‘Pradhan Mantri Kisan Mann Dhan Yojana’ for providing pensions to farmers.
Waking ahead in the novel recruitments to the Modi 2 regime, the Centre on Friday appointed Dr Guruprasad Mohapatra, an IAS officer of 1986 batch, as the secretary of the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade in the national capital.
Slating the pathway to reach the 5 trillion dollar economy by 2024, FM Nirmala Sitharaman while presenting the Union Budget in the parliament, focussed on faster adoption of the investment policies for the MSME sectors and other businesses.
Evolving to provide social security pension of Rs 3,000 per month to farmers above the age of 60 years, the centre has approved a pension scheme for all Small and Marginal Farmers (SMF), subject to certain exclusion clauses amid the Rajya Sabha session on Friday.
Viewing to bring more workforce into the formal sector and facilitate further enrollment of workers under the ESI scheme, the Centre has moved up to take a historic decision to reduce the rate ofcontribution under the ESI Act from 6.5% to 4%.
Australia’s major banks and insurance companies are now facing a $1.15 billion compensation bill to repay victims of their fee-for-no-service scandal, and the size of the bill is still growing. The corporate regulator has also accused the financial institutions of dragging their feet on attempts to identify more victims, saying internal reviews of their systems have been “unreasonably delayed.”
A five-member committee has been set up to examine the issues related to framing of a proper, structured scheme for providing of insurance cover to the advocates and also suggest modalities for the implementation of such scheme.
Standing by the demand of pensioners, the Indian ruling reigns have decided to allow one more opportunity to employees of Public Sector Insurance Companies (PSICs) who joined on or before 28th June 1995, to opt for Pension, as a retirement benefit.
With an aim to cover Uttarakhand under a health insurance cover, Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Trivendra Singh Rawat launched the Atal Ayushman Uttarakhand Yojana (AAUY) on the occasion of 94th birth anniversary of the former Prime Minister Narendra Modi marking the state first to offer a universal health coverage. Under the scheme each household in the state will be able to avail medical treatment of upto Rs 5 lakhs annually.
The Maharashtra government has proposed to extend benefits of Employees Provident Fund (EPF) as well as insurance schemes to those cutting, harvesting and transporting sugarcane.
Chalking out more beneficiaries to the farmers, the government has decided to incorporate provisions of penalties for state and insurance companies for delay in settlement of insurance claims under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana. The new operational guidelines come at the onset of the rabi season, which starts from 1st of October.
Ayushmaan Bharat has brought a positive layer of shining future of India. With Haryana becoming the first state to provide cashless and paperless healthcare services, the state government on Saturday settled the first claim of Rs 9,000 under the public health insurance scheme Ayushman Bharat for a baby girl born in a state-run hospital in Karnal district.
India and United States (US) are all set to sign the MoU in insurance regulatory sector. Under the agreement, both the countries intend to share their experiences on various regulatory functions and to provide mutual assistance including training activities.
As Kerala is coming out of the large devastation due to floods, several state governments and various officials have come forward extending a helping hand to God’s own country. Taking a further step in reviewing the relief measures and rehabilitation efforts, the banks and Insurance companies have also left no stones unturned to help the needy.
Giving power point presentation on 'Ayushman Bharat, the Health Minister JP Nadda said that work is very much on track to launch the flagship health insurance scheme on Septemeber 25, on the birth anniversary of Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya.
Announcing the Center’s call on extending the date, CM Fadnavis said that the last date for applying for benefits under the Prime Minister's Crop Insurance Scheme in Maharashtra has been extended till July 31 by the Centre on the state government's request.
At least 27 States/UTs has opted Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) after its inception in April 2016. This was said by Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Parshottam Rupala on Tuesday. In a written reply to Rajya Sabha, Minister Parshottam Rupala said, “Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) was introduced from Kharif 2016 season in the country. The scheme is optional for the States/ Union Territories (UTs) and so far, the scheme has been opted for implementation by 27 States/UTs.
Once the deal goes through, IDBI Bank, which is grappling with mounting toxic loans with gross non-performing assets rising to a staggering Rs 55,600 crore at the end of the March quarter, will get much needed capital support to revive its fortune.
As a game changer, the Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has rejected the insurance scheme pitched by the center for the farmers by chalking out his own scheme, which entitles farmers to compensation without having to pay any premium.
In a welcoming move towards development and imposing a good status to the farmers, the state of Telangana has announced to grant a unique life insurance scheme for farmers. Under the scheme, the government will provide life insurance facility of five lakh rupees to the nominee, after the death of the insured farmer.
The Maharashtra government has commissioned 2,060 automatic weather stations (AWS) in as many revenue circles, to provide real-time weather-related information to farmers up to the village level.
Taking a major step in empowering journalists of the state, the Punjab government led by CM Captain Amarinder Singh has approved the extension of the facility of accidental insurance cover to nearly accredited 4200 media persons with yellow cards. Notably, from now onwards yellow card holder journalist would be covered under accidental insurance to the tune of Rs. 5 lakh.
Welcoming several announcements for enhancing and benefiting traders including ownership rights for legal occupants of shops for more than 20 years, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced several sops for traders, including a free-of-cost accidental insurance cover, a scheme to compensate traders for the loss of stock or building.
Talking about the development of Jharkhand, the Chief Minister said that a committed effort is being made by the government to train women in remote rural areas and make them self-skilled. Making the rural women self-reliant by connecting them with small jobs is the priority of the government. Forest produce can be used as a means of employment. Lacquer production, beekeeping, animal husbandry, egg production etc. can be made self-reliant.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Monday reviewed the progress of preparations towards the launch of Ayushman Bharat the National Health Protection Scheme announced in the recent Union Budget.
Telangana has spread its hands to its farmer brothers by introducing five lakh rupees health-cum-life insurance scheme.
Pilgrims don’t worry your divine journey now becomes secure as West Bengal government has declared Rs 5 lakhs insurance to each who visit Gangasagar Mela 2018. This was declared at a meeting of state government’s official’s on Friday.
In a good news for all central government employees, the government under the House Building Advance scheme will lend upto Rs 25 lakh, at 8.5% interest to build or purchase houses.
o educate people on e-transactions, formal sectors borrowings and insurance purchases, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is launching a pilot study on financial literacy drive in 80 blocks of nine sates.
Jharkhand was earlier a part of Bihar until 2000. On 15th November of this particular year, Jharkhand partitioned itself from Bihar and became an independent state. Since then, the state is trying to revive itself from last 20 years. CM Raghubar Das has announced to launch new schemes on the November 15.
