HYDERABAD – Telangana’s minister for municipal administration and urban development K.T. Rama Rao has urged the Centre to introduce MGNREGS like scheme for urban poor to strengthen social security measures in urban areas. In a letter to union finance minister Nirmala...
By Umar Farooq | ShariahCap Advisors With each passing day, managing risk is becoming increasingly critical. One of the most important and widely used tools of managing risk is insurance. Hence, today we see availability of insurance for almost everything from life,...
Fugitive godman & rape-accused Nithyananda, who fled India dodging security agencies, claims to be launching a Reserve Bank and currency in an island ‘nation’ he founded recently. By R. Jayaprakash | thedailyguardian Controversial Godman Nithyananda, who has been...
By Anjana Das, New Delhi : With an eye on the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the government may consider raising interest rates applicable to select small savings schemes popular among the economically weaker sections (EWS) and farmers in rural and semi-urban areas of...
New Delhi : Insurance regulator IRDAI on Tuesday issued draft guidelines for standard health product by all insurers including general and health insurance businesses. According to the draft issued on the IRDAI website, the minimum basic sum insured under standard...
New Delhi : The Union Cabinet on Tuesday approved the continuation of the Swadesh Darshan Scheme during the extent of 14th Finance Commission - ending in 2020 -and beyond, sanctioning Rs 2,055 crore for 60 projects under the scheme to be completed by December 2019. It...
Agartala : The BJP-led government in Tripura will continue with all 30 of the pension schemes introduced by the previous Left Front government that is benefiting 4,05,175 people, a Minister said here on Monday. An amount of Rs 26.78 crore is being spent every month...
New Delhi : The Reserve Bank of India on Thursday said that Finance Minister Piyush Goyal will address its Central Board on February 18. In a late night statement, the RBI said that FM will address the Central Board of Directors in its customary post-budget meeting....
New Delhi : The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has found that the Rafale fighter jet deal signed by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government was 2.86 per cent lower than the price negotiated by the United Progressive Alliance government. The...
By Saurabh Katkurwar, New Delhi : Amid the controversy over the withholding of a report on the country's unemployment situation, the government has cited data from provident fund records, Income Tax filings and the National Pension System (NPS), besides a possible...