The uncertainties created by the COVID-19 pandemic and the initiatives taken by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) are prompting more and more people to obtain insurance cover and provide financial backup to their families in these uncertain times.The uncertainties created by the COVID-19 pandemic and the initiatives taken by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) are prompting more and more people to obtain insurance cover and provide financial backup to their families in these uncertain times.
Eight of the top 10 valued firms witnessed a combined erosion of Rs 1,57,277.53 crore in market valuation last week, with Reliance Industries Limited emerging as the biggest laggard.
Parliament in its just concluded session passed three labour code bills: the Industrial Relations Code, the Social Security Code, and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code.
Parliament in its just concluded session passed three labour code bills: the Industrial Relations Code, the Social Security Code, and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code.
Vast sums are being spent on expensive western-type infrastructure, without any visible improvement in people’s lives. The Rs 600 billion Golden Quadrilateral connects the four largest Indian cities with high-speed 6-lane highways. Rail expansion is also underway. Manufacturing hubs and industrial zones continue to be established in ecologically sensitive areas in Himachal and the Northeast.
Surveys show 42% of farmers want to move out of it. Between 1970-71 and 2015-16, the number of farms more than doubled from 71 million to 145 million while the average farm size more than halved from 2.28 hectares to 1.08. The main solution lies in moving people out of agriculture into manufacturing and services. Other measures are only palliatives.
The existing legislations mandate the RBI to come out with a growth and inflation forecast twice in an interval of six-months in the monetary policy report.
Gold fell on Friday, hovering near last session's over two-month low, as investors sought shelter in the dollar from rising coronavirus cases and uncertainties over the next US stimulus to aid the economy.