The protection gap is 80-90 per cent in the country, so only 20 per cent people have any kind of insurance protection either in the form of life or general insurance, IRDAI Chairman S C Khuntia said

It is an unending saga of gross negligence despite the services sector being the main driver of India's growth story; contributes the most to GDP and is arguably the largest employer too

\"There is positive sentiment and a clear upward swing in hiring from October-December 2020 quarter. In fact, on overall basis the hiring in January-March 2021 quarter will be the same as this quarter last year,\" says Aditya Mishra, CEO of CIEL HR Services

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In the year-ago period, FDI equity inflows stood at USD 29.31 billion, as per the data of the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT)

The growth, however, was mainly driven by India, which accounted for 77 per cent of the total inflows to the subregion and received $51 billion in 2019, up 20 per cent from the previous year

In the whole of FY20, total foreign direct investment (FDI) by domestic companies was $ 13 billion, while FDI inflows had hit a record $ 76 billion, according to the ratings agency

To begin with, the company is looking at a $2-billion investment, similar to the one Air Products recently announced to set up in Indonesia, said Richard Boocock, Senior Vice-President and Chief Information Officer of Air Products

Exports clocked by STPI-registered units stood at Rs 4,47,750 crore in 2019-20, about 6 per cent higher than previous year. Exports stood at Rs 4,21,103 crore during 2018-19

Not only India's relief packages are grossly inadequate it is not even spending enough to revive demand in the crisis-hit economy; what is needed is clear: more fiscal spending, not \"keeping the power dry\" for future stimulus or unrealistic claim of a V-shaped recovery

Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade,Joseph Semsar, stated that India's Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative has put forward a programme that puts a question mark on the notion of self-reliance

The Road Transport, Highways and MSME minister also said that talks are on with various pension funds, insurance funds and financial institutions

Profit-driven enterprises are ill-suited to protect the health and life of a vast majority of people, as the US and Indian governments experience, but do precious little, thereby failing in their primary duty

Air India says no layoffs, justifies allowance cutState-owned Air India on Thursday said that no employee will be laid off like other airlines in India. The airline, however, said that some \"rationalisation of allowances\" have been implemented on account of the difficult financial conditions that were exacerbated by COVID-19.India needs further economic reforms to attract more investment: IMFConcerted efforts by India to strengthen the business climate and encourage investment in the tr...

The total commitment from the Bank towards emergency COVID-19 response in India is now $2 billion. A $1 billion support was announced last month towards immediate aid to India's health sector

In the last 4-5 years, the government maintained fiscal deficit target of 3 to 3.5 per cent - an acceptable level with a glide path to reduce it to 3 per cent

In the post-industrial democratic era, they have benefited immensely from the public provisioning of health and education that produces quality labour, infrastructure, natural resources, tax incentives, loan write offs (NPAs), bailouts, stimulus packages, and much more. Yet increasingly they use tax havens, shell companies and other tools to evade and avoid paying back

Announcement regarding 100 per cent FDI for insurance subsidiaries was made by Union Finance Minister Niramala Sitahraman in her Budget speech last year; notably, FDI for insurance companies is still capped at 49 per cent

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The Budget aims at boosting consumption and private investment to pull the economy forward