-The Times of India NEW DELHI: insurance firms often lack a heart when dealing with claims, the chief of India's apex consumer protection body said on Saturday. Justice D K Jain, president of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC), also cited examples of surveyors doing their best to delay or deny compensation. "insurance companies should have a heart. I feel they lack it," said Justice Jain at an event on National...
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No estimation of black money either before or after Nov 8: Arun Jaitley
-PTI There is no official estimation of black money either before or after November 8 – the day government announced scrapping of old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Friday. “There is no official estimation of the amount of black money either before or after the government’s decision of November 8, 2016 declaring that bank notes of denominations of the existing series of the value...
More »Cash need not be king
-The Hindu The government has declared an incentive package to encourage non-cash payments for fuel, new insurance policies from public sector firms, train tickets and highway toll, among other things. For credit and debit card transactions up to Rs.2,000, the Reserve Bank of India has relaxed its stringent two-factor authentication requirement, and service tax stands waived. Taken together, these moves to encourage cashless payments are significant not just because they can...
More »More than 26% of farmers covered under govt's crop insurance scheme
-The Financial Express More than 3.66 crore farmers of the estimated 14 crore in the country were enrolled with the NDA government’s flagship Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) in the recently-concluded kharif season (2016-17) and overall coverage of crop insurance is set to surpass the target set for the year, an agriculture ministry statement on Wednesday stated. “As on date the scheme has provided coverage to 3.66 crore farmers (26.50%) and...
More »26.5% farmers sought coverage under PM's crop insurance scheme -Madhvi Sally
-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: The Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) launched during the 2016 kharif season to help farmers insure their crops against natural calamities has provided coverage to 366.64 lakh farmers (26.50%), the agriculture ministry has said. The ministry expects the scheme to exceed the target of 30% coverage for both kharif and rabi seasons in 2016-17. The scheme covers 388.62 lakh hectare with sum insured of Rs 1, 41,339...
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