The index captures information on various aspects of financial inclusion in a single value ranging between 0 and 100, where 0 represents complete financial exclusion and 100 indicates full financial inclusion.
Citing data from RBI data, Labour Ministry said it indicates more than 8 crore employment opportunities created between 2017-18 to 2021-22 translating to an average of over 2 crore employment per year.
According to data released by the Life Insurance Council, the new business premium (NBP) increased to Rs 89,726.7 crore in the first quarter of FY25 from Rs 73,004.87 crore in the same period of last year.
In the domestic equity market, the 30-share BSE Sensex ended the day 36.22 points, or 0.05 per cent, lower at 79,960.38 points. The broader NSE Nifty settled 3.30 points, or 0.01 per cent, up at 24,320.55 points.
Goldman Sachs expects the budget to push labour intensive manufacturing through fiscal incentives across sectors like toys, textiles and apparel manufacturing, along with commercial aircraft manufacturing.
The decline is mainly due to the 32% fall in premium income underwritten by state-owned Agriculture Insurance Company (AIC) to Rs 9,890 crore during FY24 from Rs 14,619 crore a year ago, according to data released by the General Insurance Council.
Sebi charged Hindenburg of making 'unfair' profits from 'collusion' to use 'non-public' and 'misleading' information and induce 'panic selling' in Adani Group stocks.
In a regulatory filing with the stock exchange on Saturday, the lender said Kesh will be the interim MD & CEO for three months or till the new incumbent takes charge, whichever is earlier.
Leading the equity issuance surge during the first two months were IPOs from the small and mid-cap (SME) segment, with 44 of these companies getting listed in the first two months of the current fiscal (FY25).
The cost of the veg thali rose on-month mainly due to a rise in vegetable prices, with prices of potato, onion and tomato rising 9 per cent, 15 per cent and 29 per cent, respectively, due to lower arrivals, it said.
Gujarat has consistently grown in attracting FDI for three consecutive financial years by securing investments of $2.7 billion in FY2022, $4.7 billion in FY2023 and $7.3 billion in FY2024.
Mother Dairy, a leading supplier of fruits and vegetables in Delhi-NCR, is selling tomatoes at Rs 75 per kg through its retail 'Safal' stores. The local vendors are selling at Rs 70-80 per kg.
At a review meeting in the Commerce Ministry last month, exporters brought up concerns of a sudden shortage of containers, pointing at structural weakness that has been hurting Indian goods exports since the COVID-19 pandemic.
