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The Supreme Court has asked all States to upload road accident information without delay to the Electronic Detailed Accident Report (eDAR) portal. The portal, run by the National Informatics Centre (NIC), digitises accid...
The Union government is encouraging aquaculture insurance under PM-MKSSY (Pradhan Mantri Matsya Kisan Samridhi Sah-Yojana) by offering a 40% incentive on premiums. India achieved its highest-ever fish output of 19.8 mill...
The Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying launched the Pashudhan Bima (Livestock Insurance) Portal in New Delhi. It offers one digital platform for policy issuance, claim processing, monitoring and...
India has been ranked 31st in the World Economic Forum's (WEF) Travel & Tourism Development Index (TTDI) 2026, climbing nine places from 39th in 2024. Prepared with Zurich Insurance Group, the 2026 index assessed 110 eco...
The Union Cabinet has approved raising the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) wage ceiling from ₹15,000 to ₹25,000 per month. The move is expected to bring more than 51 lakh additional employees under mandator...
The Tamil Nadu government has launched 'Vettri Karangal' to give construction workers international-standard skills for jobs abroad. 1,000 registered workers will be trained at a cost of ₹15 crore, and another 50,000 wil...
Tamil Nadu has increased the coverage under the Chief Minister's Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme from ₹5 lakh to ₹25 lakh. Medical services and surgeries for transgender women will be offered at Stanley Medical Col...
Under the Health Department proposals of the Tamil Nadu Budget 2026, the State will launch the Chief Minister's Elderly Health Insurance Scheme covering nearly 38 lakh senior citizens aged 70 and above. Beneficiaries wil...
On 14 August 2026, the Department of Atomic Energy released the draft Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy (SHANTI) Rules, 2026. The draft lays down requirements for nuclear liability, insurance and f...
IntroductionIn an innovative non-fare revenue commercial partnership, the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) announced on 15 August 2026 that India's first privately operated passenger train, the Luc...
The Supreme Court lengthened the compulsory third-party motor insurance cover on new vehicles by one year, to four years for cars and six years for two-wheelers. It noted that a "shocking" number of vehicles still run un...
The Bharat Maritime Insurance Pool (BMIP), launched by the Ministry of Finance's Department of Financial Services (DFS), is India's first sovereign-backed maritime insurance and risk-sharing mechanism.War risk premium ra...
