Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani casts his vote at a polling booth in Ahmedabad.

Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani casts his vote in Ahmedabad | Lok Sabha elections 2024

Bullish on growth prospects, Jaguar Land Rover aims to double its business in India over the next 3-4 years amid plans to bolster its product portfolio and sales network, according to a top company executive.
With the Indian luxury car market expected to grow consistently over the next few years, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) India anticipates breaking into the top ten markets of its parent.
In an interaction with PTI here, JLR India Managing Director Rajan Amba stated that demand and appreciation for bespoke or differentiated car models remain very high in India promoting it to offer such products in the country.
He noted that JLR India has witnessed better growth rate than the rest of the domestic luxury car industry over the last few years and it retains momentum for sustainable growth going ahead.
"So clearly, there's a vacuum or a demand that we are kind of meeting and fulfilling and we have not even hit our peak running speed," Amba stated.
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The JLR sales network is currently spread across 21 cities in India, through 25 authorised outlets. Amba said the automaker plans to invest more and more

State-owned New India Assurance will this month launch a parametric insurance product, which will provide a financial safety net to its retail and business customers against climate risks, said chairman and managing director Girija Subramanian on Tuesday.
Parametric insurance refers to losses arising out of calamities including heavy rainfall, high speed wind and flood/drought. Unlike traditional insurance policies, the payout in case of parametric insurance products depends upon triggering of pre-defined parameters, thus allowing for quicker claim settlement.
"Parametric insurance is a use and file product, which is allowed by the regulator IRDAI. We have got it already registered on IRDAI so the product is ready and can be used across both retail and business groups. We are ready with that in a big way," Subramanian told PTI.
Asked about the timeline for launch of the product, she said: "We will be launching it by the end of this month."
Subramanian said the parametric insurance 

Subramanian said the parametric insurance product would mostly cover climate-related uncertainties, which affects daily livelihood, employment generation, and so on

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The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) on Friday presented a Rs 40,187 crore-budget for the megapolis.
Infrastructure spends across projects have been pegged at Rs 35,151 crore or 87 per cent of the overall expenditure, as per an official statement. The revenues have been estimated at Rs 36,939 crore, and the body chaired by Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde will be borrowing Rs 22,000 crore.
This will result in a budget deficit of Rs 3,249 crore, which the body plans to bridge through land sales, issuance of bonds, financial assistance from the government, and loans from financial institutions, the statement said.
The ongoing metro line projects have been earmarked Rs 10,969 crore of expenditure in the new fiscal, which is a fourth of the overall expenditure..
Over Rs 5,697 crore have been allotted for multiple tunnel projects which are going across the megapolis, with Rs 2,684 crore earmarked for the four-lane road running under the Sanjay Gandhi National 

Infrastructure spends across projects have been pegged at Rs 35,151 crore or 87 per cent of the overall expenditure, as per an official statement

The Rajya Sabha on Thursday returned the Finance Bill 2025 to the Lok Sabha, along with 35 government amendments, including one that abolishes a 6 per cent digital tax on online advertisements, thus completing the 2025-26 budgetary exercise that started on February 1.
The House also returned the Appropriation Bill (3) with a voice vote.
Earlier in the day, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had moved the two bills in the House.
The Lok Sabha had passed the Finance Bill on March 25 and passed the Appropriation Bill on March 21.
Replying to the debate later in the evening, she said the tendency of the finance ministry would be to exercise caution and not let go of revenues.
"But, here we wanted to use this opportunity to show our respect for Indian taxpayer. We have moved towards setting Rs 12 lakh as threshold up to which no one will have to pay any tax," Sitharaman said.
The Union Budget 2025-26 envisages a total expenditure of Rs 50.65 lakh crore, an increase of 7.4 per cent ov

The Union Budget 2025-26 envisages a total expenditure of Rs 50.65 trillion, an increase of 7.4 per cent over the current fiscal

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Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani casts his vote in Ahmedabad | Lok Sabha elections 2024

Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani casts his vote at a polling booth in Ahmedabad.

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