Insurance

Insurance is a means of protection from financial loss. It is a form of risk management, primarily used to hedge against the risk of a contingent or uncertain loss. An entity which provides insurance is known as an insurer, insurance company, insurance carrier or underwriter. A person or entity who buys insurance is known as an insured or as a policyholder. The insurance transaction involves the insured assuming a guaranteed and known relatively small loss in the form of payment to the insurer in exchange for the insurer's promise to compensate the insured in the event of a covered loss. …

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PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 7 June 2024 English

The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) has conducted Household Consumption Expenditure surveys (HCES) regularly since its inception in 1950. Data on household consumption was collected annually from 1950–51 to 1973-74. …

residential land and building, interest payments, insurance premium payments, payments of fines and penalties


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 2 May 2024

Some notable recommendations made to improve journalists’ job security include the provision of insurance for journalists; provision of safety gear when necessary; easy access to benefits and entitlements;


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 19 March 2024 English

Kisan Mazdoor Commission (KMC), an initiative by the Nation for Farmers, is a collaboration of activists and organisations focussing on current challenges faced by primary producers, artisans and rural workers …

and investment (WTO and FTAs), rural credit and insurance, common pool resources, ecological challenge, Safety; Commons; Trade & Investment; Credit & Insurance; Women Farmers; Climate Change; etc., are some investment 3. Analysis of the patterns of rural debt, insurance, credit and finance 4. Analysis of the access legislatures. • Regulate prices, interest charges and insurance premiums for the inputs declared as essential in provision of crop insurance; replace with a just crop and livestock insurance system run by state providers;


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 February 2024 English

In their 2024 working paper "Sexist Textbooks," Lee Crawfurd, Christelle Saintis-Miller and Rory Todd, researchers with the Center for Global Development, Washignton D.C., investigate gender bias in textbooks from 34 …

word problems involving wealth/purchasing items/insurance in the textbook are male subjects 2. Saeeda has


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 December 2023 English

This study was published by the Centre for Education and Communication, a resource centre based in New Delhi. It was released in December 2023. The research was funded by Rosa …

being enrolled for the ESI (Employee’s State Insurance) which provides medical and health related entitlements healthcare facilities under Employees’ State Insurance Corporation are not sufficient, and most workers


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 20 November 2023 English

The Emissions Gap Report 2023 was published on November 20, 2023 by the United Nations Environment Programme. It is the 14th edition of the annual UNEP Emissions Gap Report (EGR), …

these vulnerable countries, such as investment, insurance and technology transfer. Offset: In climate policy


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 8 August 2023 English

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) released this 92-page Climate Dictionary on August 8, 2023. It provides simple and concise definitions for 40 climate-related terms frequently in use.Subtitled ‘Speak climate …

and access to disaster information, developing insurance mechanisms specific to climate-related threats


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 12 June 2023 English

The Human Development Report Office of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) published this report on June 12, 2023. This is the second report in the series; the first was …

care systems that reach women can serve as insurance, increasing women’s bargaining power at the household and care systems that reach women can serve as insurance, increasing women’s bargaining power at the household assets can shift power relations and pro- vide insurance in the face of external shocks. For ex- ample Figure 11 Levers of change for gender social norms Insurance Investment Innovation Education Recognition Representation


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 April 2023 English

Agricultural Statistics at a Glance is published annually by the Economics and Statistics Division, Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India. This …

169 3.21(a) State-wise National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (NAIS)- Cumulative upto Rabi 2015-16 170 3.21(b) Season- wise National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (NAIS)- Cumulative upto Rabi 2015-16 171 xi 3.22(a) State-wise Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (WBCIS)- Cumulative upto Rabi 2015-16 172 172 3.22(b) Season- wise Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (WBCIS)- Cumulative upto Rabi 2015- 16 progress under Modified National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (MNAIS) Cumulative upto Rabi 2015-16


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 30 January 2023 English

The World Inequality Lab, a research organisation based in Paris, released this report on January 30, 2023. It was authored by Lucas Chancel and Philipp Bothe from the Paris School …

reforms for the population as a whole (e.g. health insurance) and specific assistance to low-income house- holds


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