Raghuram Rajan pitches for raising FDI in insurance to 49%

Rajya Sabha member and Odisha Jan Morcha (OJM) president Pyarimohan Mohapatra urged Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in a letter on Saturday not to allow Special Economic Zone (SEZ) status to Posco as it would be an undue benefit to the South Korean ...

Rajya Sabha MP from Odisha Pyarimohan Mohapatra on Saturday strongly opposed SEZ status and raw material commitment to the South Korean steel major Posco by the State government. Mr. Mohapatra, who has been critical of Posco's proposed Rs. 52,000 ...

New Delhi: Finance Minister P Chidambaram is likely to move the long-pending insurance Bill in Rajya Sabha Tuesday which seeks to raise foreign direct investment cap to 49 percent in the sector from the existing 26 percent. The Insurance Laws ...

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The Finance Minister said that in order to increase our production, we must get our policies and priorities right as long term measures. The only way to contain Current Account Deficit (CAD) is to increase the domestic production of oil & coal and ...

Currently, foreign direct investment (FDI) up to 26 percent is permitted in the defence sector. "The intent is to expand the cap wherever possible, including defence " The proposal for defence is being examined,? Chief Economic Advisor to the ...

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate, which is probing alleged violations of forex laws by retail giant Walmart in its investment in two Indian firms, has asked the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) to clarify rules governing ...

New Delhi, May 4 (ANI): Finance Minister P.Chidambaram on Saturday said the government is confidentabout pushing ahead with its proposal to raise the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) cap on the insurance and pension sectors. Chidambaram also said ...

NEW DELHI: India's chief economic adviser has said that the country is "not out of the woods yet" and that reforms such as the insurance Bill must be pushed to lift sentiment and put the economy back on a stable footing. "We are not out of the woods ...