Lok Sabha clears Insurance (Amendment) Bill, soon to become an Act

The Lok Sabha on Monday has cleared the Insurance (Amendment) Bill that increases the limit of foreign investment in the sector from 49 to 74 per cent. The bill was already cleared by Rajya Sabha las week.

In her budget 2021 speech, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had made an announcement of increasing FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) in the Insurance sector, which was hailed as one of the important decisions taken by the central government.

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While tabling the bill in lower house, finance minister claimed by raising foreign investment in the sector, we aim to reduce the concerning financial stress of insurers.

Zee Business' Principal Correspondent Anurag Shah had broken the story of Insurance sector to get FDI boost in the Budget 2021 minutes before the official announcement was made.

Last week during passage of the bill in Rajya Sabha, Sitharaman had said that the FDI increase will add into the domestic long-term resources with a view to further insurance penetration in the country.

With the bill getting clearance from upper and lower house, soon it would become an act subject to President Ramnath Kovind's assent.