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Union Budget pushes for reforms in insurance, defence sectors

11 Jul 2014 Evaluate

Agreeing to a long-pending demand from the insurance companies, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the Union Budget proposed raising the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) cap from 26% to 49%, with full Indian management and control through the FIPB route. This measure is expected to provide impetus for spurring growth of the cash starved insurance industry and enable foreign players to bring in capital required for growing distribution, product suite and strengthening the risk framework. This may also enable existing players to expand their reach in Tier II and Tier III cities.

The proposal to hike FDI limit in Insurance companies, which has been pending since 2008 when the previous UPA government came up with Insurance laws (Amendment) Bills, would help insurance firms to get much needed capital from overseas partners.

Further, Finance Minister also proposed raising the composite cap of foreign exchange in defence sector to 49% from 26% at present. India is the largest buyer of defence equipment in the world since country’s domestic manufacturing capabilities are still at a nascent stage. The country buys substantial part of defence requirements directly from foreign players, companies controlled by foreign governments and foreign private parties at a considerable outflow of foreign exchange.

Additionally, to encourage development of smart cities which will also provide habitation for the new middle class, the Finance Minister lowered the requirement of the built up area and capital conditions from 50,000 sq m to 20,000 sq m and from $10 million to $5 million respectively with a three years post completion lock in.

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