Government to table Insurance bill amidst lots of uncertainty in Parliament

16 Dec 2014 Evaluate

Amidst lots of uncertainty, the government would table in the Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill for approval in Parliament. The Cabinet had in the previous week approved the Bill, with a composite foreign investment cap of 49% for presenting it in Parliament, incorporating the changes suggested by a House panel.

However, the functioning of Rajya Sabha, which remains to be uncertain with the Opposition demanding a statement by PM Narendra Modi on religious conversion has casted shadow of doubts over the passage of the key reforms legislation.

The Select Committee in its report to the Rajya Sabha had suggested hiking composite foreign investment limit in insurance sector to 49% which would be inclusive of all forms of foreign direct investment and foreign portfolio investments

The government, which plans to push the insurance bill, a bill to amend companies law and another to amend the Lokpal bill for changes in the process of appointing CBI chief, among other things, faces serious test on its strength of passing through major reforms. The ruling NDA has only 59 members in the Rajya Sabha against 69 of the Congress alone. So far, House proceedings have suffered in a major way with the opposition forming a bloc against the government.

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