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  Congress not decided on insurance bill

  Politics | November 24, 2014 16:16 IST

  New Delhi:  The Congress Monday declined to reveal its stand on a bill that seeks to increase the cap on FDI in insurance, saying it will decide after a parliamentary panel gives its report."We will

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  Insurance bill on government agenda for parliament winter session

  Politics | November 23, 2014 19:08 IST

  New Delhi:  The government has an ambitious legislative agenda for the winter session with a slew of bills slated to be tabled. The following are some of the important bills expected to be taken up

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  Government to push economic agenda in Winter session of Parliament

  Politics | November 23, 2014 13:29 IST

  New Delhi: Winter session of Parliament beginning tomorrow is expected to generate heat with government planning to push an ambitious economic agenda undeterred by resistance from a section of the Opposition.  The much-delayed Insurance Bill

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  Jaitley hopeful over RS panel's report on insurance bill

  Politics | November 17, 2014 13:02 IST

  New Delhi: The Select Committee of the Rajya Sabha on the Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill will hopefully submit its report in the upcoming winter session of parliament furthering the government's reform agenda, union Finance Minister

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  Jaitley hopeful of passage of Insurance Bill in winter session

  November 09, 2014 11:22 IST

  New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today expressed hope that the long-pending Insurance Laws Amendment Bill, which seeks to raise the FDI cap in the sector to 49 per cent, will get the Parliament approval

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  Expect Insurance Bill to be passed in winter session: Jaitley

  November 05, 2014 17:05 IST

  New Delhi: Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday expressed hope that the long-pending and controversial Insurance Amendment Bill, that seeks to raise FDI in the sector from existing 26 per cent to 49%, will get

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  Expect Insurance Bill to be passed in Winter session: Arun Jaitley

  Politics | November 05, 2014 15:40 IST

  New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today expressed hope that the long-pending and controversial Insurance Amendment Bill, that seeks to raise FDI in the sector from existing 26% to 49%, will get Parliament nod in

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  Insurance Bill to be taken up in Winter Session: FinMin

  October 20, 2014 17:25 IST

  New Delhi: The long pending Insurance Bill, which seeks to raise FDI cap in the sector to 49 per cent, is expected to be taken up in the forthcoming Winter Session of Parliament."The Select Committee

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  Insurers shiver at insurance bill's penalty provisions

  India | September 23, 2014 14:00 IST

  Chennai: Even as they eagerly await the passage of the amended insurance bill, private players are viewing with trepidation the revised provisions relating to penalties, which are to be significantly hiked.For instance, the bill proposes

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  LIC favours raising FDI cap in insurance sector to 49 per cent

  September 14, 2014 10:17 IST

  New Delhi: Public sector insurer LIC has lent its support to government's proposal of raising the FDI limit in the sector to 49 per cent, a move criticised by a section of the select committee

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  Not being obstructionist on insurance bill: Anand Sharma

  India | August 05, 2014 11:58 IST

  New Delhi: The Congress is not being obstructionist on the insurance bill, party leader Anand Sharma said on Tuesday, adding that a select committee of parliament should first discuss the measure."All the opposition parties were

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  Insurance bill: No breakthrough in all-party meeting

  August 04, 2014 16:44 IST

  New Delhi: The controversial Insurance bill has been deferred for consideration in the Rajya Sabha for the time being after a meeting of the government with opposition leaders failed to break the deadlock in the

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  Insurance Bill to be taken up by RS on Monday

  Politics | July 31, 2014 20:51 IST

  New Delhi: The Insurance Bill, the NDA government's first major reform initiative proposing to raise the FDI cap in the sector to 49 per cent, will be brought to the Rajya Sabha on Monday despite