Insurers Favour Hike In Foreign Equity Cap In Jvs

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Last Updated : Jan 28 2013 | 12:23 AM IST

On the eve of the international conference on insurance being hosted by it, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci) today released a survey which concluded that an overwhelming majority of 70 per cent of the domestic insurers favoured a hike in foreign investment limit in the sector from the existing 26 per cent to 49 per cent.

The respondents, according to the survey, said that the present foreign equity cap of 26 per cent was

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