The decision was taken at the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs headed by PM Modi and is likely to bring relief to 3,70,000 workers employed in jute mills and ancillary units.
In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
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