Explaining the decision Thursday, Nirmala Sitharaman said insurance companies are facing liquidity pressure and the higher limit would help meet the growing capital requirement.
Within the space of 48 hours, Modi projected himself as a strong leader who attacks the opposition with fury & a sensitive statesman moved to tears by compassion.
Whatever Meena Harris, Rihanna or Greta Thunberg may say, they are not coming here to fight on behalf of a weak and supine opposition. Modi knows that.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed to amend the Insurance Act 1938 to allow this increase and allow foreign ownership and control with safeguards.
Plan to allow 100% foreign direct investment in animation, visual effects, gaming & comics sector could also find mention in Modi govt's budget to be presented on 1 Feb.
Europe fared worse, with flows down by two-thirds to a negative $4 billion. In the UK, foreign direct investment fell to zero, and declines were also recorded in other major countries.
In the first half of this fiscal, tech sectors attracted a bulk of the FDI, but govt is hopeful that some of its decisions will attract inflows into other sectors too.
Compulsion magnifies the risk of function creep. Future updates could quietly expand the app’s capabilities or enable background telemetry far beyond users’ expectations.
Order for 87 MALE drones will be split between 2 Indian firms in 64:36 ratio to ensure there are 2 independent manufacturing lines with at least 60% indigenous components.
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.
Ah! The heading again. The Government can’t be out of business. Who will be in charge of the Nation, then?
I know by ‘business” you mean business of trade etc… But…
I wonder why some of us feel that only India needs lessons on democracy. If it means self discipline of the people, then I agree… We need to be more responsible individually. That includes the behavior of the media too.
Quoted Professor Suhas Palshikar’s phrase in my comment. Wife has added Indian Express to her physical stack of newspapers in the morning at my suggestion. Tell her, Yeh akhbaar padhe likhe log padhte hain …
Anyone who is in electoral politics is sensitive to the views of her constituents. Had this letter come from Ms AOC – not that it ought to have been disregarded, as Ms Premila Jayapal was – it may have been regarded as the personal opinion of a promising, young lawmaker. 2. This is Chair of the Senate FRC, as both Joe Biden and John Kerry have been. In the US, they do not have a rubber stamp parliament. Congress is seen as a coequal branch of government. These Committees – Oversight, Armed Services, Intelligence – exercise real authority. As a former envoy, EAM would be cognisant of this position. 3. Intriguing that the letter was sent to the Defense Secretary, not the Secretary of State. Perhaps to underline that the protective umbrella of Quad is meant to be extended to democracies. That is the whole justification for posing it as a riposte to China. 4. Beyond a point, it does not matter who the critic is. It could be a simple washerman, questioning the Queen. Senator Menendez has referred to Freedom House, dismissed with witty repartee, as Professor Suhas Palshikar put it.
Sikhs are global citizens. As indeed many other Indians are. We would be diminished economically if confined to our states of origin.
Ah! The heading again. The Government can’t be out of business. Who will be in charge of the Nation, then?
I know by ‘business” you mean business of trade etc… But…
I wonder why some of us feel that only India needs lessons on democracy. If it means self discipline of the people, then I agree… We need to be more responsible individually. That includes the behavior of the media too.
Quoted Professor Suhas Palshikar’s phrase in my comment. Wife has added Indian Express to her physical stack of newspapers in the morning at my suggestion. Tell her, Yeh akhbaar padhe likhe log padhte hain …
Anyone who is in electoral politics is sensitive to the views of her constituents. Had this letter come from Ms AOC – not that it ought to have been disregarded, as Ms Premila Jayapal was – it may have been regarded as the personal opinion of a promising, young lawmaker. 2. This is Chair of the Senate FRC, as both Joe Biden and John Kerry have been. In the US, they do not have a rubber stamp parliament. Congress is seen as a coequal branch of government. These Committees – Oversight, Armed Services, Intelligence – exercise real authority. As a former envoy, EAM would be cognisant of this position. 3. Intriguing that the letter was sent to the Defense Secretary, not the Secretary of State. Perhaps to underline that the protective umbrella of Quad is meant to be extended to democracies. That is the whole justification for posing it as a riposte to China. 4. Beyond a point, it does not matter who the critic is. It could be a simple washerman, questioning the Queen. Senator Menendez has referred to Freedom House, dismissed with witty repartee, as Professor Suhas Palshikar put it.