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Sunday, July 20, 2025
TopicLife Insurance Corporation

Topic: Life Insurance Corporation

Modi govt extends LIC Chairman M R Kumar’s term till March 2022

According to sources, the rules under the Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956, have been amended to provide an extension to Kumar in view of the ongoing preparation for the IPO.

Why Modi govt is expected to struggle to sell stakes in 2 listed insurance companies

New India Assurance and General Insurance Corporation were listed in 2017. SEBI norms mandate the govt to now raise public shareholding to 25% from the existing 15%.

Modi govt begins LIC IPO process, but valuation will pose a major challenge

The listing of India’s largest life insurer has to be preceded by many steps, including amendments to the LIC Act and determining its valuation.

India is set for mega IPOs worth tens of thousands of crores of rupees

IPO of LIC alone could fetch the govt between Rs 85,000 cr and Rs 90,000 cr – the biggest India has ever seen.

Indian regulators need to stop the IL&FS rot from spreading

RBI & SEBI need to urgently offer an emergency bailout to IL&FS before it does more harm to the rest of the market.

Selling IDBI stake to LIC is not medicine, it’s bureaucratic quackery

LIC’s customers signed up to protect their own lives – not that of a dying financial institution.

On Camera

Fauja Singh’s death shows Indian roads remain a national emergency—474 lives lost every day

Fauja Singh, 114, died after being hit by a speeding car. His death renews questions about India’s deadly roads, rising accidents, and poor traffic discipline.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.