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Govt reforms will make India a very competitive, efficient economy: Kant

India has gone digital. That’s the biggest transformation that has taken place.As a result, India has become hugely data-rich, even before it has become rich. This data richness of India has led to over 1,000 startups working in learnings, artificial intelligence and they are doing the kind of disruption that the world has never seen before. Many of them are doing pathbreaking work,” Kant told

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Panda appointed as special secretary,DFS

As additional secretary, Panda  was in charge of Insurance industry and financial inclusion and was in the board of New Indian Assurance. He is also supervising the merger of three PSU general insurers, United India Insurance,National Insurance Company,Oriental Insurance Company. 

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Govt unveils norms for 100% FDI in insurance intermediaries sector

However if a bank, whose primary business is outside the insurance area, is allowed by the IRDAI to function as an insurance intermediary, the foreign equity investment caps applicable in that sector, which is 74 percent, will continue to apply, subject to the condition that the revenues of such entities from the primary (non-insurance related) business must remain above 50 per cent. of their total revenues in any financial year.

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