Reserve Bank has notified 49 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) under automatic route in insurance sector.
“The extant FDI policy for insurance sector has since been reviewed by the Government of India and accordingly it has been decided to enhance the limit of foreign investment in insurance sector from 26 to 49 percent under the automatic route subject to certain terms and conditions which have been notified on March 30,” RBI said in a notification on Thursday .
“No Indian Insurance company shall allow the aggregate holdings by way of total foreign investment in its equity shares by foreign investors, including portfolio investors, to exceed forty-nine percent of the paid up equity capital of such Indian Insurance company,” it said.