19-December-2025
Markets and Finance
 
India’s big-bang financial reforms target wave of foreign money
19-Dec-2025

India’s long-awaited package of financial services reforms is setting the stage for a surge of foreign capital into the world’s fastest-growing major economy. In the latest step, lawmakers passed a bill this week allowing up to 100% foreign ownership of insurance firms, bolstering an industry long viewed as under-penetrated and capital-starved. Regulators have also overhauled rules for banks, pension funds and capital markets as they aim to shift savings from idle assets such as gold and property toward equities, bonds and long-term investments to finance factories and infrastructure.

News Source:- https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/banking/finance/indias-big-bang-financial-reforms-target-wave-of-foreign-money/articleshow/126069981.cms