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Cabinet Approves Reduction Of Government Stake In Five General Insurance Firms To 75 Per Cent

Swarajya StaffJan 18, 2017, 03:26 PM | Updated 03:26 PM IST
Briefing on Cabinet and CCEA decisions by Union Ministers Arun Jaitley and Ravi Shankar Prasad (PIB India/Twitter)

Briefing on Cabinet and CCEA decisions by Union Ministers Arun Jaitley and Ravi Shankar Prasad (PIB India/Twitter)


In a major decision on divesting stake in state-run general insurance companies, the cabinet today (18 January) approved the public listing of five firms. The government's shareholding in them as a result would fall to 75 per cent.

Finance minister Arun Jaitley told reporters after a cabinet meeting,

Announcing this Cabinet decision on Twitter, Principal Spokesperson of the Government of India Frank Noronha tweeted saying,

With inputs from IANS

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