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IRDA to relax norms to channelise funds into infra sector: Minister

By TIOL News Service

NEW DELHI, FEB 24, 2013: THE Insurance companies, both life and non-life sector, have initiated a number of steps to increase insurance penetration across the country. These include, inter alia, opening of offices in hitherto un-covered towns, and introduction of new products.

For the purpose of canalising funds into infrastructure sector, the Insurance Regulatory & Development Authority (IRDA) has amended its Investment Regulations recently.

IRDA is likely to come-out with a new policy giving automatic clearance to standard life insurance products and relax investment guidelines to encourage flow of funds into infrastructure sector. IRDA has constituted Working Groups in consultation with the Life Insurance Council to set-out parameters and framework within which standard life insurance products can be automatically cleared. With regard to the relaxation of Investment Guidelines, the IRDA has amended its Investment Regulations. Salient features of these regulations are detailed below:-

i. Permitted investments in the category of ‘other than approved investments' to qualify for the investments mandatory requirement of investing in 15% of Life Fund in ‘Housing and Infrastructure category.

ii. Investments in “Infrastructure Debt Funds” backed by Central Govt. as approved by the Authority shall be reckoned for investments in Infrastructure.

iii. Reduced the mandated outstanding tenure of infrastructure bonds from 10 years to 5 years.

iv. The exposure of any insurer to an infrastructure company has been increased to 20% as against the single Investee Company exposure norms of 10%. The limit can further be increased by another 5% in case of Debt with the prior approval of the Board.

v. Permitted investments in infrastructure SPVs to the extent of 20% of the project cost subject to appropriate guarantees by the parent company (ies) and meeting the specified eligibility criteria.

vi. Investments in Infrastructure are excluded from the applicability of industry sector exposure norms.

This was stated by the Minister of State for Finance, Mr Namo Narian Meena in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha on Friday.


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