By Dr Amarnath Ananthanarayanan
The Union Budget 2014-15 comes with a lot of promise. The motive of the new government is to boost the economy even if that requires some tough short-term measures. There are common expectations on the Budget expressed by the industry on multiple aspects including Motor Third Party de-tariffing, Taxation, FDI in insurance, creation of a Nat-Cat pool, and common insurance database pool including a common fraud detection agency.
The only additional aspect which is not entirely Budget-related though is to get General insurance industry to the forefront and get it a seat on the table on all discussions and actions in the area of financial inclusion.
Dr Amarnath Ananthanarayanan is CEO and MD, Bharti AXA General Insurance​