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Startup funding: Bring amendments to IRDAI to explore institutional support by insurance cos, says Mohandas Pai
February 21, 2021
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Devi Shetty for a national strategy to get $100 bn annual forex remittances from health workers in 5 years To bring down the dependence on foreign capital for startups, the Centre should bring in amendments to the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) to explore institutional funding mechanisms for insurance companies like LIC to fund them, said T V Mohandas Pai chairman Manipal Global Education Services.
Participating in the post-Budget interaction with the Union Finance Minister organised by BCIC on Sunday, Pai said, “Startup sector is facing severe funding challenges, and overseas companies are not investing in India due to regulations.”
Lack of capital biggest handicap for Indian startups: TV Mohandas Pai
He pointed out other challenges such as overseas companies not investing in India due to regulations and their need for ease of doing business.
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BENGALURU: Only 10 percent of the capital in startups in the country now is Indian. We do not want to be a digital colony, said TV Mohandas Pai, Chairman of Manipal Global Education addressing Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, at a post budget interaction held by Bangalore Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Bengaluru on Sunday.
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CM okays proposal to fund peripheral ring road project, directs
BDA to carry out further procedures needed to formally award the contract
A delegation representing two private firms based in Israel met Chief Minister
BS Yediyurappa on Friday, expressing its willingness to invest as much as Rs 21,000 crore towards building a 65-km peripheral ring road for Bengaluru, which has been on the backburner for nearly two decades. It is learnt that the Chief Minister was happy with the proposal and directed the
Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) to carry out further procedures needed to formally award the contract.