Budget 2018: FM Arun Jaitley needs to focus on job creation, insurance

Budget 2018 expectations by Roopam Asthana, CEO & whole-time director at Liberty Videocon General Insurance

Days before Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presents Budget 2018, here are the Budget 2018 expectations of Roopam Asthana, chief executive and whole-time director at Liberty Videocon General Insurance, on three key issues important for the economy:

Generate Employment

While the level of unemployment remains high, insurance companies are starved of adequately trained insurance professionals to manage their business especially in smaller towns. Unfortunately, there are not enough institutions like we have ITIs for technical training for training professionals on insurance business. This situation will only get more acute with time unless a solution is worked on right