As the defaults in the IL&FS group fuelled speculation of a broader debt crisis in the financial sector, the government and Reserve Bank of India (RBI) went into a huddle here on Tuesday and resolved to come out with an action plan soon to salvage the infrastructure-financing conglomerate. Emerging from the meeting chaired by finance minister Arun Jaitley, Life Insurance Corporation of India chairman VK Sharma said the insurer won’t allow IL&FS to collapse and hinted that it might increase its stake in the firm.
