Fdi Row

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  Government Defers Approval To AgustaWestland FDI In Indian Joint Venture

  Amid a raging row over alleged kickbacks in the AgustaWestland helicopter deal, the Foreign Investment Promotion Board has deferred a decision on increase in FDI in the Italian firm's joint venture with Tata Sons.

• FDI Dips 16 Per Cent to $2.45 Billion in September

  Falling for the second month in a row, foreign direct investment (FDI) coming to India declined about 16 per cent to $2.45 billion in September.

• Foreign direct investment snaps 2-month fall, up 8% at $2.15 billion in January

  After declining for two months in a row, foreign direct investment (FDI) in India grew by 8 per cent year-on-year to $2.15 billion in January.

• TDP Rajya Sabha member quits after row over absence during vote on FDI

  One of three Rajya Sabha members of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), who were absent during the vote on the FDI Bill in the parliament, sent his resignation to party president N Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday.

• 2G row: DMK gives notice for discussion in Lok Sabha

  As a reluctant government prepares to face vote in Parliament on the contentious Foreign Direct Investment or FDI in multi-brand retail issue, there is more ally trouble.

• Sensex, Nifty in the red; Hindustan Copper falls 18%

  The markets reversed their momentum slipping into the red as domestic politics weighed on sentiment. Disruptions marked the second day of the Winter Session of Parliament today as the government and the opposition stuck to their stands on foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail. The Lok Sabha was adjourned for the second day in a row,...

• FDI row: Parliament paralysed on Day1 of winter session; govt calls for all-party meet on Monday

  With battlelines drawn on the Foreign Direct Investment in multi-brand retail issue, a belligerent opposition has forced repeated adjournment of both Houses. Rajya Sabha has now been adjourned for the day and Lok Sabha is scheduled to reconvene at 2 pm.

• Jayalalithaa slams UPA second wave of reforms

  Tearing into the Centre's big ticket reforms, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today described it as "diversionary" to "anaesthetise the mammoth corruption charges" against the UPA Government especially when elections are imminent.

• Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi takes on Mamata Banerjee on FDI row

  Assam Chief Minister and Congress leader Tarun Gogoi has taken on his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee for her opposition to Foreign Direct Investment or FDI in retail.

• Clarify Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) not discussed: Mamata govt to US

  Did Mamata Banerjee and Hillary Clinton discuss FDI in retail? Or did they not? An unseemly row has erupted between the West Bengal government and the US consulate in Kolkata on this issue. The consulate, in a press release yesterday, said investment in the retail sector was discussed. But finance minister Amit Mitra shot off an angry rejoinder sa...

• FDI in retail: Another reform-by-stealth failure

  If the Indian government decides to undo or indefinitely delay its decision to let foreign retailers into the country, as government sources now quietly predict, proponents of modernization will probably blame the opposition political parties and allies of the government like the Trinamool Congress party, as well as small retailers and wholesale tr...

• FDI row: Digvijaya Singh calls BJP a 'party of middlemen'

  Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has slammed the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) for its stance on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in retail that has led to a logjam in Parliament.

• FDI row: PM must spend more time in Parliament, says Mani Shankar Aiyar

  It's the first Monday in two weeks that has dawned to no one asking - will Parliament function? Only because Parliament will not sit today. The FDI-in-retail logjam continues and that question will well be asked on Wednesday, when the Houses reconvene.

• FDI row: Government wooing Mamata Banerjee?

  UPA government's troubleshooter and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is in Kolkata today for a possible meeting with key ally Mamata Banerjee to try and ensure the Trinamool Congress does not go against the government and UPA interests on the contentious issue of Foreign Direct Investment or FDI in retail.

• FDI row: Pranab blames 'narrow politics,' govt says some BJP states supported FDI reforms

  FDI in retail: The BJP is adamant that it will settle for nothing but a rollback of the decision to allow 51% foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail. But Commerce Minister Anand Sharma claims that two BJP-ruled states, Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, had told a parliamentary panel recently that they wanted FDI in retail.