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  Lok Sabha Passes Bill To Raise Foreign Investment In Insurance To 74%

  A bill to increase foreign direct investment (FDI) in the insurance sector from 49 per cent to 74 per cent was approved by Parliament with the Lok Sabha giving green signal to the legislation by a voice vote on Monday.

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  PM Modi's First Major Reform Gets Parliament Nod, Congress Helps Pass Insurance Bill

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi passed his first major economic reform almost a year after coming to power, as Parliament voted late on Thursday to allow more foreign investment in the insurance sector.

• Government Looking at Raising FDI Cap in Insurance: Report

  Finance Ministry is contemplating raising foreign direct investment cap in insurance sector from 26 per cent to 49 per cent with some riders like restriction on voting right.

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  BJP manifesto says no to FDI in multi-brand retail: top 10 points

  The BJP today released its much-delayed manifesto on a day India began voting for a new government in the first of a nine-phase general election spread over 36 days. "Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat" (One India, great India) and "Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikaas" are the main slogans of the 52-page manifesto.

• Promotion quota bill: what it is about

  Finding itself in a "complex" situation, the Congress is doing a fine balancing act in trying to resolve the Rajya Sabha deadlock over the bill on reservations for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (SC/ST) in job promotions and says it hopes for a positive result. The bill is possibly the next acid test for the government with the Samaj...

• 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.

• Our notice for floor test on FDI exposed Mayawati, Mulayam Singh: BJP

  After the Opposition lost the vote on FDI in multi-brand retail in both Houses of Parliament, the BJP today claimed it gave the notice for a debate and voting against the Centre's move to expose arch-rivals Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party, which were against foreign investment in the retail sector.

• TDP shocked after MPs abstain from Rajya Sabha vote on FDI

  The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) is shocked after three of its MPs - T Devender Goud, Y Satyanarayana Choudary and Gundu Sudha Rani - abstained from voting on the AIADMK motion against foreign direct investment (FDI) in Rajya Sabha yesterday evening.

• FDI to bring new technology in agriculture, says Prime Minister

  A day after the UPA government won Parliament's approval on its proposal to allow foreign direct investment or FDI in multi-brand retail, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said FDI will create a revenue model for farmers.

• Rajya Sabha member arrives on stretcher to vote

  Two Rajya Sabha members were too ill to attend the parliamentary debate on FDI in retail but they came for the voting - with one arriving on a stretcher.

• Government wins FDI vote in Rajya Sabha: who said what

  With help from Mulayam Singh Yadav and Mayawati again, the government has won a vote in the Rajya Sabha on allowing foreign supermarkets such as Wal-Mart to set up shop in India for the first time. The government had already won a vote on Foreign Direct Investment or FDI in multi-brand retail in the Lok Sabha two days earlier.

• FDI: Government seeks recalculation of votes in Rajya Sabha

  The government has sought recalculation of votes in the Rajya Sabha on the issue of Foreign Direct Investment or FDI in retail as the total number of votes appeared to be more than the actual strength of the House.

• Retail FDI win opens way for more reforms in Parliament: Kamal Nath

  The government's double victory in parliament votes on retail reform opens the way for financial sector reform bills to be taken up in parliament next week, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath said on Friday.

• Government wins vote on FDI in retail in Rajya Sabha

  The government's double victory in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha on its decision to allow Foreign Direct Investment or FDI in multi-brand retail opens the way for financial sector reform bills to be taken up in Parliament next week, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath said on Friday.

• Government wins multi-brand retail FDI vote in Rajya Sabha

  The government today won the vote on its controversial decision to allow foreign direct investment or FDI in multi-brand retail. Out of the 212 members present and voting, 116 voted with the government and 95 voted against FDI.