FDI 'holdback': Politics first vs Country first?
The government has decided to suspend one of its biggest decisions - Foreign Direct Investment or FDI in retail - till a consensus is reached among political parties. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee explained this to both the BJP and the Left on Monday. The government's "holdback" is an attempt to buy peace in Parliament - nearly half the Winter Session has been squandered with the Opposition refusing to get to work till the government cancels its reforms in retail.
