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  Government Retains 51% FDI in Multi-Brand Retail, Which BJP Had Opposed

  The BJP-led central government has retained the previous UPA regime's decision allowing foreign retailers to open multi-brand stores with 51 per cent ownership, a consolidated FDI policy document released on Tuesday shows.

• FDI in retail debate: Roll back FDI or you will be rolled back, JD(U) warns Government

  How will Mulayam Singh Yadav vote this evening on the BJP's motion opposing the government's decision to allow 51 per cent foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail? The Samajwadi Party chief argued against the government's policy in the Lok Sabha yesterday and the party says it will either vote FDI in retail or abstain. The government's floo...

• FDI in retail debate: Govt made no attempt at consensus, says BJP

  The Lok Sabha is debating the government's decision to allow 51 per cent Foreign Direct Investment or FDI in multi-brand retail, a move that the BJP says will see big supermarket chains like Walmart "swallow small retailers" through predatory pricing. The government has said the opposition is exaggerating the evils of FDI in retail. The discussion ...

• Bharat bandh over fuel price hike and FDI in retail: 10 latest developments

  Opposition parties have called for a nationwide bandh today to protest against the government's reform measures announced last week. The government, taking some politically tough decisions had hiked the price of diesel by Rs. 5 per litre, capped the supply of subsidised LPG cylinders to six per household and cleared 51 per cent Foreign Direct Inves...

• Nationwide bandh over fuel price hike and FDI in retail today

  Opposition parties have given a call for a nationwide bandh today to protest the government's reform measures announced last week. The government, taking some politically tough decisions had hiked the price of diesel by Rs 5 per litre, capped the supply of subsidised liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders to six per household and cleared 51 per ce...

• Tamil Nadu not to implement FDI in multi-brand retail: Jayalalithaa

  Slamming the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre for taking the 'unfortunate decision' of allowing 51 per cent FDI in multi-brand retail, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today said her government would never implement it in the state.

• Congress-led Kerala rejects 51% FDI in multi-brand retail

  Congress-ruled Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today said the Centre's decision to allow 51 per cent foreign investment in multi-brand retail business would not be implemented in the state.

• Govt clears FDI in multi-brand retail, 'furious' Mamata to decide on support on Tuesday

  The government has cleared 51% Foreign Direct Investment or FDI for multi-brand retail, a major reform aimed at jumpstarting a lethargic economy and combating the image of an administration riddled with policy paralysis.

• Pranab Mukherjee woos US investors, clears the air on FDI

  On a two-day visit to the US, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today met with American investors and business leaders of the corporate world and told them that the decision on allowing 51 per cent Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in retail has only been put on hold for now. Mr Mukherjee also told them that this is how things sometimes work in a dem...

• Pranab Mukherjee: FDI decision was not wrong, but did not want mid-term elections

  At a meeting of all Congress MPs this morning, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee dissected the government's disastrous attempt to allow reform in retail. Mr Mukherjee told the MPs that the decision to allow 51% foreign ownership of multi-brand stores was not incorrect, but that the government has put it on hold to avoid mid-term elections.

• FDI-in-retail crisis: All-party meeting today; will it help break logjam?

  It is Wednesday and the government hopes its decision to press the pause button on allowing foreign direct investment in retail will mean that Parliament functions from today and for the rest of what's left of the Winter Session.

• Pranab told me Centre has decided to put FDI on hold: Mamata

  With the government embroiled in a war with the opposition and some of its main allies over Foreign Direct Investment or FDI in retail, West Bengal Chief Minister and key ally to the UPA government, Mamata Banerjee, today said Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has conveyed to her, over the phone, that the FDI policy is on hold till there is a conse...

• Top 5 unproductive Parliament sessions

  It has been a week when Parliament could not transact any business. The government's decision to allow 51% per cent Foreign Direct Investment in multi-retail sector has led to cries of protest from the Opposition and allies alike, leading to disruptions. So vehement have been the protests that the Winter Session of Parliament which began on Novembe...

• PM fails to convince Mamata; Govt rethink on FDI vote

  The government is considering putting on hold a possible vote on its decision to allow 51% foreign ownership of multi-brand retail stores. Sources tell NDTV that the Congress-led UPA is not keen to test its strength on the floor of the House on this issue. A final decision in this regard is likely to be taken on Wednesday.

• 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.