Fdi Debate

• FDI vote in Rajya Sabha: how the numbers add up

  The Rajya Sabha is all set to vote on the government's decision to allow Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail.

• Venkaiah Naidu apologises after woman MP breaks down over his comment

  Senior BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu had to apologise in Parliament today after a woman MP from the Congress broke down when he snapped at her for interjecting during his speech in Rajya Sabha on Foreign Direct Investment or FDI in multi-brand retail.

• FDI in retail not against small shopkeepers, says Ashok Ganguly

  Foreign equity in multi-brand retail is good for the country and would not uproot small shopkeepers, said Rajya Sabha independent member and former chairperson of Hindustan Lever Ashok S. Ganguly.

• Lame-duck government will have to pay heavy price for support on FDI: Arun Jaitley

  Strongly opposing foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail, Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley said the policy will make India a country of "sales boys and sales girls".

• NCP opposes FDI in Maharashtra, writes to Prithviraj Chavan

  After debating the contentious issue of Foreign Direct Investment or FDI in multi-brand retail in Lok Sabha for two days, the government on Wednesday won a vote on the reform in the Lower House.

• Moral victory for the government: Salman Khurshid on FDI vote

  The government on Wednesday said that the FDI vote it won in the Lok Sabha was a victory of reforms which would strengthen the economy further.

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

  The UPA government has won the vote on Foreign Direct Investment or FDI in multi-brand retail in Lok Sabha; in division, 471 votes were cast, 253 MPs voted against the BJP motion challenging the government's policy decision and 218 voted for it. The Lok Sabha had debated the contentious issue of FDI over Tuesday and Wednesday.

• 'Mulayam spoke against FDI, but was absent during vote'

  In a dig at Mulayam Singh Yadav, BJP leader Sushma Swaraj said Wednesday that while the Samajwadi Party chief during the parliament debate spoke against allowing FDI in multi-brand retail, his presence in the Lok Sabha during voting would have ensured the economic move is defeated.

• FDI debate: SP, BSP walk out of Lok Sabha

  The Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Wednesday walked out of the Lok Sabha before voting in the house on foreign investment in multi-brand retail.

• FDI debate: Anand Sharma defends govt's decision

  Commerce and Industries Minister Anand Sharma on Wednesday defended the government's decision to allow foreign capital in multi-brand retail, saying this was taken after due consultations with all stakeholders and that it would save farm output and generate employment in the country.

• FDI vote: Why Mayawati's BSP might bail out the government in Rajya Sabha

  Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is said to be leaning towards voting in favour of Foreign Direct Investment or FDI in multi-brand retail in the Rajya Sabha, to save the day for the Manmohan Singh government, which it supports externally and which is scrambling to find numbers in the upper house, where it is in a minority.

• PepsiCo statement refuting Sushma Swaraj's allegations

  PepsiCo India today refuted BJP's Sushma Swaraj's allegation that PepsiCo did not keep its promise to buy potatoes and tomatoes from farmers in Punjab.

• India's economic reforms face test with parliament vote

  The government's stuttering economic reform programme faces a key parliamentary test this week on whether to let foreign supermarket chains such as Wal-Mart Stores set up shop, in a vote that could pave the way for further measures to revive the economy.

• McDonald's statement refuting Sushma Swaraj's claim that it imports potatoes

  Refuting Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj's claim that McDonald's imports potatoes for its use, Vikram Bakshi, Managing Director of McDonald's India has issued this statement.

• FDI debate: McDonald's, PepsiCo refute Sushma Swaraj's claims that they import potatoes

  Initiating the debate in the Lok Sabha on Foreign Direct Investment or FDI in multi-brand retail, the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj, said the government's claim that foreign investment would benefit farmers, consumers and generate employment was a myth.