Fdi Vote In Rajya Sabha

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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.

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  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.

• Rebel JD(U) MP who voted in favour of FDI in Rajya Sabha, quits party and post

  Rebel Janta Dal (United) leader Upendra Kushwaha, who voted in favour of FDI in multi-brand retail against the party stand in Rajya Sabha, today announced that he would resign as Member of Parlieament and also from the party.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• FDI vote: Mayawati, Mulayam help Govt win in Rajya Sabha too

  The government today won the vote on its controversial decision to allow foreign direct investment or FDI in multi-brand retail. Out of the 232 members present and voting, 123 voted with the government and 109 voted against FDI.

• FDI in retail: Lone Rajya Sabha member from Mizoram not to vote for UPA

  Lone member of the Rajya Sabha from Mizoram Lalhming Liana on Friday said he would not support the UPA government when voting takes place in Rajya Sabha on FDI in retail today.

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  Ahead of FDI vote in Rajya Sabha, Anand Sharma spars with Arun Jaitley

  The Bahujan Samaj Party's 15 Rajya Sabha MPs will vote in favour of the government's decision to allow Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail. This could help the government scrape through by a whisker and win today's vote in the Upper House, where it is in a minority.

• FDI vote in Rajya Sabha today; Govt likely to sail through with Mayawati's support

  The Bahujan Samaj Party's 15 Rajya Sabha MPs will vote in favour of the government's decision to allow Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail. This could help the government scrape through by a whisker and win today's vote in the Upper House, where it is in a minority.

• 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.