New Delhi, May 4 (ANI): Finance Minister P.Chidambaram on Saturday said the government is confidentabout pushing ahead with its proposal to raise the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) cap on the insurance and pension sectors.

New Delhi, May 3 (ANI): The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has given its approval to the Swedish retailer IKEA for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in single-brand retail.

New Delhi, Mar. 7 (ANI): Traders in the national capital have called for a shutdown on Thursday to protest against the Congress-led UPA Government's decision to allow Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in multi brand retail.

New Delhi, Mar. 4 (ANI): Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Monday urged industries to open up to investments other than encouraging Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to support the country's wobbly economic health.

New Delhi, Jan. 15 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party and its ally partners along with the left parties has joined hands to oppose foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail sector and they would jointly address a rally here on March 7.

New Delhi, Dec 10 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday lashed out at the Congress-led UPA Government for forcefully imposing the proposal of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail.

Haridwar/New Delhi, Dec.9 (ANI): Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Sunday expressed his distress over the UPA Government's second victory in parliament over the issue of allowing foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail.

New Delhi, Dec. 8 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday took on Dr. Manmohan Singh, saying the economist Prime Minster is wrong on foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi band retail and alleged that his government has betrayed the nation.

Ludhiana, Dec 8 (ANI): Asserting that the government's decision to allow Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in retail was strongly supported by farmer organisations in Punjab, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Saturday said that it will benefit the farmers, consumers and the country.

Washington, Dec 8 (ANI): The United States has welcomed the decision of the Indian Parliament to allow FDI in multi-brand retail after the UPA Government won a vote in the Rajya Sabha to allow foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail by a margin of 14 (123 versus 109).

New Delhi, Dec.7 (ANI): Hours and minutes after the UPA Government won a vote in the Rajya Sabha to allow foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail by a margin of 14 (123 versus 109), leaders of the ruling combine and the opposition engaged in a verbal political joust that could leave the general public bemused, if not confused.

New Delhi, Dec 7 (ANI): In a massive setback for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Congress-led UPA Government won the vote on foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail in the Rajya Sabha on Friday afternoon after nearly two days of debate.

New Delhi, Dec 7 (ANI): Members of Parliament of the Samajwadi Party (SP) walked out of the Rajya Sabha on Friday afternoon ahead of the voting on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail.

New Delhi, Dec 7 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday alleged that Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati has been exposed before the people of the country by changing her stand on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail and announcing support to the Congress-led UPA Government on the issue in the Rajya Sabha.

New Delhi, Dec 7 (ANI): Voting will be held in the Rajya Sabha on Friday on the Bharatiya Janata Party's motion opposing the Congress-led UPA Government's move to allow Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail.

New Delhi, Dec. 6 (ANI): Friday's voting pattern in the Rajya Sabha over the issue of allowing foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail appeared clear on Thursday itself, with the Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Karunanidhi-led Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) set to back the UPA Government, and the Mulayam Singh-led Samajwadi Party (SP) announcing that it would abstain from voting.

New Delhi, Dec. 6 (ANI): Reiterating its stand against the proposed foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail, the Samajwadi Party (SP) on Thursday made it clear that the party will hold the same stand as in Lok Sabha and abstain from voting in Rajya Sabha tomorrow.

New Delhi, Dec 6 (ANI): Expressing disappointment with the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party's decision to abstain from voting on the issue of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail in the Lok Sabha, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley, on Thursday said that the Congress-led UPA is a lame-duck government dependent on costly support.

New Delhi, Dec 6 (ANI): Asserting that foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail will benefit over 100 crore people, Union Law and Justice Minister Ashwani Kumar on Thursday said the Congress-led UPA Government is doing exactly what the people of the country expect it to do.

New Delhi, Dec 6 (ANI): All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) leader V. Maitreyan moved the motion for debate on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.

New Delhi, Dec 6 (ANI): Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday expressed confidence that the Congress-led UPA government will win the vote on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail in the Rajya Sabha.

New Delhi, Dec. 5 (ANI): The decision of the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party to abstain from voting on the issue of allowing foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail, enabled the UPA Government to win by a margin of 253 votes to 218 votes late on Wednesday evening after a debate lasting two full days.

New Delhi, Dec.5 (ANI): The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Wednesday opposed the government's proposal to allow foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail, saying that the proposal in its present form will hand over the retailers and farmers' interest in foreign hands.

New Delhi, Dec. 5 (ANI): Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma on Wednesday rubbished the opposition's charge that the government had gone back on its promise of reaching out to all stakeholders on the issue of allowing foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail.

New Delhi, Dec 4 (ANI): Charging the opposition of attempting to mislead the nation, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Wednesday said the double standards of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail has been exposed.