New Delhi: With two successive years of sub-5 per cent growth, Finance Secretary Arvind Mayaram on Tuesday said India would prefer foreign direct investment (FDI) over foreign institutional investor inflows if overseas resources need to
New Delhi: Foreign direct investment in the services sector declined by about 54 per cent year-on-year to $2.22 billion last fiscal, according to data from the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion. The services sector, which
New Delhi: The government should not allow FDI in e-commerce retail as it would grant back-door entry to foreign players in the multi-brand retail which the ruling BJP has been opposing, retailers body CAIT today
New Delhi: Attributing the present economic woes to a “decade of jobless growth”, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today underlined the need to contain price rise and hasten economic reforms to boost low-cost manufacturing. “Reviving the
New Delhi: The Centre of Indian Trade Unions today said it is against a government proposal to raise the FDI limit to 100% in the defence sector because that will be “totally detrimental” to indigenous
Bangalore: Prospects of an increase in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the defence sector would enhance production and generate employment, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd chairman R.K. Tyagi said Saturday.“With the possibility of increase in FDI limit
New Delhi: The BJP-led government may not permit foreign retailers to open mega stores in the country as such a move may adversely impact small traders and farmers, new Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
New Delhi: Singapore has replaced Mauritius as the top source of foreign direct investment into India, accounting for about 25 per cent of FDI inflows in 2013-14.During the last financial year, India attracted USD 5.98
New Delhi: The final decision on HDFC Bank's proposal to raise foreign shareholding will be taken by the Foreign Investment Promotion Board, the Finance Ministry said today. “It (ambiguities in HDFC Bank's proposal) will be cleared
New Delhi: Regressive foreign direct investment (FDI) policy of the government has hurt Indian defence industry, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has said.In a communication addressed to the secretary of
New Delhi: Allaying fears that the withdrawal of fiscal stimulus programme in the US will impact foreign investments into India, a Finance Ministry report has said the country is an attractive destination on its own
New Delhi: India's services sector received foreign direct investment (FDI) of $2.18 billion during April-February period of financial year 2013-14, down 54 per cent compared with figures of the corresponding period a year ago. Services such
Varanasi: Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal today appealed to the people to vote for his party candidates, promising to “fight till our last breath” to stop the gas price hike in Parliament.Addressing a rally
Washington: After supermarket giant Walmart, it is online retail major Amazon which appears to be lobbying hard with U.S. lawmakers to seek their support for facilitating its “foreign direct investment in India”.According to the latest
New Delhi: Contentious issues like construction of a Ram Temple in Ayodhya, abrogation of Art 370 giving special status to Jammu and Kashmir and enactment of Uniform Civil Code have been included in the BJP's
New Delhi: The BJP Monday released its manifesto focusing on improving the country's economy and infrastructure, ending policy paralysis and curbing corruption.Releasing the manifesto on the first phase of the Lok Sabha election, party leader
New Delhi: Foreign direct investment (FDI) in the services sector declined by about 61 per cent year-on-year to $1.8 billion during April-January. The services sector, which includes banking, insurance, outsourcing, R&D, courier and technology testing, had
New Delhi: Foreign direct investment (FDI) in India dipped by 3 percent to USD 22.03 billion in 2013, according to the official data.In 2012, India attracted USD 22.78 billion of FDI, according to the data
New Delhi: Against the backdrop of speculation about Narendra Modi's comments suggesting a rethink on the FDI policy, BJP today said their opposition to FDI in retail will not change.“As far as FDI in retail
New Delhi: Expressing surprise at the "arbitrary" decision of the AAP government to disallow FDI in multi-brand retailing, the Congress party plans to take up the issue in the state assembly."I don't think there is
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