Pakistan has kept trade and bus services suspended for a little over 10 days but has not publicly stated its stance.
The annual summit between India and Japan on Saturday will seek to forge greater bilateral trade and investment ties, with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe coming with a high-powered business delegation.
Since August 2013, FIPB has approved two FDI proposals in the telecom sector.
Government seeks stakeholders' comments by Jan 30 on discussion paper.
Downplaying concerns of delay, Amitabh Kant, managing director of Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (DMIC), says the project will be delivered on time.
Floats discussion paper for stakeholders' feedback with a deadline of January 28.
Executives in the segment say some top European, Japanese and Korean retailers are seriously interested.
DIPP had proposed 100% FDI in Railways, which it had to now scale down to 74% in certain areas
Flaring of tempers comes atop much simmering trouble on clashing views; these stands might now get frozen.
RBI declines to accede to plea, upheld by Padmanabhan panel, for priority sector tag; feels move would dilute claims of those needing it more.
Chief Minister of the Punjab province in Pakistan and the Pakistan prime minister's brother, Shahbaz Sharif, tells Nayanima Basu that strategic issues go hand in hand with trade normalisation. Sharif believes that cordial relations are in the interest of the people of both India and Pakistan and issues such as Kashmir will also be resolved soon.
The company has identified India as one of the two key markets in South Asia.
A visibly elated Sharma said the decision gave India complete protection even if it breached the food subsidy limit under WTO rules
In the process, Vodafone India's valuation rose 48.39 per cent since February 2012, when Piramal Enterprises bought 5.5 per cent stake in Vodafone India for Rs 3,007 crore (Rs 30.07 billion).
India rejected the proposed interim measure and trade facilitation agreement, risking an outright collapse of the ongoing talks.
China, Indonesia ready to agree to a four-year interim solution.
If the WTO talks in Bali fail, it will adversely impact India.
According to the final draft of the negotiating texts, seen by Business Standard, there are a few binding commitments in the chapter on TFA, under Article 13, which talks of Customs cooperation.
According to the final draft of the negotiating text circulated by WTO Director-General Roberto Azevedo among trade ministers of the 159 member countries on Wednesday night, on public stockholding for food security purposes, a developing country like India can provide subsidies for farm support even if those exceed the permissible 10 per cent cap.
The country has also asked India to further reduce tariffs on goods.