The government is working out the modalities for enhancing foreign direct investment limit to at least 74 per cent in banks and assured it would have no impact on ownership control and regulation of the public sector banks.\n\n\n\n
Who's telling the truth? The government? Or the high-profile group with interests in para banking, aviation, real estate and the media?
Who's telling the truth about the Sahara India group? The government of India? Or the high-profile corporate group with interests in para banking, aviation, real estate and the media?
The government plans to prepay Rs 5,188 crore (Rs 51.88 billion) worth of high cost debts of Asian Development Bank in the current fiscal, after having prepaid Rs 6,378 crore (Rs 63.78 billion) to the World Bank a few days back.
The ongoing reforms and stress on infrastructure development and fiscal consolidation would have a positive influence on GDP growth, which averaged 5.9 per cent during 1992-2003.
The briefing comes ahead of the parliament session beginning Monday.
The enquiry committee has been asked to file its report by August 3 and Mann has been asked to make a statement on Tuesday at 10:30 am.
Opposition members kept on shouting 'Pradhan Mantri sadan me aao'.
Rajnath Singh led the delegation of 26 MPs from 20 parties which stayed overnight in Srinagar before stopping over in Jammu this afternoon.
The second half of the budget session of Parliament, beginning on Monday, is all set to be a stormy affair with opposition parties closing ranks over the imposition of Presidents' rule in Uttarakhand.
Both Houses were adjourned multiple times as Opposition members kept on shouting slogans against the PM.
In the second phase on April 18, 97 seats,spread across 13 states and one Union Territory, will go to the polls.
After Finance Minister Arun Jaitley moved the amended Finance Bill for consideration by the Lok Sabha, Deepender Hooda (Congress) said this was a "historic" occasion as never in the past had the Rajya Sabha amended the Finance Bill.