FDI inflows in the manufacturing sector rose by almost 45 per cent between October last year and this February.
Sharma was confident that New Delhi would occupy its rightful place on the UNSC.
India will be identifying and separating its civilian and military nuclear facilities and programmes in a phased manner.
India has sought consular access for those detained, he said.
The Indian government had received requests for assistance in locating the 'Kalgi' and some other articles of Guru Gobind Singh and bringing them back to India.
Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh on Saturday stirred a controversy by saying that time has come for Rahul Gandhi to take charge of the party from his mother Sonia Gandhi, a statement that was described as his "personal views" by the party.
Let there not be any "misgivings or concerns" on this score, Sharma said intervening in the short-duration discussion on Indo-US nuclear deal.
The notices given by Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad and Deputy Leader of Congress in the House, Anand Sharma, seek to corner the government on the issue accusing it of "destabilising" a democratically-elected government in Uttarakhand.
In a "firm, appropriate and timely" response, India on Tuesday told the Vatican that it disapproved of the Pope's criticism against banning conversions and his remarks of religious intolerance in the country.
"If the Opposition gets into singing praises, then democracy will be destroyed," Sharma said.
Usually, the chair in the Upper House reads out obituary references before members rise as a mark of respect to the memory of the departed.
The development came a day after the Jammu and Kashmir government issued a statement asking political leaders not to visit the Valley.
Chidambaram said the stimulus package has left several sections like the poor, migrants, farmers, labourers, workers, small shopkeepers and middle class high and dry.
The ruling Congress party on Thursday said the Hurriyat leaders' trip from occupied Kashmir to other cities of Pakistan was in violation of the understanding between the two countries and that the government should take appropriate view on it.
Responding to the statement by France, Gandhi said, "Let them deny it if they want. He (Macron) said that before me. I was there, Anand Sharma and Dr Manmohan Singh were also there."
The government should stick to the recent clarifications released on FDI in multi-brand retail trading and not ease the conditions for foreign retailers.
He said the migrants and poor people had great expectations after the prime minister's address to the nation, but sadly...
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is facing sedition charge, on Monday said he is a "bigger patriot" than Prime Minister Narendra Modi and claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party does not want to upset Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti by arresting the "real traitors" in the JNU case.
Rahul Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal and Sitaram Yechury are among nine persons who have been booked on sedition charges in connection with the JNU row, police said on Sunday.
For the second straight day, HRD Minister Smriti Irani on Thursday made a strong defence of the government's actions with regard to the Jawaharlal Nehru University issue and suicide of Dalit student in Hyderabad University in the face of intense attack by the opposition which alleged that attempts were being made to suppress dissent.
Union ministers said Parliament passing over two dozen Bills was evidence of increased productivity of Narendra Modi government 2.0.
"The central government had rescued other businesses by re-structuring debts to the tune of Rs 30,000-40,000 crore. Compared to this, the amount (debt) of Jet Airways was much smaller. Moreover there was a resolution (accepted) by the lenders to save jobs and to save the airline," Sharma said.
The motions were moved over misinformation on PM Modi's Lahore visit and the Bandung Conference.
In a comment loaded with sarcasm, Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday said former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had wanted to do a lot of things during his tenure but "so many super PMs" had prevented him, triggering protests from Congress members.
The Cabinet on Thursday approved the stand taken by India at the recently concluded WTO meeting in Bali which endorsed New Delhi's point of view with regard to food security plan and trade facilitation pact.
Four new retailers from US, two from Germany may have shown interest in setting up shop in India.
The external affairs minister said all outstanding issues between India and Pakistan can be discussed only bilaterally.
The minister, at a packed press conference, made it clear that New Delhi was not prepared for any compromise on the food security issue, adding the deal at Bali has to be fair and balanced as 'it is better to have no agreement than a bad Agreement'.
Many leaders who appealed to Gandhi to stay argued that their political futures depended on his presence in the party and hence he must stay.
Many defaults banks have been seen pertain to sectors like steel, infrastructure and power.
The Congress is seeking to give a strong political message to the nation from the land of Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel, with the party leadership holding the prayer meeting at Sabarmati Gandhi Ashram in Ahmedabad, followed by the CWC meet at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel national memorial in the state.
Ghulam Nabi Azad said Congress was not afraid of "targeting" by the Modi dispensation and asserted that the more the party is attacked, the sooner it will return to power.
