The session started on January 29 and was originally slated to end on April 8 but several members had urged Speaker Om Birla to end it early so that they can focus on electioneering in four states and Puducherry

What caused confusion was three clearances given to FDI proposals from Hong Kong in first week of February after having kept all such approvals in abeyance since April last year. These approvals have been wrongly interpreted as GoI's nod to Chinese FDI proposals

The scheme and a range of other incentives for industrial development in the state are part of Tamil Nadu Industrial Policy 2021, unveiled by chief minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami on February 16 in Chennai

The focus on self-reliance, innovation, research and development, infra capex and digital payments in Union Budget 2021 would definitely help in lifting the Indian economy from under $3 trillion to $5 trillion in the near term

The FM has set the stage, but timely execution is critical

The rise in market cap came after Sensex and Nifty closed at record highs today, enthused by investor sentiment arising from Budget 2021

In last two sessions, Sensex rallied 3,511 points and Nifty gained 1,012 points. With the two-day rally, Sensex and Nifty have erased all losses they suffered in the previous six  sessions

Bold measures have been proposed in the budget, such as privatisation of two public sector banks and a general insurance company in this fiscal, higher FDI in the insurance sector, exhibiting India's confidence to be globally competitive

Sensex, Nifty Highlights on Budget day, February 1: Almost all the sectors closed in green territory today, rising in the range of 3-6%, except for pharma index

Union Budget 2021 Highlights: Congress leader P. Chidambaram said that the government had only marginally raised health funding, which when adjusted to inflation becomes nil

Given the current state of the economy, the report expects Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to announce significant fiscal reforms to bring economy back on track as the RBI may not be in a position to ease policy rates further

Of the last 10 budgets, the stock market has closed lower six times. Twice the indices closed over 1% lower (2012, 2013). This excludes Budget 2020's 2.4% drop in Sensex, the worst budget-day plunge since 2009

In the year-ago period, FDI equity inflows stood at USD 29.31 billion, as per the data of the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT)

The Akash missile systems have over 96 percent indigenous components and the weapon can hit targets at a range of 25 km

Financial Services Secretary Debasish Panda said the work is in progress and the DFI should become a reality soon, may be by the end of the current financial year or early next year

An inter-ministerial committee has been formed by the government to scrutinise these proposals, they said adding most of the investments are for brownfield projects (means in existing Indian companies)

Of the 46 contracts of offset commitments worth Rs 66,427 crores made by foreign vendors from 2005 till March 2018, only Rs 11,396 crore has been claimed, a CAG report showed

The fresh conditions were announced by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry on September 17

DMK legislator P Thiagarajan's comments come while the government is scrambling to find money to fund its key expenditure programmes

Most Chinese companies operating in India believe the brewing anti-China sentiment won't impact their long-term objectives in Indian market