The bi-partisan group of eight US Senators has come out with eight killer provisions in its comprehensive immigration reform bill, which if passed by the Congress, may prove to be detrimental to the interests of major Indian IT companies.

The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) on Saturday released the latest edition of consolidated FDI policy incorporating the changes made in the regulations over the past one year.

Parliament proceeds may be in a limbo but Finance Ministry's advisor Raghuram Rajan on Tuesday pitched for passing of a bill to allow 49 percent FDI in insurance sector.

Finance Minister P Chidmabaram on Saturday expressed the hope that Insurance Amendment Bill, which seeks to raise FDI cap in the sector to 49 percent, will be passed soon.

Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday said work on Goods and Services Tax (GST) was in progress and there was 70 percent possibility of the indirect tax legislation being passed in Parliament during the remaining tenure of the UPA-II.

Committing to carry forward the economic reforms programme in the remaining term of UPA-II, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday said the government will take more executive actions in the next two to four months and sought cooperation of the main opposition party to push through important bills in Parliament.

Market regulator Sebi has incurred initial costs of more than Rs 55 crore in its humongous task of facilitating Rs 24,000-crore refund to bondholders of two Sahara firms after verifying their credentials and Saharas would have to clear all these bills.

Flagging concerns of Indian companies on the H-1B visa issue in the latest US immigration bill, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Saturday told his American counterpart Jack Lew that temporary relocation of knowledge workers should not be confused with immigration.

Hindi news channel Star News will soon be renamed ABP News while Bengali news channel STAR Ananda would be called ABP Ananda and Marathi news channel STAR Majha will be named ABP Majha, a statement released by Media Content and Communications Private Limited(MCCS) said on Monday.

In a setback to Food Security Bill, considered as the world's biggest welfare programme, many of the states on Wednesday differed on the quantity of subsidised grain to be supplied and the number of beneficiaries to be covered under the scheme.