<p>Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said the UPA is trying to build a consensus on contentious issues like Goods and Services Tax (GST)and FDI in retail which faced strong opposition from Mamata Banerjee.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“We are working to build a policy consensus on a number of pending issues such as introduction of GST, further liberalisation of FDI, including in retail, and deepening and strengthening of financial markets for long term investments,” Mukherjee said at a programme. Last year Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee had stalled the UPA government’s effort to bring in FDI in retail.<br /><br />On the current global economic crisis, he noted India’s success in surviving the turbulence and staying as a dynamic emerging economy.<br /><br />He also gave credit to the economic reforms initiated in the early 1990s, saying it has produced good results for the Indian economy.</p>
<p>Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said the UPA is trying to build a consensus on contentious issues like Goods and Services Tax (GST)and FDI in retail which faced strong opposition from Mamata Banerjee.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“We are working to build a policy consensus on a number of pending issues such as introduction of GST, further liberalisation of FDI, including in retail, and deepening and strengthening of financial markets for long term investments,” Mukherjee said at a programme. Last year Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee had stalled the UPA government’s effort to bring in FDI in retail.<br /><br />On the current global economic crisis, he noted India’s success in surviving the turbulence and staying as a dynamic emerging economy.<br /><br />He also gave credit to the economic reforms initiated in the early 1990s, saying it has produced good results for the Indian economy.</p>