Putting In The Stops

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Issues	Main Opposition	Future

Hike in sectoral FDI caps	Ministers and Swadeshi Jagaran Manch on the grounds of national security	Completely dark. Not on cards till elections are over.
Disinvestment (oil PSU)	Petroleum minister Ram Naik, Shiv Sena, Congress and Left parties	Definite slowdown in ongoing privatisation. No new decision expected.
Value added tax	All traders, some states, a section of the BJP, finance minister	Some states will push through but nationwide adoption not before 2004
Revision of EPF interest	All trade unions, Labour minister Sahib Singh Verma who chairs the EPF board	Verma’ll find it tough to intervene after high-yield special deposit scheme ends
Subsidy cut	Congress, Left parties, state governments, NDA allies	None after recent rollback in fertiliser subsidy. Try again next budget.
Labour reform	All trade unions, Left parties, some NDA allies	Shifted to agenda of the Fourteenth Lok Sabha