FDI in Indian Multi Brand Retail sector-should the government hold back or roll back the proposal?

Author

Badrinath, V. ; Chitra, K.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Manage., SASTRA Univ., Thanjavur, India

fYear

2012

fDate

30-31 March 2012

Firstpage

25

Lastpage

31

Abstract

This paper deals with the proposal of the Government of India to permit 51% Foreign Direct investment in Indian Multi Brand Retail (MBR) industry and its perceived effect on Indian economy. Important arguments made in favour and against the proposal have been listed out in length to understand the basic issue. The views of the Indian retailers -the important stake holder in this issue have been elicited by a field survey in Trichirapalli, Tamil nadu. The findings of the survey has been presented and discussed in detail. The paper also, discusses foreign experiences on this issue besides offering suggestions and recommendations for overcoming the present impasse faced by the Indian government.

Keywords

investment; retailing; FDI; Indian economy; Indian multibrand retail sector; MBR; Nadu; Tamil; Trichirapalli; foreign direct investment; government of India; Abstracts; Educational institutions; Employment; Government; Proposals; FDI; Impact; Livelihood; Perceptions; Retail Sector;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advances in Engineering, Science and Management (ICAESM), 2012 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0213-5

Type

conf

Filename

6216217