A parliamentary standing committee on commerce in its report titled “Foreign and Domestic Investment in Retail Sector” submitted to the government has recommended imposition of a blanket ban on foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail.
“The committee…recommend that a blanket ban should be imposed on domestic corporate heavyweights and foreign retailers from entering [...]
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Parliamentary panel recommends ‘blanket ban’ on FDI in retail and ‘Cash & Carry;’ comes down heavily on big corporates for foraying into modern retail
June 19th, 2009 · 4 Comments
Tags: Bharti (Bharti Retail/ Bharti-Wal-Mart) · Cash & Carry / B2B/ Wholesale · Convenience Store · Economy · FMCG · Food and Grocery · Fresh Foods · Hypermarket/ Supercentre · Kirana Shops (Mom 'n' Pop Stores) · Kishore Biyani (Future Group) · Multi-product Categories · Policies/ Government · Tatas (Westside/Croma/Landmark/Teisco/Other)
500 retail training schools for small traders
September 13th, 2008 · No Comments
“The schools will seek to change the traditional outlook of the traders and educate them to adopt a contemporary approach in business to retain customers and increase profitability.” — Praveen Khandelwal Secretary General Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT).
Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT), an umbrella body which represents interests of small [...]
Tags: Education/ Training · Indian Owned · Kirana Shops (Mom 'n' Pop Stores)
Small traders demand promulgation of ‘Shopping Malls Regulation Act;’ threaten Halla-Bol agitation
July 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
“In the last four years, an estimated two crore traders have been rendered jobless due to the opening of big shopping malls in the country.” — Banwari Lal Kanchal, President, U P Udyog Vyapar Pratinidhi Mandal, and Member, Rajya Sabha (Samajwadi Party).
UP Udyog Vyapar Pratinidhi Mandal, which successfully spearheaded an agitation of small traders last [...]
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