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Govt to consider repealing 51% FDI policy for retail: Nirmala Sitharaman

22 May 2015 Evaluate

Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said the government will consider repealing the 51 percent FDI policy in multi-brand retail, while no proposal would be entertained for opening supermarkets in India by foreign players. The union cabinet minister has said that “I will go back to the Cabinet and say should we delete one document...I am not going to entertain any proposal in multi-brand retail.” She also said 'we will ensure FDI in e-commerce does not become a back door for FDI into multi-brand retail'.

Recently, the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) in its consolidated FDI policy retained the previous UPA government's decision to allow foreign retailers to open multi-brand stores with 51 percent ownership. Though, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had said the BJP was 'never' in favour of allowing foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail and a recent government notification only published the extant policy on it.

The ruling BJP during its poll campaign had said that “Barring the multi-brand retail sector, FDI will be allowed in sectors wherever needed for job and asset creation, infrastructure and acquisition of niche technology and specialised expertise.”

On the contrary Arvind Subramanian, the chief economic adviser in the finance ministry had said that though it’s a political call but as a purely technical and economic analysis, it is a desirable way to proceed.

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