No easing of sourcing norms for single brand retail: Govt

05 Sep 2012 Evaluate

The Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma confirmed that the government is not diluting mandatory sourcing norm for global retailers. He affirmed that the global retailers would have to procure 30% of their merchandise requirement from domestic small industries that have a total investment in plant and machinery not exceeding $1 million.

The minister also ensured that the government, in order to make the policy attractive for investments would issue norms for 100% foreign direct investment (FDI) in single-brand retail. This is conjunction with Swedish furniture retailer IKEA‘s investment proposal. The retail giant had proposed to invest about Rs 10,500 crore for single brand retail stores in India and had asked the centre to allow it to continue sourcing from small units even after the vendors have crossed the mandatory $1 million investment limits.

It has also proposed that the calculation of the 30% norm has to be done for cumulative periods of 10 years of operations starting with the approval of the present application. Brands like Apple and Rolex have stepped back from investing in India as they cannot meet the mandatory sourcing requirements.

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