The Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in retail sector has been put on hold and any final decision by the government will be taken only after consulting all opposition political parties. The government is facing stiff resistances from retailers and opposition parties across India. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said ‘the government is willing to keep the decision in suspension. It will take a final decision only after consultations with all opposition parties and the stakeholders.
The opposition leaders have told finance minister that the government should come out with a statement on the issue, and they are also demanding an all party meeting in which they can be informed about the issue. Opposition parties have created logjam in Parliament for several days now.
The government is expected to make an announcement in the all party meeting, which is expected to be held on December 07, morning before the Parliament proceeding starts. Last week, in all party meeting, finance minister had said that he would get back to them after he consulted the Prime Minister and the Union Cabinet, which had taken the decision of allowing FDI in retail sector.
In November, the Union Cabinet approved 51% FDI in multi brand retail sector, which opened Indian retail markets for international super-chains such as Wal-Mart and Tesco. However, virtually every major political party including the left and BJP are of the view that the decision of allowing FDI in multi-brand retail will affect the livelihoods of farmers and small traders.
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