PSC recommends ban on foreign investment in Retail

June 10, 2009 in ASEAN, ICICI, ICRIER, advisor, america, american, asian, assets, assocham, australia, banking, bharat, civic, commerce, consumers, cooperative, corporate, diaspora, dollars, eastern, equipment, euro, europe, european, exhibition, fdiretail, fdiwatch, financial, food, food brands, foods, foreign, german, germany, ghaziabad, global, goods, graduates, grains, grassroots, grocery, gujarat, gunnar, gurgaon, hedge, household, impact, imports, india, indiafdiwatch, insurance, karnataka, kerala, kirana, minister, monopoly, planning commission, poland, polish, racialism, regulatory, retailing, trade union, wholesalers, youth, किराना, प्रौद्योगिकी, राजनीति, राजस्थान, लखनऊ
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Dear All,
Congratulations!
Our collective efforts to mobilize 42 member parliamentary standing committee on commerce which was studying foreign and domestic investment in retail trade has yielded positive results. Though the parliamentary committee recommendations are not binding on the Government, still its a victory worth celebrating.
best!
Dharmendra Kumar
House panel opposes foreign investment in retail
The committee says allowing cash & [...]

Liberators of India Retail Market Demand Open – Minds & Wallets

May 29, 2008 in ASEAN, BJP, CPM, ICICI, ICRIER, M&A, account, accountants, acquisitions, advertising, africa, agra, america, amul, annual, asian, association, average, ban, banker, banks, baroda, bhartiya, bihar, bloc, body, bottled, box, brazil, budget, carry, cash, cereal, cereals, chandigarh, cheap, choice, commission, compliance, congress, consolidate, consortium, consultant, consumers, corporate, costly, credit, customer, dairy, data, debt, deccan, delays, demand, destinations, developed, diesel, disposal, drinks, dukan, elections, electricity, emerging, entry risks, equipment, exports, farm, financial, fiscal, food, food brands, format, forum, framework, france, fresh, front, funds, furniture, gaps, gas, germany, ghats, ghaziabad, global, goa, grains, gujarat, gurgaon, hawkers, health, hedge, household, hubli, impact, imports, independent, industry, inflation, insurance, investments, jamshedpur, jobless, juice, karnataka, kirana, kisan, konkan, land, latin, leftist, leisure, lessons, lic, lifestyle, lopsided, loss, marketing, markets, masala, media, medical, merger, mergers, mobile, monetary, monopoly, monthly, morcha, mustard, mysore, ndtv, neighbourhood, neon, neutral, noida, oil, online, orissa, pakistan, panjim, parks, petrol, plant, policy, poor, power, producers, pulp, puri, pwc, ranchi, rate, ratings, rebate, regulator, regulatory, restaurant, retail democracy, retail.democracy, rights, risk, risky, rupee, sasta, shortage, stakeholders, standard, statistical, statistics, street, subsidy, suburban, supply, surat, surplus, survey, tables, tamil nadu, tariff, tata, threats, times, trends, tripura, utpadak, vertical, vote, wastage, water, weekly, wheat, women, wood, world
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Self Appointed Liberators of the Retail Sector demand OPEN MINDS – and OPEN WALLETS ?
Arvind Singhal: Liberating the retail sector
http://www.business-standard.com/common/news_article.php?leftnm=lmnu2&subLeft=3&autono=324337&tab=r
The report must be read more carefully, and with an open mind, by those vociferous elements in the UPA government (read: Left parties), Mayawati of BSP, and our own Don Quixotes going by names such as [...]

23 Feb – Kerala – Halla-Bol against corporate retailers

February 11, 2008 in 2008, DYFI, ICICI, ICRER, SEZ, acorn, ambala, america, approvals, arunachal, assocham, aurangabad, autumn, avenues, bajaj, bangalore, banks, baroda, bhopal, birla, brand, branded, brazil, business, carrefour, carry, cash, chain, chandigarh, chembur, chennai, chile, civic, cochin, commerce, commission, communist, conduct, consult, consultation, cooperative, cooperatives, corporate, dairy, delegation, delhi, democracy, democratic, discount, discuss, economy, employment, environment, europe, european, examine, executive, exhibition, expansion, facilities, fair, fdiwatch, festival, ficci, financial, food, foreign, fresh, fruits, gandhinagar, global, group, hawkers, hubli, india, indiafdiwatch, indian, industry, insurance, investment, investments, investors, jaipur, jalgaon, jamshedpur, janvad, jharkhand, karnataka, kerala, kirana, kolkata, lifestyle, lucknow, ludhiana, luxury, maharashtra, mallya, marxist, media, meerut, mexico, minister, mobile, model, mumbai, mysore, nagaland, nagpur, new delhi, niti, opportunities, oppurtunity, planning, policy, practices, pradesh, preelection, president, processing, punjab, rajasthan, reliance, retail, retailers, review, sale, samachar, sangathan, shop, shopping, shops, single, small, social, spring, steel, strategy, subscribers, summer, supply, talks, tatas, tesco, towns, traders, trichur, tripura, umbrella, unemployment, unrest, utensils, vadodara, varanasi, vegetables, vendors, venezuela, vyapar, walmart, weekly, wholesale, winter, wsf
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Dear Friends,
India FDI Watch along with its partner organizations calls for Halla Bol on 23rd February 2008 in all the major cities of India taking demonstrations to the doorstep of corporate stores. Militant demonstrations will be organized before the corporate stores as part of the action. In Kerala, Kerala Vyapari Vyavasayi Ekopana Samiti will organize [...]

Thousands protest to oppose Bharti Walmart Retail Entry strategy

December 29, 2007 in 2007, 2008, DYFI, ICICI, ICRER, SEZ, UP, acorn, advertising, airtel, ambala, analysis, anand, artisans, assocham, aurangabad, bajaj, bangalore, banker, bankers, banks, baroda, bharti, bhopal, big, birla, brand, branded, business, carrefour, carry, cash, caution, cautios, chain, challenges, chandigarh, chembur, chennai, class, cochin, commerce, communist, consultation, cooperative, cooperatives, corporate, corruption, dairy, delhi, democracy, democratic, dignity, economy, employment, environment, europe, european, executive, expansion, fdiwatch, festival, ficci, financial, food, foreign, fresh, fruits, gandhinagar, giant, gold, group, gujarat, hawkers, hubli, india, indiafdiwatch, indian, industry, investments, jaipur, jalgaon, janvad, karnataka, kiran, kirana, kolkata, kurien, labels, labour, large, lifestyle, lucknow, ludhiana, maharashtra, mallya, marxist, media, medium, meerut, milk, minister, mobile, mumbai, mysore, nagpur, navi, new delhi, niti, ornaments, outlets, paper, planning, plans, policy, president, press, processing, pune, punjab, rajasthan, reliance, retail, review, risk, risky, sahay, samachar, scooter, shop, shopping, shops, small, social, states, strategy, students, subscribers, sun, supply, tata, tatas, tesco, threats, towns, traders, troubles, unemployment, unrest, vadodara, varanasi, vegetables, vendors, vyapar, walmart, weekly, wholesale
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Thousands protested to oppose the Bharti-Walmart Joint Venture

On the heels of the announcement of the Bharti-Walmart joint venture, thousands of traders, hawkers, farmers and workers protested across India. Protesters also included a group of American students who demanded that Wal-Mart not be allowed into India. Mass-based organizations called on the Prime Minister and Sonia Gandhi [...]

2007 Year End – Gathering Storm of Protests and Large scale Social Unrest in Incredible India

December 29, 2007 in 2007, 2008, ICICI, ICRER, UP, acorn, advertising, analysis, anand, bangalore, banker, bankers, banks, birla, brand, branded, business, carrefour, carry, cash, caution, cautios, chain, challenges, chandigarh, chennai, class, cochin, consultation, cooperative, cooperatives, corporate, dairy, delhi, democracy, democratic, dignity, economy, europe, european, executive, expansion, fdiwatch, financial, food, foreign, fresh, fruits, giant, group, gujarat, hawkers, india, indiafdiwatch, indian, investments, janvad, kiran, kolkata, kurien, labels, labour, large, lifestyle, maharashtra, mallya, marxist, media, medium, milk, minister, mumbai, navi, new delhi, niti, outlets, paper, planning, plans, policy, president, press, processing, punjab, reliance, retail, review, risk, risky, sahay, samachar, shop, shopping, shops, small, social, states, sun, supply, tata, tatas, tesco, threats, towns, traders, troubles, unrest, vegetables, vyapar, walmart, weekly, wholesale
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2007 Year End sees gathering Storm of Political Protests and Widespread Social Unrest in Incredible India -
The past few days witnessed interesting reports coming from ICRIER on their – “ongoing survey” of the likely impact of the corporate retail on the peoples livelihood. People protest continues.
1. In Kozhikode, Kerala Vyapari Vyavasayi Ekopana Samithi protested before [...]