PSC recommends ban on foreign investment in Retail

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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 & [...]

Kerala Trade Shuts down – 150,000 traders protest on HallaBol

March 4, 2008 in 2007, 2008, BJP, UPA, accountants, acorn, action, advisors, american, asian, banks, bengal, bharti, bloc, boom, bric, budget, chain, cheap, chidambaram, class, commission, consolidation, consultants, currency, davos, deficit, delhi, democracy, derivatives, divide, economy, elections, emerging, entry, environment, expensive, exports, fiscal, food, french, funds, grassroots, ground, hawkers, hedge, hunger, imports, incredible, investment, isf, kerala, land, large, loans, lobby, markets, medium, middle, niti, packaged, pension, planning, plastics, pockets, policy, poverty, power, price, protest, pwc, rally, reality, report, retail, risks, risky, rupee, rural, security, shining, shopkeepers, shutdown, small, study, trade, traders, urban, verdict, virgin, vyapar, waterhouse, wsf
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Highlights of the Halla Bol Protest
Corp. Quit Retail !!                                                                             Wal-Mart Quit India!
Total Shut Down and Mammoth Rally of 150,000 Traders in Kerala on Halla Bol
Feb 23, 2008: Traders in Kerala today downed shutters as part of the nation-wide Halla Bol protest against the entry of retail giants into the retail trade. Reports from various parts [...]

23 Feb – Kerala – Halla-Bol against corporate retailers

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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 [...]