Is Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in retail sector good for India?

There are positive and negative sides for FDI.

Mainly, FDI increases the economic growth of our country. It also helps in employing those who are unemployed. It will be a great relief to those lakhs of people who are unemployed in India. Another merit of this is that consumers are capable of buying a variety of goods which has good quality.

On the other hand, these destructors our Indian small-scale industries and that led to a crisis of Indian investment in their own country.

But this will be only in concentrated areas. In rural areas, Indian companies are the ones which can invest because FDI is not possible on such rural areas of the country.

According to me, it is good to some extent, but 100% in all sectors would be way too much. Our Indian economy would b adversely affected because of it. Major population of our country is poor and FDI will make it poorer. It will eventually widen the gap between rich and poor.

Hi friends, this is Vinay. I respect all your opinions, what you guys said regarding the job opportunities were true. But how long do we keep encouraging foreign goods and companies, why shouldn't we Indians be the FDI in other countries, why shouldn't we become entrepreneurs and develop our own good for our own people? there should be a company to provide employment, I say why shouldn't we start one instead of letting other countries. By doing so we can stop importing goods slowly and which helps in building the value of Indian currency.

According to my point of view, FDI in retail sector in India is a way to get out of some trap like intermediaries and high cost.

As far as farmer is concerned they are going to get benefit directly selling the product to retailers and now the storage and transportation is on hand of retailers. And availability of new technology to store and transport the products the wastage of agro products could be reduced.

And on the other side in the era of globalizaTion. Market is open for all and companies inflow as FDI bring technology, ideas, competition. And companies also paying taxes to our government that just increases the revenue. Consumers are getting benefit of their choices and competitive market providing us quality product.

Now we should not be more conservative to talking about our culture, tradition and PEOPLE OF INDIA.

Let give a chance to INDIAN enhance their living and fulfill their choices with the use of quality products.

Foreign direct investment is very important in our country because it gives job opportunity. Also foreign company has to pay to govt to setting up business. It will boost our economy. But it will affect the small scale industries. So we should not completly depend on foreign companies.

India is a growing market and in order to sustain growth, we need capital. Unfortunately, India does not have the domestic capital base required to sustain it's growth, therefore, we need FDI.

That being said there is also the major risk of market disruption based on certain global factors. After the recent rate hike by the FED, it is forecasted that foreign investors will be more willing to withdraw their money from emerging markets and invest it in safe US treasury bonds. This could cause the Indian market to fall.

FDI is a good for any nation. Because our country is a developing country. If foreign country will make their company here it will be more useful for development in all the fields. Because of FDI we got new technology from other country just like metro. Without FDI we will lose much chances of development.

As far as my perspective FDI should have a warm welcome. But every business cycle has a growth and maturity part as well. If any company has created a strong roots in India and has gained enough market share in India then govt of India should try to own and handle that business by itself by buying all foreign shares of that particular company as the bulk profit and revenue that is been generated by these companies could be utilized towards people of India instead of foreign families as in this case we are owning a company that has established its roots in India up to maximum and should be promoted by Indian people themselves in future. So in nutshell, there should be strong support from govt of India in this case.

Hello everyone,

I want to share my opinion on the increase of FDI. According to me, it has positive as well as negative sides both.

It gives a positive effect on multinational companies in India. They can expand their business also employment opportunities will increase because of it. Direct foreign capital increase the dollar flow in India which may cause of development.

But on the other side, it gives a negative effect on small and medium businesses. They can't stand up against multinational companies. As in India most of the people are belong to small and medium businesses they will suffer a lot.

To draw a conclusion I think an increase in FDI is needed but it has to be utilized properly keeping in mind of small and medium businesses. As most of the GDP is produced by them.

Thank you.

Hello.

A good day to all of you.

All of you said very well.

But According to me, everything should be in a balanced manner. If FDI takes more place in India, it will not prove good for Indian retailers. Their product would not be sale and it results bad for Indian product.

Although the Indian product price is higher than that of others but Indian product life is more than foreign product.

We can invest good through Indian product sales n it will also help to improve our economic conditions also.