Foreign Direct Investment in Indian Retail Sector: An Analysis

Abstract

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has always been a matter of controversy in India. Whether FDI in Retail sector in India will be beneficial or harmful in the long run is a matter of strong debate among the economists and political thinkers. It is uncertain to predict the actual long run effects of FDI in the retail sector as well as the whole economy of India.India is the second most important FDI destination in the world in 2010-2012 after China. The recent changes brought in the retail sector by the government have made the retail sector to have large number of retailers for India.