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  • Hawkers Protest

    Thousands of hawkers joined the protest and march organized on 5th February 2014 at the Parliament by Hawkers Joint Action Committee for passage of the Street Vendors Bill and reversal of the national policy to allow foreign superstores.

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  • Hawkers Protest

    Hawkers Protest

    Thousands of hawkers joined the protest and march organized on 5th February 2014 at the Parliament by Hawkers Joint Action Committee for passage of the Street Vendors Bill and reversal of the national policy to allow foreign superstores.

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  • Rajasthan joins Delhi in banning FDI in retail

    http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Rajasthan-joins-Delhi-in-banning-FDI-in-retail/articleshow/29676191.cms

    Rajasthan joins Delhi in banning FDI in retail

    TNN | Feb 1, 2014, 12.18AM IST

    NEW DELHI/JAIPUR: There is more bad news for foreign supermarket chains looking to set up shop in India with Rajasthan joining Delhi in reversing its earlier decision to allow foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail trading.Analysts said that the move will further impact investor sentiment as it does away with stability in policy. Foreign retailers have cited the lack of unanimity among political parties as one of the key reasons to adopt a wait and watch stance before committing to investing in the country.

    So far, Tesco, which has tied up with Tata Group’s Trent, is the only company to have received government go-ahead for multi-brand retail even as others such as Walmart and Carrefour have preferred to wait on the sidelines. Tesco intends to start operations in Maharashtra and Karnataka.

    The newly elected BJP government in Rajasthan has communicated its decision against allowing FDI in multi brand retail to the Union commerce and industry ministry, two government officials told ToI.

    Principal secretary Veenu Gupta, managing director of RIICO and in charge of the state Bureau of Investment Promotion as commissioner, confirmed that the letter was sent to the ministry on January 25. BJP has been opposed to the policy with states ruled by it, including Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, deciding against allowing FDI in multi-brand.

    Hawkers march to parliament

    Hawkers Joint Action Committee is organizing a sit in protest and march to Parliament on 5th February at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi demanding Indian Govt. reversal of FDI retail policy and the passage of the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Bill, 2012 from the upper house of the parliament. The lower house has already passed the bill on 6th September, 2013. The bill provides for protection of livelihoods rights, social security of street vendors and regulation of urban street vending.

  • Rajasthan joins Delhi in banning FDI in retail

    http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Rajasthan-joins-Delhi-in-banning-FDI-in-retail/articleshow/29676191.cms

    Rajasthan joins Delhi in banning FDI in retail

    TNN | Feb 1, 2014, 12.18AM IST

    NEW DELHI/JAIPUR: There is more bad news for foreign supermarket chains looking to set up shop in India with Rajasthan joining Delhi in reversing its earlier decision to allow foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail trading.

    Analysts said that the move will further impact investor sentiment as it does away with stability in policy. Foreign retailers have cited the lack of unanimity among political parties as one of the key reasons to adopt a wait and watch stance before committing to investing in the country.

    So far, Tesco, which has tied up with Tata Group’s Trent, is the only company to have received government go-ahead for multi-brand retail even as others such as Walmart and Carrefour have preferred to wait on the sidelines. Tesco intends to start operations in Maharashtra and Karnataka.

    The newly elected BJP government in Rajasthan has communicated its decision against allowing FDI in multi brand retail to the Union commerce and industry ministry, two government officials told ToI.

    Principal secretary Veenu Gupta, managing director of RIICO and in charge of the state Bureau of Investment Promotion as commissioner, confirmed that the letter was sent to the ministry on January 25. BJP has been opposed to the policy with states ruled by it, including Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, deciding against allowing FDI in multi-brand.

    Hawkers Will March to parliament

    Hawkers Joint Action Committee is organizing a sit in protest and march to Parliament on 5th February at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi demanding Indian Govt. reversal of FDI retail policy and the passage of the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Bill, 2012 from the upper house of the parliament. The lower house has already passed the bill on 6th September, 2013. The bill provides for protection of livelihoods rights, social security of street vendors and regulation of urban street vending.

  • Delhi Bans FDI Retailers

    Article on Delhi Govt. decision to ban FDI Retailers, published on 19 Jan 2014 by Prabhat Khabar, a Hindi daily.

    Article Delhi Bans FDI

    http://www.prabhatkhabar.com/news/81540-Retail-FDI-harm-common-man-party-election-announcement.html

     

  • Delhi Bans FDI Retailers

    Delhi Bans FDI Retailers

    Article on Delhi Govt. decision to ban FDI Retailers, published on 19 Jan 2014 by Prabhat Khabar, a Hindi daily.

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    Please check out this link for the complete article. Visit the website to translate into English.

  • Victory in Delhi

    Delhi became the first Indian state to reverse the policy of allowing FDI in multibrand retail. The newly formed Delhi govt. of Aam Admi Party (AAP) has written to the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) asking it to remove Delhi from the list of states which have conveyed their agreement to the policy of FDI in multibrand retail.

    France based Carrefour and Germany based Metro are already operating cash & carry wholesale stores in Delhi. Rajasthan, another major state of India is likely to follow the suit.

  • Victory in Delhi

    Delhi became the first Indian state to reverse the policy of allowing FDI in multibrand retail. The newly formed Delhi govt. of Aam Admi Party (AAP) has written to the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) asking it to remove Delhi from the list of states which have conveyed their agreement to the policy of FDI in multibrand retail.

    France based Carrefour and Germany based Metro are already operating
    cash & carry wholesale stores in Delhi. Rajasthan, another major state of India is likely to follow the suit.

  • Hawkers Public Hearing

    Hawkers Public Hearing

    In another development, more than one thousand hawkers representatives from various street markets of Delhi participated in a hawkers public hearing organized by Hawkers Joint Action Committee on 6th January in Delhi.

    In the public hearing Delhi hawkers passed resolution against FDI in multibrand retail and decided to meet newly formed Delhi Govt. to reverse the policy decision to allow FDI retailers in Delhi.

  • Hawkers Public Hearing

    In another development, more than one thousand hawkers representatives
    from various street markets of Delhi participated in a hawkers public
    hearing organized by Hawkers Joint Action Committee on 6th January in
    Delhi.

    In the public hearing Delhi hawkers passed resolution against FDI in
    multibrand retail and decided to meet newly formed Delhi Govt. to
    reverse the policy decision to allow FDI retailers in Delhi.

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