The document discusses foreign direct investment (FDI) in India, particularly in the retail sector. It provides an overview of India's retail sector, including its large size but predominantly unorganized nature. It also outlines India's FDI policy over time, which increasingly liberalized to allow more foreign investment. While FDI can benefit the economy through job creation and technology transfers, the retail sector faces challenges in competing with small shops and adapting to India's conditions. Overall, the document analyzes opportunities and challenges of FDI in India's large but unorganized retail industry.
3. •FDI in Retail – Policy Perspectives
•Retail Sector – An Overview
•FDI Policy in Retail - Opportunities & Challenges
•Conclusion
Issues for Discussion
4. Investment done by citizens and
government of one country (home
country) invest in industries of
another country (host country).
Foreign
Investment
through
Foreign
Direct
Investments
Foreign
Institutional
Investors
6. • 1991- FDI allowed selectively up to 51% in priority
sectors
• 1997-FDI allowed up to 100% in sectors like
mining, manufacturing
7. • 2000-06 FDI allowed up to 100% in specified sectors
FDI limits increased
Procedures further simplified
• The top 3 Indian Regions attracting the highest FDI
Mumbai, Delhi and Karnataka
Account for nearly 62% of the total FDI
16. •A large emerging market
Increase in income of a family
Consumer spending power increased by 75% in
last 3 years
The per capita income in 2009–2010 has more
than doubled to Rs. 35400 from Rs. 18096 in
2000–01
INDIA
17. •Employment generation.
Second-largest employer after
agriculture
Retail trade employing 35.06 million
Wholesale trade generating an
additional employment of 5.48 millions
Additional
1.6 mn
jobs .
18. •Technology Better use of resources and
goods
Wastage and Storage problems will be
resolved
Efficient logistics, production, and
distribution channels
Digital records
22. • Major challenge faced by Organized retail sector:
In Retail, over 70 per cent of the labor force in both
sectors combined (organized and unorganized) is
either illiterate or educated below the primary level
• CSR September,2012
23. • A strong competition from mom and pop shops:-
Easily accessible & approachable
Provide services like Free home delivery and goods on
credit
They change consumer focus
24. INDIAN
• Pantaloons
• Reliance
• Bharti retail
• RPG
• Lifestyle
• K raheja
• Subhiksha
• Piramyd
• Trent
• Vishal group GLOBAL
• Tesco
• Walmart
• Metro
• Carrefour
• B&Q
• Target
25. • Market power is in hands of unorganized retail
•95%Unorganized
•5%Organized
26. India is still in developing stage in installing and
managing an effective IT system especially in rural areas
which hampers the overall growth of organized retail
sector.
27. Banks are reluctant to finance retailers because of falling
demand of organized retailers in India as it has witnessed
failure of many stores like Spencer's, Subhiksha etc.
28. • Taxation laws in India favors only small retail businesses
• Implementation of non-uniform VAT across states
• Octroi and entry tax in some states
29. The increased flow of FDI in a country has given a major boost
to the country's economy
FDI has provided better access to technologies for the local
economy
Multinational firms have increased the degree of competition
in host-country markets which will force existing inefficient
firms to invest more in physical or human capital
30. India, with its skilled labor and manpower has the
potential to overtake China as the most preferred
destination for Foreign Investments.
Hence measures must be taken in order to ensure that the
flow of FDI in our country continues to grow.