PAPER PRESENTED BY M.V.KALESWARA RAO, K.CHALAPATHI RAO DASARI.NIVAS. (Research Scholars) Dept Of Economics, Kakatiya University. WARANGAL. FDI’S IN RETAIL SECTOR IN INDIA - A SPECIAL FOCUS ON INDIAN FARMERS. The Foreign Direct Investment means “cross border investment made by a resident in one economy in an enterprise in another economy, with the objective of establishing a lasting interest in the investee economy. FDI is also described as “investment into the business of a country by a company in another country”. Mostly the investment is into production by either buying a company in the target country or by expanding operations of an existing business in that country”. Such investments can take place for many reasons, including to take advantage of cheaper wages, special investment privileges (e.g. tax exemptions) offered by the country.
Major benefits of FDI : (a) Improves forex position of the country; (b) Employment generation and increase in production ; (c) Help in capital formation by bringing fresh capital; (d) Helps in transfer of new technologies, management skills, intellectual property (e) Increases competition within the local market and this brings higher efficiencies (f) Helps in increasing exports; (g) Increases tax revenues GLOBAL RETAILING SCENARIO: Retail has played a major role in improving the productivity of the whole economy at large. The positive impact of organized retailing could be seen in USA, UK, and Mexico and also in China. Retail is the second largest industry in US. It is also one of the largest employment generators. It is also important to