FDI in retailing and inflation: The case of India

Reports:

Title:: FDI in retailing and inflation: The case of India
Author(s):: Dasgupta, Nandita
Date:: 2011
Type:: Reports
Department:: Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment
Permanent URL:: http://hdl.handle.net/10022/AC:P:11936
Series:: Columbia FDI Perspectives
Part Number:: 52
Publisher:: Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment
Publisher Location:: New York
Abstract:: India’s food price inflation is a major driving factor behind the country’s overall accelerating inflation. As demonstrated by experiences of other countries, the recent move of the Indian Government to allow FDI in multi-brand retailing is a step in the right direction, transforming the way perishable agricultural produce is acquired, stored, preserved, and marketed -- and thus helping to control India’s persistent food inflation.
Subject(s):: Finance
Economics
Agriculture