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    438 : FDI in India’s Food Retail

    Amitendu Palit, Senior Research Fellow and Research Lead (Trade and Economic Policy) at the ISAS

    28 June 2016

    The decision to announce 100 percent Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in domestic food retail operations in India can have a significant impact in controlling food inflation. The government has taken a major political risk by allowing retail investment. The policy can attract new investments in India's food processing industry by encouraging both traditional and e-commerce global retailers like Wal-Mart and Amazon to invest more in food processing and marketing operations.