Volume : IV, Issue : II, February - 2015

Impact of FDI Inflows on Retail Sector in India

Mohammad Shahfaraz Khan, Shoaib Mohammed

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Since the beginning of the liberalization of Indian Economy, Foreign Direct Investment has captured the centre stage. The FDI is imperative to economic development of a country. Above all it ings in new technology and management concepts that pave the way to judiciously utilize the resources, thereby increasing the productivity and finally hold a chunk in the business globally. Moving ahead, India’s growing retail boom is also one of such success story. With strong fundamentals developing in the economy with changes in income levels, lifestyles, taste & habits reflecting in strong consumerism with preference for superior quality and anded products, vast domestic market with a very competitive manufacturing base, Indian economy observed a major retail boom in recent years. In this study the researcher tried to explore the relationship of retail FDI inflows with the GDP of the economy and also with the indicators of retail sector growth i.e., retail sales and retail employment generation. The result of the first hypothesis signifies that there is a significant impact of retail FDI Inflows on the retail employment generation. Second hypothesis reveals that the retail FDI inflows do have significant impact on the retail sales growth as a major indicator of retail sector performance. Lastly the researcher tried to found out the impact of retail FDI on the GDP and it the result reveals that retail FDI do not contribute significantly to the GDP of the economy.

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Mohammad Shahfaraz Khan,Shoaib Mohammed Impact of Fdi Inflows on Retail Sector in India International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 4, Issue : 2 February 2015

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