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India govt wins test of reform agenda

India's minority government survived a vote in parliament on Wednesday on a contentious move to allow in foreign supermarket chains, delivering a major boost to its pro-market reform agenda.

After two days of stormy debate, lawmakers in the lower house supported the government and defeated an opposition motion against the decision to open up the highly protected retail industry to foreign firms such as Walmart.

The US retail giant aims to be one of the first to set up foreign-owned megastores for consumers in India, a prospect that has raised fears among opposition parties that small shopkeepers will be put out of business. 

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  • g.manont

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    Discussion 1 : 06 Dec 2012 at 06.041

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    Oh, the indian should come to Thailand and learn how a french supermarket company was squeezed out from it's partner.

    Indian law should be used, " you could make profit, but you can't remit it to your country "



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