QUESTION 10
GS3
5 marks
Though India allowed FDI in multi-brand retail through the joint venture route in September 2012, the FDI, even after a year, has not picked up. Discuss the reasons.
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4 min
100 words
What the examiner wants
Explain why FDI in multi-brand retail did not arrive after the 2012 opening.
DiscussExplain the different sides of the issue, use evidence, and finish with a balanced view.
Demand-wise check
- 1Tough conditions: minimum $100 million, 50% in back-end, 30% sourcing from small industries≈15 words
- 2State choice: only some states allowed it; stores limited to cities over 10 lakh population≈15 words
- 3Political uncertainty: opposition promised reversal≈15 words
- 4Business factors: land, infrastructure, APMC rules, global retailers' own troubles≈15 words
Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.
Answer plan
2012 policyConditionsPolitical and state-level hurdlesResultLater developments
Where marks usually go
- Not naming the specific conditions
- Ignoring state-level opt-in
Draw this
- Checklist of conditions with hurdle each creates
Value addition
- EventWalmart and Bharti ended their joint venture in October 2013.Walmart-Bharti, 2013
- EventTesco-Trent was the first multi-brand retail FDI approved (2014).FIPB, 2014
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Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 23 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Mayank Purohit · AIR 33 · Page 3 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Aniket Ranjan · AIR 48 · Page 26 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Mayank Purohit · AIR 33 · Page 13 ↗Same syllabus reference
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