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David Hawks — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 03:34:06 -0000

Because so called Sonia parivar is silent share holder in FDI and recevied the first Kick Back in Millions in over seas. Thats why every crazy minister, including MMS is working hard, extra mile to make it success at the cost of nation and its people and mis guiding and mis leading the nation with Lies.

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David Hawks — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 06:00:54 -0000

The govt. has become NAKED on FDI, un less they have vested interest why will they run like mad dogs to pass this bill where as whole nation is against it. It looks Influential congress people have silent share per cent age in it and already received Kick Back.

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amit — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:20:21 -0000

TINA OOO TINA DIL TUNE CHINA :p

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Tojocp76 — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 02:39:17 -0000

yea slowdown in indian economy is very near and indians are going to exp its first time like in states jobless ness and things , before economy was diff now we have to keep the growth up or its hard time for everyone and upa govt is really desp now

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ganesh85 — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 02:26:34 -0000

swissbank account holder

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ganesh85 — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 02:24:01 -0000

Most purchase for corporate retailers occurs through contract farming. This actually has negative impacts on most farmers.
All studies of contract farming and
corporate food retail show that small and marginal farmers are unable to
access the supply chain (15)

More than 90% of India’s rural population
has less than 2 hectares of land and 79% are either landless or own
less than 1 hectare. Practically all of these people will be excluded
from the corporate supply chain.

Those left out of corporate sourcing may
find themselves competing for a much smaller market and essentially
being driven out of existence. Thus, in Argentina, the number of dairy
farms fell from 40,000 in 1983 – around the time when corporate
transformation of the supply chain began – to 15,000 in 2001 (16) .

There is no reason that purchases by a
small number of companies is going to lead to higher prices for
producers. An Oxfam study (17) shows that real export prices for South
African apples fell by 33% from 1994 – 2004, and Florida tomato growers
found their real prices falling by 25% over same period – while consumer
prices in the US rose by 46% at the same time. Data currently says that
four or five companies control 40% of the international trade in
several types of produce, including grains, edible oils, coffee, cocoa
and bananas.

The same study by Oxfam shows that
conditions for agricultural workers in supermarket suppliers is very
bad, because of the intense pressure placed on farmers to reduce prices,
guarantee ‘quality standards’, handle last minute changes in contracts
and absorb discounts, promotions, etc. passed on to them.

Abuses of power by corporate retailers include:
delayed payments (example from Argentina here (17)
arbitrary quality standards (Oxfam 2004 study cited above has very good
examples including, for instance, sudden demands that apples should be
exactly 65 mm rather than 63 mm),
passing on of costs for discounts and promotions to producers (Vietnam for instance (18)
and simple default on contracts, as has happened in India (several
studies, some with a lot of data; a summary reference is Jayati Ghosh
and CP Chandrasekhar here (19)
Global sourcing of fruits and vegetables puts intense pressure on
producers to reduce prices to compete and to satisfy the requirements of
the corporate retailers (FAO 2005 study)

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ganesh85 — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 02:20:50 -0000

No Effect on Small Retailers or Employment in Retail
The Minister and the government here is playing a simple verbal trick.
The fact that some retailers “continue to coexist” does not in any way
mean that most small retailers will not be pushed out of business.

Indeed, the data is exactly opposite to
the claim that there is no evidence of harm to small retailers. Here are
citations and figures:

In Brazil, share of
street markets in fruits and vegetables declined by 27.8% between 1987
and 1996; in dairy sales, share of dairy stores fell by 27.8% and open
air markets by 53.3% (7).
Argentina: Number of small stores dropped by 64,198
between 1984 and 1993 – 30% of the shops in the country. Employment in
retail sector dropped by 26% in the same period (8).
Chile: between 1991 and 1995, ‘traditional’ food and beverage retailers declined by approximately 20% in all segments (9).
Indonesia: between 2002 and 2003 – just one year – number of ‘traditional’ grocery stores fell by 154,148 stores, or 9% (10)
Latin America: supermarkets now control 60% of food retail (11).
East Asia other than China: 63% of processed / packaged foods controlled by supermarkets, estimated 30% of fresh foods (12)
The oft-cited example of China is irrelevant, as Chinese food retail is entirely different as shown below:
From 1959 till late 1980′s, private retail trade essentially banned in
cities, all retail was taken over by public state owned enterprises
In 1992 (rise of supermarkets just beginning), state owned large
networks accounted for 41.3%, cooperatives / collectives 27.9% and
private enterprises (i.e. Small retailers mostly) 20% of market – hence
completely incomparable to Indian situation (13).

In all situations big retailers begin
with rich population but do not remain confined to them – always attempt
to expand into smaller towns, reaching poorer segments etc. In Latin
America, Asia and Africa in general: “there has been a trend from
supermarkets occupying only a small niche in capital cities serving only
the rich and middle class to spread well beyond the middle class in
order to penetrate deeply into the food markets of the poor.” (14)

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ganesh85 — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 02:18:30 -0000

Benefits to Farmers

Most purchase for corporate retailers occurs through contract farming. This actually has negative impacts on most farmers.

All studies of contract farming and
corporate food retail show that small and marginal farmers are unable to
access the supply chain (15)

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ganesh85 — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 02:17:10 -0000

Indeed, the data is exactly opposite to
the claim that there is no evidence of harm to small retailers. Here are
citations and figures:

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ganesh85 — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 02:14:57 -0000

bahut badhiya acha likha

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patriotindian100 — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 02:04:33 -0000

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Amit — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:58:12 -0000

i have been to walmart baby .. and as of now i am wearing a t shirt bought from walmart, USA. its not a question of wht they sell..its a question they will make huge profits in india and that money will go out of this country.. means our money is going out and wht we will get nothing??

and regarding the stuff.. most of the stuff i have seen in walmart were "MADE IN CHINA" and clothes were "MADE IN BANGLADESH" and "MADE IN PAKISTAN" or even srilanka. indian clothes were also there but mostly clothes were made of bangladesh and pakistan and chaina...why indian government is so cheap in making policy that they need walmart like store to come india .. in initial days u will see cheap products but later it will lead to monopoly.. i am fan of walmart .. but the way FDI's are allowed will kill india in next 7-10 years

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Anand — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:24:18 -0000

Should FDI be the only yardstick to support a party. Stupid analogy.

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Tina — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:23:40 -0000

Have you ever been to a walmart? Please go to a walmart and read the labels. Half the stuff is Made In India. They have a huge section of Indian masalas and shalwar kurtas too. They even sell glass bangles at Diwali.

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Tina — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:18:04 -0000

aur ab suneye geetmala. Jiske aagaaz hum eik farmaish se karte hain. gaane ki khwaaish hain...Billo munni shums ki..Rampur, Merut aur itaawa se...Sangeet hai Sohail sen ka. Bol hai doctor Irshaad kamil ke...Pesh karte hai

Har aashiq ke dil ko...Kuredne waala gana...'Kaisa yeh isq hai..Ajab sa risk hai'

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Amit — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:17:30 -0000

why Retail FDI is bad for Indiathere are several reasons why FDIin retail is bad-1)all general stroes will beaffected2)all small vendors would beforced to close their shops3)Graduates will be working inthese retail chains sellingvegetables4)poor will become more poor5)foriegn companies will becomemore rich6)general stores,vegetablevendors,kirana shops wont beable to face the competetion asforiegn retail will work on lossesin first few months in order to getpeople and then they will raiseprices after people will get usedto them7) Our country.. Will get poor npoor as the whole income will gooutside the country n will makeour country economically poorand destroy our countrieseconomic system .8. Drugstores/Medical Stores.(Wallmart will have a Drug storeInside.Because the guidlines foropening a drugstore is veryleaniant they just need a BPharma guy.Also most wallmarthave drugstores inside)9.Clothing/Appraisal.....LocalClothing stores will be closed asWallmart imports most ofappraisals from China.It can sellits T shirts in 100 rupees and stillmake profit.10.Bycyle stores will beclosed....Wallmart imports cyclesfrom China and it sells them in itsstore.11.Staitonary stores will beclosed.....Wallmart although donthave an extended Magzine selvesor book stores but it sells allfamous titles and Stationary likeRegisters,pens etc.12.Sports Goods/Toy stores will beclosed...Wallmart buys 80 percentof these goods from China andHence Indian stores will be nocompetition for them.

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Tina — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:11:46 -0000

aur iske saath hi BBC India ki akashwani ka prasaran ab samapt huwa. Jai Hind.

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Mani — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:35:10 -0000

A very important and valid point , even if the cost are high it is helping the economy in giving employment to lacs of our people like a community service.

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Post — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:25:17 -0000

I would rather do this than buy cheap and shoddy Chinese goods.

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Mani — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:25:03 -0000

I support the views, we are taling about a cultural change not just FDI which affects lacs of peo-le who are trying to live a decent life.Even the UPA parties have not been consulted . If tomorrow unemployment increases the people on the streets will be more than in the ivory towers.

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Amit — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:24:39 -0000

are haramkhoro ki h ye congress ki party.. koi kaam bi kar lo.. ya fir muft ki todoge congress valo.... na jan lok pal, na sense of house ki respect , na FDI pe janta ki respect......CBI karegi balkrishan ko giraftar, Rajbala ko mar diya bina bat ke.. baba ramdev ke piche CID, CBI .. kiran bedi ka NGO, Arvind Kejriwal ko 9 lakh ka cheque, .... bas jo insaan tumare khilaf awaz uthaye usko to kuchalane me lage ho tum congress valo.. ab dekhna jo aandhi aane vali h na tum to is duniya se kahatam ho jaoge haramkhor congress valo.. bahut ho gaya tumara drama... bardasht ki bhi had hoti h koi..

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Tina — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:22:27 -0000

fyki no MPs shop in India. The rich get stuff from abroad anyways.. they don't want the middleclass and poor to enjoy foreign labels and commodities. The novelty factor of 'Phoren' will be killed.
Why didn't small dhaabas and desi restaurants oppose McDonalds in India? It is a multinational Giant in the food industry like a Walmart is in the retail one.

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Amit — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:21:43 -0000

oye mamta banerji se kuch nai.. hota.. bechari har bar aati h delhi.. "petrol ke rate kam karo nai to support nai.." fikr congress kahti h ye ye 5/- ka note mamta.. kyo ki 5/- me milta h priyagold butterbite biscuit :P.. aata jata h kuch nai is mamta ko ..ab bi yahi hone h..

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Mani — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:18:55 -0000

You have to check maybe you are in Pakistan not India ,as we have Amul packed milked which is exported around the world and branded rice from many reputed companies

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Mani — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:14:57 -0000

And you will be forced to buy what they sell as others will be wiped out.Many leading brands from the small scale and cottage industry are not staked in the malls .Buying from a well known co-operative group helps the economy to support employment and fellow Indians