INDIAN FOOD RETAIL REVOLUTION: BOOM OR BANE
RAKESH MATHAD | Posted on: January 8, 2007 | Comments: 7 | Rating 9/10 |
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Indian economy after the economic reforms of the 90s, revitalized it self in to a next big global phenomenon exhibiting immense potential in all the sectors especially manufacturing, IT and steel. The new thing every body is talking now is the organized food retail. India is not only a country of biggest middle class population but a country of shops and unique shopping experience. In India for every 25 families there is a shop-no matter big or small or pan shop or grocery store. There is some kind of human touch in the neighborhood shopping experience. But this is not going to be the same thing in coming years because in India big corporations like Reliance, Bharati-walmart, Tesco etc are setting shops and intended to replace the petty shops and neighborhood grocery stores. This has already creating some kind of storm in the minds of small time shopkeepers and farmers alike. On the positive side the food retail revolution may transform Indian agriculture and public health to the greater extent by replacing the dirty sabzimandis and preventing adulterations. It can also replace the crooked middlemen by introducing the contract farming system. In India there are some NGOs who are working with farmers and raising fears about the negative side of the retail giants that they force farmers after some time to sell their products at the price quoted by these companies thus pushing them to bankruptcy and suicide trap. These NGOs some of them are political entities and frauds. They are created by politicians to stress their political ideology for political mileage and some simply want Indian farmers to remain poor so that they can receive funds in the name of development. The government is also not doing enough for this cursed sector of the economy which contributes to the GDP to the tune of 22%. The retail revolution can help not only farmers but the general public also. The farmers may get good prices for their produce and learn the importance of clean cultivation. Most of the Indian shops need tremendous face-lifting because they are dirty, source of many adulterations and thus threat for public health. The neighborhood shop keeper may give you credit but he earn handsome margin by selling above the MRPs. He also exploits the farmer by not giving the right price for the produce. The shopkeeper always interested in the expanding his margin of profit by giving less to the farmer. The farmer by selling at lesser prices obviously surrenders to the death because the middlemen or wholesaler not let him go away with the loan given to him. Even though the economy is growing the agriculture sector is not getting the deserved attention of the politicians, most of them are corrupt and criminals. There is a immediate need for all the policy makers to look in to the agriculture with fresh point of view and balance the food retail and subsistence nature of farming community. We should not look the companies with suspicion and need not to establish this sector like the way west did. Food retail need to be localized and India specific where sourcing and selling is based at India. The farmers need to be educated about their rights and should be given freedom to sell on their wish. The agriculture organizations like SAUs, NGOs should help farmers to grow more healthy food free of chemicals and of better quality. They should stop for gods sake projecting this ancient glorious country as poor. |
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ravi singh | Posted on: April 1, 2009
wow gr8 yaar, this was really nice infor. thanx for posting this......... www.yogibotanicals.com |  | sunil panwar | Posted on: April 12, 2008
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hello
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u r findings r good but u have to think about the small shops ,why they provide livelyhood to many |  | ajaykrishna | Posted on: October 25, 2007
u r findings r good but u have to think about the small shops ,why they provide livelyhood to many |  | vishwanath Kasireddy | Posted on: April 26, 2007
your opinion is eye opener to me.
I feel it is boon that the MNC's can change the Indian food retail industry from its roots and make it competitively advanataged to the farmers.
keep posing this kind of things
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