Prof. Vaidyanathan warns us not to go the Walmart route at the cost of the mom-pop operations. The government should actually protect them.
Our kiranas deserve better, including a ministry of their own
"The paan-chewing, dhoti-clad, English-ignorant retail trader should not be seen as an inefficient entrepreneur who needs to be bleached by globally-accepted detergents. What he needs is a level playing field, in the full sense of the term, with access to affordable credit and the abolition of inspector raj in the form of harassment by various arms of the government. We are still a savings-based, family-oriented economy."
http://www.dnaindia.com/mobile/report.php?n=1418024&p=0
Our kiranas deserve better, including a ministry of their own
"The paan-chewing, dhoti-clad, English-ignorant retail trader should not be seen as an inefficient entrepreneur who needs to be bleached by globally-accepted detergents. What he needs is a level playing field, in the full sense of the term, with access to affordable credit and the abolition of inspector raj in the form of harassment by various arms of the government. We are still a savings-based, family-oriented economy."
http://www.dnaindia.com/mobile/report.php?n=1418024&p=0
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