AAP's decision on FDI in retail irresponsible: Anand Sharma

Responsible governments can ill-afford to take arbitrary decisions and knee-jerk reactions.”

In a major policy reversal, the AAP government wrote to the Centre to withdraw the approval given by the previous Sheila Dikshit government for FDI in multi-brand retailing in Delhi, saying the entry of global chains such as Walmart and Tesco in India would result in large-scale job losses.  

Sharma, however, said the Centre had formulated the policy after wide consultations with all stakeholders, including farmer unions, MSMEs and state governments.