Indian govt wins test of its reform agenda
- Published: 5 Dec 2012 at 23.47
- Online news: Asia
India's minority government survived a vote in parliament on Wednesday on a contentious move to allow in foreign supermarket chains, delivering a major boost to its pro-market reform agenda.
Supporters of the Social Democratic Party of India protest in New Delhi against the government's decision to allow Foreign Direct investment (FDI) in the retail market. India's minority government survived a vote in parliament on a contentious move to allow in foreign supermarket chains.
After two days of stormy debate, lawmakers in the lower house supported the government and defeated an opposition motion against the decision to open up the highly protected retail industry to foreign firms such as Walmart.
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