India eases investment rules for foreign retailers

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Reuters NEW DELHI
Last Updated : Aug 01 2013 | 7:25 PM IST

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The government eased investment rules for the retail sector on Thursday in a renewed attempt to attract foreign supermarket operators such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Tesco, a cabinet minister who did not wish to be named told reporters.

No details of the measures were immediately available.

India, which threw open its supermarket sector to foreign retailers in September 2012, has not yet received a single application due to ambiguity around existing entry rules.

(Reporting by Nigam Prusty; editing by Tom Pfeiffer)

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First Published: Aug 01 2013 | 7:17 PM IST