The Union government on August 1 approved the amendment or relaxation of the foreign direct investment (FDI) policy on multi-brand retail trading (MBRT), by easing main contentious riders on such money. These three riders, added as conditions to last yearÂ’s decision to open FDI in this segment, were on a mandatory 30 per cent sourcing from small domestic industries, 50 per cent of the investment to be in back-end infrastructure and outlets to be opened only in cities with population of more than
