date:May 18, 2012
employment in this sector is quite considerable. It is estimated that there are 13 million kirana stores in the country of which 8.6 million are involved in the food retail business. These stores provide employment to the family and a vast majority of them employ one or two persons. With global majors participating in both wholesale and retail trade, it is feared that they will supersede the whole supply chain and may leave many stakeholders jobless. This argument is not totally untrue as Reardo