U.S. retail giant Amazon Inc.'s proposed Rs 50 crore investment in retail of food products in India would soon get official nod, an official said.
The proposal was pending before the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) which has been abolished now. Hence, the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) will soon give green signal to the Amazon's investment plan.
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Earlier, the DIPP under the commerce and industry ministry had cleared the investment and the proposal was sent to the FIPB for the final nod.
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The government had received investment proposals from three companies - Amazon, Grofers and Big Basket - worth Rs 69.5 crore for retail of food products.
While U.S.-based retail giant Amazon is one of the major e-commerce players in India, Grofers and Big Basket are into online grocery space. Amazon has proposed to invest around Rs 50 crore in retail of food products.
The government last year allowed 100 percent Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) through approval route for trading, including through e-commerce, in respect of food products manufactured and produced in India.
In 2016-17 (April-December), the food processing sector in the country received FDI of Rs 66.323 crore.
FDI inflows help bring new technologies, products, processes and markets, Food Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal had said earlier.
Foreign investments in backward and farm-gate infrastructure in the supply chain would benefit farmers and processors, and create employment, she had said.
The Union Cabinet last month decided to wind up the 25- year-old FIPB, which had been vetting FDI proposals requiring government approval, to expedite the clearance process.
Under the new mechanism, the proposals will be approved by the ministries concerned as per the standard operating procedure approved by the Union Cabinet.
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