Sentence examples for retail reform from inspiring English sources

They refer to it in optimistic terms like "retail reform" — always a good thing, right?

She sabotaged Mr Singh's trip to Bangladesh in September over a river-sharing deal; in November she threatened to topple the government over a small petrol-price rise.But in opposing retail reform she was emboldened by others.

The government was forced to back down on retail reform after the cabinet first undertook to open up the retail sector last November.

The government was initially forced to back down on retail reform after the cabinet first undertook to open up the retail sector last November, but revived the idea as a way to boost India's slowing growth.

Opposition parties and independent shopkeepers have held protests in response to the retail reforms.

When in power, the BJP proposed similar retail reforms, so its contrariness now is breathtakingly cynical and could be self-defeating if, as it seems to believe, the party returns to office at the next general election, due in 2014.Mr Singh's chief opponents, however, sit in his own coalition (see article).

The Congress-led government attempted to introduce the retail reforms last year, but backed down in the face of opposition.

It could also reflect the fact that the merits and demerits of such retail reforms are distant from ordinary members of the public, our correspondent says.

In many residential colonies, corner shops - which critics say will be the worst hit by the government's retail reforms - were also open.

The retailing reform does not require parliamentary approval.

"I am very encouraged by what the industry is doing - they are paying their fines for behaving badly, they've stopped mis-selling, they are carrying forward a lot of retail market reforms.