Retailer and farmer groups ask India to shun Amazon's plea to ease investment rules


FILE PHOTO: A man inspects trucks before they enter an Amazon storage facility on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, October 1, 2021. Picture taken October 1, 2021. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Groups backing millions of small Indian retailers have urged the government to shun Amazon's request to ease strict foreign investment rules for exports, a letter shows, as opposition to a contentious policy change grows.

India currently prohibits companies like Amazon and Walmart from stocking and selling goods directly to consumers, allowing them only to operate a shopping website to connect buyers and sellers for a fee. The restrictions apply to exports, too.

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