India - Retail Investment Climate Survey 2006

This research is part of India 2006 Investment Climate Survey initiative that focused on enterprises in the manufacturing, retail, micro (informal), and software/information technology sectors. A separate survey was conducted for each sector. The Investment Climate Surveys (ICS) collected information on the investment climate constraints the sectors faced, such as infrastructure, access to land, relationship with the court system, crime, government administration, use of financial services, and labor force. In addition, the surveys collected basic information on the firms, such as ownership structure, number of years of operations, and revenues and costs. The data and results from the ICS were intended to help develop policy reforms that would further promote growth and productivity of firms in India.The India 2006 Retail Investment Climate Survey covered 1948 stores in 41 cities across India. The research targeted fast moving consumer goods stores (FMCG) (1244 businesses), modern format stores (189 firms), as well as consumer durable stores (515 establishments).