new delhi jan 13 in a significant decision aam aadmi party government today withdrew the approval given by the previous sheila dikshit dispensation to fdi in multibrand retail in delhi its first major reversal of policy delhis industry secretary amit yadav told that the city government has communicated its decision to the department of industrial policy and promotion dipp of the union government we have written a letter to the dipp withdrawing the consent given by the government in july 2012 on allowing multibrand retail trade he said the previous congress government had taken a number of steps to remove bottlenecks in attracting fdi in multibrand retail it had even announced making amendments to the agricultural produce marketing committee apmc act to allow direct connectivity between retailers and farmers as per the existing provision farmers cannot sell their produce directly to retailers as it has to be routed through the mandis operated by apmc dikshit had been strongly backing the centres decision to allow fdi in multibrand retail as per the fdi policy approved by the cabinet the final authority for granting trade licence rests with the states under their respective shops and establishment acts states which had supported the centres decision on fdi in retail includes maharashtra delhi jammu and kashmir haryana rajasthan uttarakhand andhra pradesh and assam all ruled by the upa then as per centres decision foreign retailers will only be allowed to set up shop in cities with over one million population arvind kejriwalled aam aadmi party had in its manifesto opposed the policy of allowing fdi in multibrand retail plb mpb rt pti published on jan 14 2014 at 0917 am ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etretail app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app homenewskejriwal rescinds approval to fdi in multibrand retail