• S.Mahadevi
• DR.C.THILAKAM

Foreign direct investment (FDI) is a direct investment into production or business in a country by an individual or company of another country, either by buying a company in the target country or by expanding operations of an existing business in that country. Foreign direct investment is in contrast to portfolio investment which is a passive investment in the securities of another country such as stocks and bonds Foreign Investment is always accompanied with new technology and idea and leads to skill formation. This fact cannot be denied while weighing the disadvantages of FDI.This paper examines the formats and functioning of retail outlets in Tamilnadu .

FDI,RETAIL SECTOR,Investment,Tamilnadu

"FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT ON RETAIL SECTOR IN TAMILNADU", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.231-236, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907K36.pdf

"FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT ON RETAIL SECTOR IN TAMILNADU", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp231-236, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907K36.pdf