PM defends FDI in retail, says rules will protect small farmers

While it negotiates its way through political opposition, the government has aggressively taken its reforms message to the people, pegged on its decision to allow global players in retail, which has the opposition, and some allies, up in arms. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh used a public stage on Tuesday to say that his government believed Foreign Direct Investment in retail would benefit farmers, small retailers, the country as a whole.