The stakeholders in this case are:

• The government
• Foreign retail companies
• Domestic retailers
• Farmers
• Consumers
• Intermediaries

PROS for the various stakeholders:

The government:

• Economic benefits, increase exports and imports.
• Lead to greater sourcing from India.
• Make organized retail more efficient.
• Infrastructure standard rises.
• Competition will improve the competitors know how and technology further, increasing national standards.
• Will help meet the growing demand of high class products from income level increasing groups of India.
• Increase employment, spur growth in GDP.
• Reduce wastage.
• India will become global shopping destination, increasing economic benefits more.

Foreign retail companies:

• Invest more and make use of the untapped organized retail sector in India.
• Provides more opportunities to step into one of the biggest retail markets in the globe.
• Will get more support and resources from the government once they step in.

Domestic retailers:

• Will be able to develop their technology by joint ventures with MNC’s.
• Will get know how’s and understand various key strategies to compete globally.
• Will raise their standards.
• Would help develop backward linkages to sources of supply.

Farmers:

• Foreign retail chains, with their huge cash resources, could benefit farmers by buying their perishables at their doorstep at harvest time.
• The several layers of middle men would be cut out.
• Farm productivity, manufacturing, processing will develop with better infrastructure.

Consumers:

• Reduced prices, as the middle men will be cut out.
• Reap the benefits of global industries.
• Quality of the perishables will improve due to better storage and handling.
• Will get wide quality assortments.
• Will be able to buy best brands.
• Better customer service.

CONS for the various stakeholders:

The government:

• Organized retail in India is not yet grown or consolidated.
• Implications to manage mom and pop stores will increase.
• Around 30 million people are depending on the retail sector in India, so government must be very cautious.
• Create monopolistic market.

Foreign retail companies:

• There isn't much space available for large retailers to enter the most crowded areas within most of the big cities.
• Difficult to measure up on the home delivery services and personalized services.

Domestic retailers:

• Small family owned outlets may suffer.
• Domestic players, as they are still not to international standards may loose to MNC’s.
• If small family stores are not modernized then the impact on employment will be large.
• This unique model of retailing in our country may not survive.
• Government may stop thinking much about small outlets.

Farmers:

• As time passes, big retailers may become dominate and will have more bargaining power. So the prices gained by the farmers initially will be no more.
• Farmers will be treated as mere employees of the retail houses.

Consumers:

• Customers will have to travel more, as the big retail shops may be located at the outskirts of the city.

Intermediaries:

• It’s actually a big problem for intermediaries, as they maybe cut out due to direct procurement of MNC’s from farmers.
• The intermediaries like bullock carts, agents, small traders and transporters will lose employment.