IJMIE Volume 3, Issue 3 ISSN: 2249-0558 __________________________________________________________ A Monthly Double-Blind Peer Reviewed Refereed Open Access International e-Journal - Included in the International Serial Directories Indexed & Listed at: Ulrich's Periodicals Directory ©, U.S.A., Open J-Gage as well as in Cabell’s Directories of Publishing Opportunities, U.S.A. International Journal of Management, IT and Engineering http://www.ijmra.us 265 March 2013 FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN INDIAN RETAIL SECTOR– PESTLE & SWOT ANALYSES Benny J. Godwin  Dr. D. Kalapana  Shanmuga Valli  Abstract: The long-time battle of Foreign Direct Investment in Indian retail sector was initiated in the year 2006. Retailing comprises of the sales of goods and services to the end user. Retailing necessitates a seller, who is called as a retailer, basically a store establishment providing goods and services for the consumers for their own use. Foreign retailers are highly concentrating on the Indian market as there are huge potential consumers available. With the quickly altering retail sector, Indian retail is going to become one of the fastest growing sectors having great potential consumers. In this paper, an attempt has been acquitted to analyse the impact of the FDI policy in retail on Indian economy using PESTLE & SWOT analyses. The analyses revealthat Indian retail will have a significant impact on the growth of Indian economy as a whole in the far future. Concurrently, there are various challenges and threats arising out of heightening desegregation in national and international consideration. Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment, Retail Sector, Indian Economy, globalization, organized and unorganized retailing.  Research Scholar25-G, IB Apartment,Chinnammal Street, K.K. Pudur,Coimbatore  Professor3/31-1, Third Avenue,Rangasami Naidu Nagar, Kuniamuthur, Coimbatore  Research ScholarDepartment of Management Studies,Hindusthan College of Arts & Science,Nava India, Coimbatore