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Walmart Expands! India Loses?

For what it looks like  Walmart is expanding in India and it will set up 50 stores across India. The retailer signed a MoU with the Telangana government yesterday and will setup 10 stores in Telangana. The deal is said to "boost" India's economy forward and is predicted to provide employment to nearly 2000 citizens in India. Walmart wants to first expand it wings in Hyderabad by setting up 4 stores there. Walmart is known for an availability of a wide product range for a really cheap price. Therefore, it should be really good for the citizens of India right? Walmart has often mistreated their workers and is well known in the worker justice movement for their poor treatment of workers and low pay scale. In fact, they make them work over time, for very little to no pay at all. It may be likely that more workers will be exploited. According to a famous article by the Economic Times , " the workers at the supply side of Walmart face "intensive labour exploita...