BhartiWalmart opens centre in Punjab

The joint venture between Bharti Enterprises Ltd and global retail firm WalMart Stores-BhartiWalmart has opened its first agricultural cooperative centre in Punjab.

According to the reports, the centre aims to build a robust aggregating, handling, packaging and delivering system of fresh produce to Best Price and Bharti Retail's Easy Day stores.

Reports say that this move is part of Bharti Walmart's direct farm programme.