India, April 15 -- In a bid to protect small retailers, the Centre is mulling putting up safeguards, such as mandating separate warehouses for domestic and international inventory, while allowing FDI for ecommerce exports. 

Citing government sources, ET reported that the government is evaluating making separate warehouses mandatory. The move is aimed at ensuring that the products meant for export are not pushed in the domestic market.

As a part of the proposed ecommerce export model, a foreign-funded ecommerce company will have to set up a separate Indian entity for purchasing products from Indian sellers for selling in international markets. 

Notably, India doesn't allow FDI in an inventory-based ecommerce model currently. I...