Jan 26 (Reuters) - Accel Partners and Tiger Global, two of the early backers of Indian e-commerce firm Flipkart, are in talks to sell their remaining stake in the company to its parent Walmart Inc, the Economic Times newspaper reported on Thursday.

Walmart could pay around $1.5 billion for the stake, which collectively amounts to about 5%, the newspaper reported citing people familiar with the matter.

Flipkart and Walmart did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment. (Reporting by Jyoti Narayan in Bengaluru; Editing by Krishna Chandra Eluri)