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Several actions of various e-commerce companies are absolutely contrary to the provisions of the FDI policy, it claims

Not one SDMA input on surge, need for curbs during polls: CEC Sushil Chandra SECTIONS Share Synopsis Sushil Chandra speaks to ET on key issues such as election rallies allegedly becoming super-spreader events for Covid-19, the necessity of an eight-phase poll in West Bengal and the commission moving the Supreme Court over a Madras High Court observation. Agencies 3,481,615.0 In his first interview since taking over the chief election commissioner of India in April, Sushil Chandra speaks to ET ...

Share This - x "Any Person Found Flouting COVID Protocols Must Be Taken To Task Immediately"; Calcutta HC Directs District Magistrates And Chief Election Officer, West Bengal, To Ensure Strict Implementation Of COVID Guidelines During Election Calcutta High Court has issued directions to the District Magistrate of all districts and Chief Election Officer, West Bengal, to ensure that COVID guidelines for conducting elections are implemented in a strict manner in wake of rising COVID-19 cases...

Govt explains why Koo app has Chinese investment Koo app was shortlisted as an awardee for AatmaNirbhar App Innovation Challenge under the social media category as it was an eligible participant to be classified as domestic company as per the extant FDI policy. BusinessToday.In | March 17, 2021 | Updated 22:16 IST Koo app was developed by an Indian IT company prior to the notification by DPIIT. The government on Wednesday said that Chinese investment in microblogging app Koo was as per the ex...

Domestic retailers seek TRAI like regulator for e-commerce SECTIONS Share Synopsis In a meeting with the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) officials on Wednesday, Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) and the Retailers Association of India (RAI) and others also sought clearly laid out penalties for those who violate the laws. The TRAI has sought level playing field among all formats and channels of Business to Consumer (B2C) retail insisting that the rules for ...

India’s new draft e-commerce policy to rein in related parties SECTIONS Share Synopsis The move is aimed at curbing circumvention of India’s e-commerce FDI policy and anti-competitive activities by large e-commerce marketplaces like Amazon and Flipkart. How India’s upcoming draft e-commerce policy could impact Flipkart and Amazon? Bengaluru: The government is looking at extending restrictions placed on large ecommerce marketplaces such as Amazon and Walmart-owned Flipkart to their associa...

Online retailers must refrain from adopting algorithms that result in prioritizing a select few vendors on their platforms, according to a draft e-commerce policy prepared by the department for promotion of industry and internal trade (DPIIT). To promote fair competition, e-commerce operators will have to ensure equal treatment of all sellers and vendors on their platform. Besides, they will have to put out transparent policies on discounts, while spelling out the basis of discount rates fund...

Inter-Ministerial meeting on draft e-commerce policy on Saturday SECTIONS Share Synopsis The meeting aims to factor in issues of important national consideration in the e-commerce policy that seeks to set up a regulator for the sector and implement a new law to restrict the data e-commerce entities can store, use, transfer, process and analyse. Agencies Officials from the ministries of electronics, external affairs, finance, and micro, small & medium enterprises, besides Niti Aayog are expected...

The Walmart-owned company has asked its eight-nine preferred vendors, known as Alpha sellers, to source their supplies directly from manufacturers.

Government seeks to firewall telecom infrastructure from Chinese threat SECTIONS Share Synopsis Also, the government is said to be unhappy with some Indian mobile telecom operators who continued to source telecom network gear from Chinese companies despite the growing tensions between the two countries and in the face of clear indication from the telecom department to go slow on business and collaborations with the neighbouring nation, the officials added. (This story originally appeared in o...