No unanimity: Ecommerce policy may be dropped
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The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), the nodal body for the policy, had held the consultation. Various ministries had raised concerns over the role and reach of the regulator, provisions relating to consumer data protection in the policy, overlaps with other legislation and categories of data that require mirroring.
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The draft policy provides for regulations on issues such as security, law and order, law enforcement, taxation and safety of individuals
NEW DELHI: India may drop the proposed ecommerce policy as certain sections within the government have questioned its rationale, citing a lack of convergence on various issues.