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Wednesday, March 27, 2024
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Topic: CCI

Competition council a bugbear for startups. Toss up between fair play, ease of doing business

The DSM-Firmenich merger was just one of the 20-odd deals worth $1.5 billion pending before the CCI last year. Some experts blame the commission for trying to be too 'industry friendly'.

Why antitrust body CCI has ordered probe into Google’s Play Store policies amid tussle with Indian apps

Regulator says Google ‘prima facie’ appears to be violating the Competition Act, 2002. Applicants claimed the tech giant’s policies were ‘discriminatory and unfair’.

Competition watchdog creates incentives for whistleblower firms to give up information on cartels

New draft rules allow the Competition Commission of India to reduce the penalty it imposes on companies in cartels if they also come forward with information about others.

Google accuses India of ordering changes to its business model ‘only to protect’ rival Amazon

Google approached apex court to quash CCI order asking the former to make 10 changes to its business model, after it abused its dominant position in market with Android OS.

Who is Ravneet Kaur? 1988-batch IAS officer who is 1st woman to head Competition Commission of India

Kaur started her career as SDM in Punjab’s Rajpura. She is 2nd woman to serve in 'economic regulator' role after Madhabi Puri Buch, who was appointed chairperson of SEBI last year.

NCLAT upholds Google’s Rs 1,300 crore fine. Significant step in global internet regulation

The order comes as various governments are debating about the need to regulate such firms to prevent abuse of their dominant position.

‘Google abused dominant position’ — NCLAT upholds CCI order & fine on tech giant, scraps 4 restrictions

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal decided against Google on all 11 counts framed by CCI & directed it to pay Rs 1,338 cr for its anti-competitive practices in Android market.

Appellate bodies must for India’s complex digital ecosystem. But there are many hurdles

Their capacity to handle complaints needs to be increased, and they need to have subject-area expertise to deal with nuanced issues.

Google pauses use of its internal billing system for app developers in India following CCI order

Last month, CCI had hit Google with two antitrust penalties ($113 mn & $162 mn) and said not to restrict app developers from using third-party billing or payment processing services.

New market, new problems—unfair trade practices rising with ‘Digital India’. CCI, take note

There is a fine line between acceptable and unacceptable market competition—and the law needs to carefully outline when to intervene, and when not to.

On Camera

BJP is going after AAP not because it’s opposed to it but because they’re too similar

Jealousy between political parties arises from close competition in their goals, strategies, or voter bases. It's a reaction to perceived threats to a party's influence.

Why Tamil Nadu’s women make up nearly half of India’s female factory workforce

With an educated & skilled workforce, Tamil Nadu has a burgeoning industrial sector which has scored massive investments in automobiles, electronics, and even footwear.

Taiwan reports Chinese military activity around the island

Taiwan has detected a total of 301 Chinese military aircraft and 165 Chinese naval vessels so far in 2024.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.