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Saturday, September 13, 2025
TopicCompetition Commission of India

Topic: Competition Commission of India

Parl panel urges CCI to review deal value threshold, address lack of resources & funding concerns

CCI is struggling with tech complexity, cross-jurisdictional matters & lack of resources, 'influencing' its ability to regulate markets in digital era, panel said in a report Monday.

NCLAT pauses five-year data-sharing ban on WhatsApp

The appellate tribunal is hearing a plea by Meta that seeks to quash Competition Commission of India's November directive disallowing WhatsApp from sharing data with other Meta platforms.

Meta to appeal India’s CCI order on data sharing restrictions, faces $25.4 million fine

The Competition Commission of India has imposed a five-year restriction on data sharing between WhatsApp and other Meta apps, following an investigation into WhatsApp's privacy policy.

CCI bars WhatsApp from sharing user data with other Meta apps for 5 years, imposes $25.4 million fine

The decision follows a 2021 probe into WhatsApp's privacy policy, highlighting growing regulatory scrutiny on tech giants as India plans stricter digital competition laws.

Online sellers sue CCI over investigation into Flipkart, Amazon breaching competition laws

Three sellers on Flipkart have moved the Karnataka HC to set aside a report by CCI. The anti-trust watchdog began investigations in 2020 acting on a complaint by brick-and-mortar retailers.

Amazon, Flipkart colluded with Samsung, Xiaomi for exclusive phone launches in India, says CCI report

CCI investigation found that Amazon and Flipkart violated competition laws by favouring select sellers, prioritizing listings & offering steep discounts that hurt other businesses.

Competition Commission is Indian startups’ bugbear. It’s also causing global embarrassment

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'.

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.

India reviews case against France’s Saint-Gobain over anti-competitive practices charge

The French group forced some partners to buy glass from it exclusively or risk being excluded from supplies altogether, case documents seen by Reuters showed.

Competition law must apply to PSUs. Coal India case is a good start

While there may be welfare motivations for subsidising bus travel or fertilisers, it hurts private players whose goods and services compete in the same market.

On Camera

Russian-style socialism dominated Nehru’s imagination. It was disastrous

It is necessary to break the spell of socialist dogma on the imagination of those attracted by its Utopia as the only scientific way of progress, wrote MA Venkatarao in 1963.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.