Department of Consumer Affairs says advertisements in question did not necessarily relate to handwashes or sanitisers, but even products like wall paint and fabric.
The Confederation of All India Traders in its letter has said the health ministry ad is against India's more than 8 crore small businesses & can be seen as promoting global online companies.
The proposed amendments to e-commerce rules seek to ban flash sales, raise compliance requirements, and fix liability on platforms for the failure of the sellers.
Vidhi India researchers find that the Indian Competition Act and other legal instruments can fail in their task of building a sustainable e-commerce ecosystem in India.
It’s unclear yet how exactly India’s open e-commerce network will work. The template is India's highly successful UPI model. But the open digital network is a solution searching for a problem.
Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal’s comments came a day after the Supreme Court refused to halt CCI probe against Amazon and Flipkart for alleged anti-competitive practices.
Amazon has sought in the Supreme Court that Singapore’s Emergency Arbitrator award that restrained Future Retail from going ahead with the merger was valid & enforceable.
Putting faith in the logistics sector to aid and facilitate economic growth in India, G.V. Sanjay Reddy speaks about the developments over the years and the vision for the future.
Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.
Both the governments expressed their commitment to strengthening their maritime cooperation to strengthen the maritime safety and security framework in the region.
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