Page 6 - E-commerce Policy

New e-commerce norms: Amazon feels India heat, but says will toe the line

US retail giant fears 'much uncertainty', says main concern is trying to minimise impact to its customers and sellers

Amazon pulls several items from India website as new e-commerce rules bite

New e-commerce rules bar online retailers from selling products via vendors in which they have an equity interest, and also from making deals with sellers to sell exclusively on their platforms

Disappointed with govt move to bring e-commerce policy in haste: Flipkart

'But we are committed to doing everything we can to be compliant with the new rules', said Flipkart

Govt not to extend February 1 deadline for new e-commerce FDI norms

The e-commerce firms would not be able to have a select few sellers on the platform in which they have stakes in, directly or indirectly

Govt refuses to extend February 1 deadline for new e-commerce FDI rules

On December 26, 2018, the government tightened norms for e-commerce firms and barred online retailers like Flipkart and Amazon from selling products of the companies in which they have stake

Business not as usual: What changes for Amazon, Flipkart from tomorrow

To continue operating, Amazon and Walmart will now have to turn their sites in India into digital bazaars for independent merchants, becoming more like eBay

Traders' group asks govt to not defer Feb 1 deadline for FDI in e-commerce

The e-commerce policy would be effective from February 2019

RSS affiliate seeks robust e-com policy, says Flipkart, Amazon dodging laws

SJM claimed that China-based sellers have been selling Chinese products illegally via e-commerce channel and it has identified that over 200,000 such orders are being fulfilled on a daily basis

Changes in e-commerce norms to have marginal impact on hiring, say firms

These norms would hit Amazon and Walmart-backed Flipkart the hardest

Election blues: Govt's flip-flops on e-commerce policy are quite suggestive

New e-commerce norms are also a reflection of the BJP's growing concerns for both local traders and e-commerce firms

Govt does U-turn in policy, says e-commerce firms can sell private labels

Latest move comes a week after DIPP had explicitly ordered otherwise

E-commerce FDI norms should be applied on domestic players also: CAIT

Tightening norms for e-commerce firms having foreign investment, the government barred online marketplaces from selling products of companies where they hold stakes

New e-commerce rules may be prone to manipulation, work-arounds: Experts

The biggest (high-impact) change is the clause that debars a seller that has ownership by the e-commerce marketplace, or any of its "group companies", from selling on the said e-store

New standing committee of secretaries on e-commerce starts deliberations

With multiple ministries arguing against the policy and the PMO overseeing the deliberations, the plans to bring out the final draft by the end of October are unlikely to materialise

Hazy guidelines

Confusion over e-commerce policy must end

Govt may not allow FDI in online firms selling via inventory-based model

Several complaints against e-tailers violating the FDI norms, may be investigated soon

Revised national e-commerce policy draft may be released in a fortnight

An initial draft of the proposed national e-commerce policy was circulated among stakeholders last month to receive their comments

Centre to bring final draft of e-commerce policy within next 10 days

The government has also come under fire from retailer bodies for lax implementation of existing FDI norms

Draft e-commerce policy unites SoftBank, Sequoia Capital, Tiger Global

In 2017, almost $21 billion worth of PE investments made its way into e-commerce companies and start-ups

E-commerce policy in six months; to tackle data privacy and tax issues

On the issue of a potential regulator for the sector, the Commerce Secretary said it would depend on whether the policy needed legislative requirements and new regulations or existing laws sufficed