Sisodia was addressing the 'Invest India Exclusive Investment Forum' via a webinar on Thursday, attended by leading retail and e-commerce players
The policy is still being drafted and could go through further changes
The concept was to leverage the network presence of kirana stores for RIL's e-commerce initiative. Under this initiative, RIL started JioMart's pre-registration in December last year.
The official in the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) said that they are currently working on a policy for e-commerce sector and are examining several issues under that.
These questions were sent to them after several complaints were made to the department by traders body CAIT that e-commerce companies have been violating the foreign direct investment policy
The former Flipkart executives' B2B e-commerce start-up valuation crosses $2.5 bn in three years
Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day
Both Amazon India and Flipkart had said earlier this week that there were no signs of a slowdown in e-commerce
Company hopes tie-up with Flipkart and Myntra will boost online share of total sales to 15%, from just 3% share that its own portal commands
Founded by Rahul Garg, Singapore-headquartered Moglix, which gets about 80 per cent of its revenue from India, is a B2B e-commerce platform for industrial products
E-commerce companies keep downturn blues at bay
India's four largest unicorns are in online payments, e-commerce, ride-hailing and education
The Bengaluru-based start-up is helping 40-year-plus users in small towns shed their fear of e-commerce, hand-holding them through the process of transacting online
Talks are at an advanced stage with Nokia and Motorola that plan to introduce TV models in the Indian market
Flipkart has partnered with HDFC Bank to offer 10% instant discount on using bank's debit and credit cards
Rahul Hari, who runs the enterprise, went one cluster at a time while all rivals expanded blindly to the point that they couldn't sustain their businesses
Sources indicate that the government is keen on ensuring offline retailers get a level playing field and are not rooted out by major e-commerce firms
The draft e-commerce policy has proposed setting up a legal and technological framework for restrictions on cross-border data flow
The partnership will expand presence of TRIFED's brand 'Tribes India' to Amazon users in 190 countries
A slowdown in the residential market is prompting developers to tap the logistics sector.