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Topic: E-commerce in India

Indiahandmade Portal

Indiahandmade Portal is an e-commerce portal launched by the Indian Government with the aim of empowering artisans and weavers by providing them a platform to sell their products...

April 25, 2023

Framework to Protect Consumers from Fake, Deceptive Reviews in E-Commerce

The Indian Government has unveiled a framework to set standards for publishing product reviews on e-commerce sites. The standards will be applicable from November 25. What are the...

November 22, 2022

Microsoft in ONDC platform

Recently, Microsoft joined the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) of the government, with the objective of introducing social e-commerce in Indian market. Significance of this move include;...

August 12, 2022

Proposed Amendments to Consumer Protection (E-commerce) Rules, 2020

India has planned to tighten rules for e-commerce marketplaces like Amazon and Flipkart and has proposed several amendments to Consumer Protection (E-commerce) Rules, 2020. Background This decision was...

June 22, 2021

Draft National e-commerce Policy-Highlights

The government discussing and is in process of developing regulations for the personal and non-personal data through the Draft National e-commerce policy. The policy highlights that the government...

March 13, 2021

Why do online sellers file Anti-trust cases against Amazon in India?

E-commerce giant Amazon is going to face a legal battle as an anti-trust case has been filed with the Competition Commission of India against Amazon India by a...

August 28, 2020

RBI to regulate entire activities of Payment Aggregators

The Reserve Bank of India recently announced that it will regulate the entire activities of Payment Aggregators (PAs). Payment Aggregators enable the e-commerce sites and merchants to accept...

March 19, 2020

Google joins hands with Union Government for ‘Digital Payment Abhiyan’

Nasscom’s Data Security Council of India (DSCI) has recently collaborated with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and Google India to launch a nationwide awareness campaign...

September 20, 2019

NEFT to be available 24X7

The Reserve Bank of India has announced that the National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) facility will be available round-the-clock basis from December 2019. At present NEFT payment system...

August 10, 2019

Delhi police launches new e-challan system for use of Traffic Police

Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik has recently launched the new e-challan system and the e-payment gateway for the use of Delhi Traffic Police. The E-challan devices are enabled...

July 19, 2019

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