E-commerce in India Current Affairs, GK & News
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 key features of the framework? The new standards will initially be voluntary. They will become mandatory after observing the platforms’ compliance with the standards. Once it becomes ..
Month: Current Affairs – November, 2022
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022
Topics: Bureau of Indian Standards • Central Consumer Protection Authority • Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) • Consumer protection • E-commerce in India • e-commerce marketplaces • e-commerce platform
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; Microsoft is the first big technology company to tie up with government for ONDC platform. As a part of social e-commerce, Microsoft has also planned to launch ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2022
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022
Topics: Amazon • E-commerce • E-commerce in India • e-commerce platform • E-Commerce Players • Flipkart • Microsoft • Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC)
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 taken following complaints from small businesses. They have accused e-commerce marketplace of misusing market dominance and deep discounting by online retailers. Amendments have been proposed at a ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2021
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022 • Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
Topics: 2020 • Competition Commission of India (CCI) • Consumer Protection (E-commerce) Rules • E-commerce in India • e-commerce marketplaces • E-Commerce Players • National E-Commerce Policy
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 have laid down the principles regarding the usage of data for development of any of the industry where such norms are not in effect. With the draft ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2021
Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
Topics: Data breaches • Draft National e-commerce Policy • E-commerce in India • e-commerce marketplaces • Right to Privacy
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 group of about 2,000 online sellers. Issues The members of the All India Online Vendors Association, who sell goods on e-commerce sites like Amazon and Flipkart, accused ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022 • India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Amazon India • Amazon Prime • Business • Competition Commission of India • E-commerce in India
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 various payment instruments from the customers. As per the guidelines on regulation of PAs and Payment gateways (PGs), the existing PAs should attain a net-worth of Rs ..
Topics: E-commerce • E-commerce in India • Reserve Bank of India