India’s latest e-commerce policy draft includes steps that could help local startups and impose government oversight on how companies handle data.
The policy draft which was (prepared by the Ministry of Commerce’s Department for Promotion of Industry & Internal Trade) laid out a 15-page draft, (the government would appoint an e-commerce regulator) to ensure the industry is competitive with (broad access to information resources.) (The government has been working on the policy for at least two years) amid calls to reduce the (dominance of global tech giants like Amazon.com Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Facebook Inc.)
(E-commerce companies will be required to make data available to the government within 72 hours,) which could include information related to (national security, taxation and law and order.)
The draft policy also said e-commerce platforms would be required to provide to consumers the (details of sellers, including phone numbers, customer complaint contacts, email and addresses.) (For imported goods, the country of origin and value of work done in India) should be clearly specified.
