Allegations of dodging laws have malicious intent: Amazon India chief

Amit Agarwal tells the employees that the company remains committed to its pledge to digitise 10 mn MSMEs, enable $10 bn in exports and create incremental 1 mn jobs by 2025.

Amazon India chief Amit Agarwal has responded to the ongoing controversy over the news organisation Reuters’ story that alleged that the e-commerce giant dodged Indian regulators in circumventing local laws on foreign direct investment (FDI) in e-commerce. The story talked about how Amazon has for years given preferential treatment to a small group of sellers on its India platform, publicly misrepresented its ties with the sellers and used them to circumvent increasingly tough foreign investment rules that affect e-commerce.

“The story is unsubstantiated, incomplete, factually incorrect. Amazon has always been and remains compliant with all Indian laws,” said Amit Agarwal,