CCI flags concern over e-commerce deep discounts, bats for self-regulation

The CCI flagged concerns around deep discounting on goods and services offered by large online retailers, particularly in the case of mobile phones and electrical appliances

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) said in a study, released Wednesday, that marketplace platforms should adopt self-regulatory measures such as clearly stating the parameters of search ranking, setting out a transparent policy on data collected by them, among others. 

Releasing the findings and its observations, the CCI said marketplace platforms should bring out a clear policy on discounts. This would include the basis of discount rates funded by platforms for different products or suppliers and the implications of participation or non-participation in such schemes.

The CCI flagged concerns around deep discounting on goods and services offered by large online