Dedicated CCI regulatory wing to keep check on apps in the offing

House panel to soon call foreign Big Tech for discussion

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) may soon create a regulatory wing that will monitor digital applications, said sources who attended the parliamentary panel meeting with start-ups on Thursday. 

“The thought process was to keep a check on the rising complaints as well as to reign in the big techs. A new wing or a department will be created that will monitor and govern the digital app ecosystem in the country,” said a person privy to the details of the discussion held. 

The panel met representatives from Zomato, Paytm, Swiggy, MakeMyTrip, gaming firms, among others, to discuss the rising anti-competition