Govt policy on e-commerce industry may miss year-end deadline: Sources

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The much-awaited e-commerce policy that was supposed to clear up regulatory issues for Amazon, Flipkart, Uber, Ola and several web-based service providers might not come out this year, said sources in the government.

Sources said discussions were on over the broad contours of the policy, but the final document will be out only after other technology policies are mandated, as the commerce ministry is trying to avoid overlaps and contradictions. 

“We have had several rounds of discussions and we have in place a broad outlook of how the policy will be,” said a senior commerce ministry official. 

He added, “But,