Govt rejects panel push for effect-based test in Competition Amendment Bill

Recommendation, made by Jayan Sinha-led Parliamentary Committee in Dec, was cleared by cabinet earlier this week; govt sees difficulty in quantifying impact

Government has not accepted the parliamentary committee's recommendation to introduce the concept of "mandatory effects-based analysis" in the proposed Competition Amendment Bill, according to government sources. The bill was cleared by the cabinet earlier this week.

The parliamentary standing committee on finance in its report tabled on December 13, 2022 had said that the competition commission of India (CCI) should study different factors such as impact on consumers, innovation and competition before adjudicating a conduct as violative of the competition law. The panel had made a series of recommendations in its report, some of which may have been accepted by