New e-commerce policy likely to take effect after Lok Sabha polls

Comments on draft policy are now open till March 31

The government has decided to extend the date of submission of stakeholder comments on the draft e-commerce policy to March 31. 

This has ensured that there will be no chance for the policy to take effect before the general elections in April.

The decision to extend the initial submission date of March 9 was taken on Friday after 30 online majors such as Flipkart, Snapdeal, Ola, Uber, Amazon, Netflix and Microsoft met government officials and raised a series of issues on the current draft policy, a senior official from the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) said.

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