India Ecommerce Policy

Flipkart gives 100% bonus to employees and merit-linked payouts

The number of employees receiving increments this year will be higher than last year, according to the sources

Updated On : 22 Mar 2024 | 10:33 AM IST

Uber signs pact with govt-backed ONDC to democratise digital commerce

Ride hailing services firm Uber on Thursday said it has signed a pact with government-backed Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC). A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in the presence of Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi at an event where he spoke with Infosys Chairman, Nandan Nilekani, on the subject of 'Building Population Scale Technology.' "Our vision for Uber in India is to serve the mobility needs of all Indians. This is in line with ONDC's objective of democratising digital commerce. "We are excited to take our first step through this MoU with ONDC to explore how we can accelerate our ambition to make Uber a platform for every Indian's daily mobility needs," Uber India and South Asia, President, Prabhjeet Singh said. Khosrowshahi said companies and governments around the world can learn from the scale and ambition of India's Digital Public Infrastructure, according to a statement. He added that as a technology company, Uber views open source tech stacks with a lot of

Updated On : 22 Feb 2024 | 2:49 PM IST

India seeks to provide MSMEs access to govt buying of different countries

India is looking at ways such as free trade agreements to enable domestic MSMEs to participate in public procurement of different countries, Commerce Secretary Sunil Barthwal said on Monday. He said that 10-15 per cent of the GDP of any country accounts for public procurement, which could be around USD 10-15 trillion in value terms. Several countries give preference to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in their public procurement. "In fact, there are various ways by which countries promote MSMEs, we also promote them in India in the sense that we give them special purchase preference. "As more and more FTAs (free trade agreements) are getting signed...we are also looking at...how MSMEs...can have access to public procurement of different countries, so (that) Indian companies may get an opportunity... MSMEs from other countries can get access to our portal," Barthwal said here at an event. Under the India-UAE free trade pact, government procurement contracts worth over Rs

Updated On : 06 Nov 2023 | 9:12 PM IST

Govt working to bring ecommerce policy, rules under consumer protection act

ONDC is a network enabler and not a platform, and therefore it has systematically worked towards adding more network participants, merchants, cities and transactions (orders per day) to the network

Updated On : 11 May 2023 | 7:42 PM IST

CAIT, other organisations pitch for immediate rollout of e-commerce policy

Traders' body CAIT and other organisations released a five-point "Delhi Declaration" charter on Wednesday, reiterating its demands for the immediate rollout of a robust e-commerce policy and the formation of an empowered regulatory body. Claiming that the e-commerce spectrum of the country has been vitiated, CAIT Secretary General Praveen Khandelwal told PTI: "We have demanded from the government that the e-commerce policy should be rolled out immediately. Likewise, a national policy for retail trade should also be declared as soon as possible and a Regulatory Authority should be constituted". We have also demanded that e-commerce rules under the Consumer Protection Act should be implemented, which is pending since three years. There has to be a holistic approach not only for e-commerce but retail trade as well so that there is no overlap, Khandelwal added. At the Indian Trade conclave organised by the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) and associations related to traders, ..