Govt panel to iron out e-commerce delivery hurdles in curfew-hit states

E-commerce firms also making arrangements to keep their supply chains running

Topics
Coronavirus | e-commerce industry | Indian ecommerce

Shreya Nandi & Neha Alawadhi  |  New Delhi 

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has requested a government-appointed panel to step in and iron out the challenges in e-commerce deliveries in states that have imposed curfews owing to a spike in Covid-19 cases.

The panel, also known as an empowered group (EG), was set up last year during the nationwide lockdown to facilitate the supply chain and logistics management of goods in the country. “We have referred the issue (on hurdles related to the delivery of essential and non-essential items, especially in Maharashtra) to the empowered group. They ...

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First Published: Mon, April 19 2021. 06:10 IST
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