Khandelwal said that the White Paper examines the major issues like the lack of platform neutrality, excessive discounting by platforms, unfair usage of data by the platform to gain undue competitive advantage
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In order to make the e-commerce landscape available to Indian traders in pursuance of the Digital India mission, the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) on Tuesday released a white paper on e-commerce to address the widely concerning issues.
The trade body in a statement said that over the past few years, e-commerce and digital trade in India have seen exponential growth and have witnessed wide acceptance among consumers. Since e-commerce is here to stay, it becomes essential that the interests of all the stakeholders, including the sellers, are protected.
Secretary-General, CAIT, Praveen Khandelwal appreciated the attempt of the government to roll out e-commerce policy and Union Commerce Minister, Piyush Goyal for his call that law and policy will have to be obeyed by one and all.
"We expect that e-commerce policy will be rolled out soon and the distortions and disparities in e-commerce will come to an end paving the way for a competitive e-commerce trade environment in the Country. The CAIT is committed to empowering the traders of India with digital technology as per the vision of Prime Minister Modi," said Khandelwal.
Khandelwal said that the White Paper examines the major issues like the lack of platform neutrality, excessive discounting by platforms, unfair usage of data by the platform to gain undue competitive advantage, exclusive arrangement and launches, and mergers affecting the platform neutrality.