Competition Commission goes live on Twitter

NEW DELHI: Fair trade regulator CCI has joined social media platform, Twitter, to provide prompt updates to all stakeholders as well as the public.

"The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has opened a Twitter Account @CCI_India to provide prompt updates to all stakeholders, including general public, legal community, business and the media," it said in a statement.

While short messages will be communicated through tweets whenever possible, detailed orders will continue to be available on the website of the Commission, it said.

Earlier this week, another regulator Reserve Bank of India too went live on Twitter. Besides, banking sector regulator, capital markets watchdog Sebi is already using this social media platform.

The microblogging site has about 18 million users in India.