Govt issues draft rules to make e-commerce more accountable; seeks comments by Feb 15The government has released draft guidelines for e-commerce platforms to ensure self-governance and protect consumers from fraudulent pract...
21 Jan, 2025, 07.20 PM IST
Indian government sent 448 notices to ecommerce companies for violationsViolations were pertinent to the rules about the display of the origin country of the product and other details on their website or portal.
20 Jul, 2022, 07.03 PM IST
Valid medical prescriptions must for sale of specified ayurveda, unani drugs online: CCPAThe Central Consumer Protection Authority on Thursday directed e-commerce entities to sell specified ayurveda, siddha and unani drugs only ...
14 Jul, 2022, 06.10 PM IST
2021 Year in Review: The chaos and confusion around India’s ecommerce rulesHere's a review of the key developments in the ecommerce space in 2021.
31 Dec, 2021, 04.47 PM IST
Etailers should display details of sellers clearly on their platform: CCPAAn advisory in this regard has been issued to all states and industry associates by the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) which ...
12 Oct, 2021, 03.04 PM IST
Govt sees faster redressal of complaints after e-commerce rules notifiedThe Centre on Monday said it is seeing faster redressal of complaints after new rules for e-commerce companies with penal action were notif...
15 Mar, 2021, 08.52 PM IST
PIL seeks clear MRP, seller details of products sold by e-commerce sites; Delhi High Court asks for Centre's standThe petition, by Ghaziabad resident Ajay Kumar Singh, has claimed that the consumers are facing great difficulty due to such details not be...
02 Feb, 2021, 01.23 PM IST
DPIIT sends complaints by trader body CAIT against Flipkart, Amazon to EDConfederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has alleged that Flipkart and Amazon are in violation of FEMA rules and FDI policy by adopting il...
01 Jan, 2021, 08.20 AM IST
Govt raps Amazon, Flipkart over Country of Origin detailsSends notices asking companies to explain in 15 days why they shouldn't face action over missing information
17 Oct, 2020, 06.27 AM IST
New e-commerce rules provide clarity on responsibilities of marketplaces, sellers: Industry execsThe 'Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020' were notified on Thursday. It will be applicable to all electronic retailers (e-tailers)...
24 Jul, 2020, 10.54 PM IST
Government notifies new rules for e-commerce entities: Here's what changedAccording to the new rules, the e-commerce players will have to display the total price of goods and services offered for sale along with a...
24 Jul, 2020, 09.46 PM IST
E-commerce platforms have to display country of origin on imported products: Centre to HCThe submission was made in an affidavit placed before a bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan by the central governmen...
22 Jul, 2020, 01.40 PM IST
Consumer affairs ministry orders companies to strictly follow labelling normsThese details, along with the address of manufacturer and importer, common generic name and consumer-care information, must be written legi...
10 Jul, 2020, 03.22 PM IST
Rs 1 lakh fine for e-tailers if they don’t reveal ‘country of origin’If a manufacturer or marketing firm fails to comply with this, it will be fined with Rs 25,000 for first offence, Rs 50,000 for second and ...
10 Jul, 2020, 10.25 AM IST
Companies and e-commerce players need to display 'country of origin' on products: PaswanIn January 2018, the government amended the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011 to add a new provision mandating declaration...
09 Jul, 2020, 07.14 PM IST
E-retailers cannot influence prices of goods on platform: Draft guidelinesTraders' body CAIT has welcomed the draft rules and said the proposed framework will "force" e-commerce companies to be more transparent an...
13 Nov, 2019, 11.52 AM IST
Snapdeal drops contentious clause in sellers’ contractThe provision had authorised it to “discover and display” prices payable by the buyer based on “competitive pricing prevalent in the market...
26 May, 2016, 04.16 AM IST