The recent judgments by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) reveal a close scrutiny of the conduct of market players in order to rein in dominance and belligerence by big players. The CCI, in fulfilling its mandate of nurturing entrepreneurial opportunities, seeks to ensure a level playing field. Section 4 of the Competition Act states, […]
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How would the NITI Aayog’s CEO, Amitabh Kant harmonise policies relating to differing business platforms? The recent move by the government to provide a single policy framework for a level-playing field to stakeholders of retail, fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) and e-commerce is one step forward. However, from a regulatory perspective, online and offline markets have
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The Competition commission of India (CCI) succeeded the erstwhile MRTP Commission with a larger role as a market watchdog with suo moto powers to take cognizance of matters that could have an appreciable adverse effect on competition. CCI exercises jurisdiction in Rem (without a lis between parties). With a mandate to regulate across all sectorsof
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The internet is making price competition more competitive while geographic markets of retailers are rapidly increasing from local buyers to customers across the country and even across the globe. It has been a neck to neck battle since 2014 when Amazon announced $ 2 billion investment, Flipkart announced a $1 billion investment and Snapdeal was
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The Internet is making price competition more competitive while geographic markets of retailers are rapidly increasing from local buyers to customers across the country and even across the globe. It has been a neck to neck battle since 2014 when Amazon announced $ 2 billion investment, Flipkart announced a $1 billion investment and Snapdeal was
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If the Indian government is going to get involved in controlling OLA and UBER’s pricing of rides or discounting of Online markets, then what is left for their corporate Managers to decide? How will this help the consumers who were getting great deals online and a safe ride at an affordable price? Why is the
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Start Ups like OLA engage the top law firms and also have in house legal teams – so they are not living in the world of the ‘uninformed’ but its more like living in the world of ‘mis-informed’ ( usually attributed to consumers of media ) And you certainly don’t want the kart to be
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As our economy evolves, so must our application of the competition laws to be able to ‘catch up’ with the market. A highly competitive environment would thrive on inclusive growth, is key for innovation and technological change, and this environment is what pushes companies to constantly innovate. It is true that Competition laws were always
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The growing e-commerce platform have impacted the way competition works and the type of competition concerns that may arise. Most brands are making their presence online. Thus, today’s trading platforms and market place involves 3 important situations: 1) products that are available only on the Internet -e.g. some software, games or magazines can be bought
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A world without internet is the worst nightmare ever. In the past few decades, the mankind has placed so much reliance upon internet that it is almost on the verge of replacing oxygen as the most important necessity for human race. From buying goods to communicating people, making new friends or reaching out to our
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