CCI gets complaint about unfair business practices of websites

Fair trade regulator Competition Commission of India (CCI) has received a complaint against online retailers, including leading platform Flipkart, for alleged unfair business practices. The complaint was made after Flipkart’s massive ‘Big Billion Day’ sale event that raised concerns over anti-competitive practices of the online shopping portals.

CCI would now act upon the complaint and a decision would be taken soon on whether the matter should be probed further. The government had also said last month that it will look into the concerns and take a call on whether more clarity is required on e-commerce retail business, after concerns were raised about deep discount sales announced by leading e-commerce companies including Flipkart and others.

After Flipkart’s sale event, even traders’ body CAIT had asked the Commerce and Industry Ministry to take steps to monitor and regulate online businesses. In a letter to Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, National General Secretary of Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) Praveen Khandelwal had demanded, setting up of a regulatory authority for e-commerce business in India.