Responding to a question in Lok Sabha, Goyal said that the department for the promotion of industry and internal trade (DPIIT) has received complaints about ecommerce companies offering discounts using unfair means.

According to the norms, these platforms can only list the product or services sold by other retailers or service providers.

In response to these allegations, industry watchdog, the Competition Commission of India (CCI), had ordered an investigation into the businesses of ecommerce marketplaces, Amazon and Flipkart.

Investigate All Online ServicesFollowing the CCI’s investigation decision, the CAIT wrote a letter to Goyal seeking a probe into all online businesses operating in India.

In the letter, the traders’ body had demanded that the government should closely monitor other online businesses in the travel, transport, food, healthcare and other sectors. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1580972405.4280214/Govt-Examining-Amazon,-Flipkart-Over-Deep-Discounting:-Piyush-Goyal?ref=audio_experience