Govt planning to bring out national policy on e-commerce in next 12 months

26 Jun 2019 Evaluate

Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal has said that the government is planning to bring out a national policy on e-commerce in the next 12 months to facilitate achieving holistic growth of the sector. He said India wants to engage with the world on data and e-commerce issues but there has to be reciprocity.

Goyal stated that several foreign e-commerce firms have raised concerns over some points in the draft pertaining to data. He also said that the government has decided to form an inter-ministerial panel under the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) to address stakeholder grievances on FDI and the draft e-commerce policy.

In February, the government had released the draft national e-commerce policy proposing setting up a legal and technological framework for restrictions on cross-border data flow and also laid out conditions for businesses regarding collection or processing of sensitive data locally and storing it abroad.

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