DPIIT Senior Exec Says Will Extend Public Discussion On Draft Ecommerce Policy

With three days left for enterprise stakeholders to provide their inputs on the draft e-commerce coverage, the organizations may also get the needful time to share their contributions/remarks until March 31.

An Inc42 supply near the development said that during a closed-door assembly of stakeholders on Tuesday (March 5) attended by Shailendra Singh, additional secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPI), and Surabhi Sharma, deputy secretary, DPI, that the closing date for stakeholders’ inputs will be extended to March-quit.

The Confederation of Indian Industry(CII) assembly was hosted at the CII workplace with Col Suhail Zaidi, Head Information & Communication Technology, CII, in the chair. The stakeholders who participated in the discussions include Amazon, Snapdeal, Uber, ShopClues, etcn.

The DPI added Draft E-commerce Policy on February 23 and proposed regulation of moving border information flows and allowing the sharing of anonymized network records.

The e-commerce coverage focuses on six broad problems within the quarter: statistics, infrastructure development, e-commerce marketplaces, regulatory issues, stimulating hthe ome virtual financial system, and export advertising through e-commerce.

The coverage has mainly focused on the statistics, a part of e-commerce. With this, the policy has directed the companies to set up an information garage in India to collect the facts of Indian customers and also supports the evaluation of the contemporary exercise of no longer enforcing customs responsibilities on digital transmissions.

The policy prohibits e-commerce businesses from storing purchaser information with 1/3 celebration entities despite customer consent.

The recognition of statistics has raised issues for the stakeholders. At the CII assembly, they sought to recognize from the authorities how the record requirements of e-commerce coverage stand after the Personal Data Protection Bill comes into effect, as numerous factors coincide with the policy.

The Inc42 source also emphasized that the government’s narrative has been open and supportive of the stakeholders’ views. The authorities and stakeholders have, at the same time, agreed to explore the increase in exports and production through e-commerce.

Earlier, reports surfaced that US-era organizations and Indian startups are operating extra time to put together a response within a week to the authorities’ proposed e-commerce policy.

Yesterday (March five), the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) also organized a stakeholder convention on e-commerce, addressed by NITI Aayog leader Amitabh Kant. He stated, “As far as e-commerce is involved, it’s a revolution, and no person can afford to spare themselves from the full truth.”