digital competition bill

Union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Tuesday discussed various issues related to the digital competition law. A panel chaired by Corporate Affairs Secretary Manoj Govil will be preparing a report on digital competition law, where it will examine various regulatory aspects in dealing with challenges emerging from the digital economy. On Tuesday, Sitharaman, who is in charge of finance and corporate affairs ministries, held a meeting with Chandrasekhar, the minister of state for electronics and…

A total of 58 organisations and individuals representing different stakeholder communities from across the country including the Internet Society, India Internet Foundation and CUTS International have written to the Secretary of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) Dr Manoj Govil (MCA) urging the MCA to hold an "open consultative public engagement process" while drafting the Digital Competition Bill and take into consideration the concerns around the impact of the bill on end consumers and small businesses which rely…