With great ecommerce comes great responsibility for online platforms
The consumer affairs ministry is working on tightening ecommerce rules to make online retail platforms liable for fraud committed by sellers and attaching “fallback liability” to their role as intermediaries, said a senior official.Rules will be formulated after the platforms respond to queries related to the issue, sent to them by the ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY), said the consumer ministry official.MeitY’s note was prompted by questions from the Department of Consumer Affairs, which is part…