e-commerce: Global Internet firms upset being kept out of 'Indian' e-commerce policy body, Technology News, ETtech
Amazon and Uber are great when they create 'jobs'. But it is not welcome when policy creation is being done regulating their market.
It includes Indian internet leaders such as Flipkart, Ola and Paytm as well as officials from ministries of finance, home affairs, corporate affairs and electronics and information technology, besides representatives from telecom, IT and e-commerce firms including Bharti Enterprises, Reliance Jio, TCS, Wipro, MakeMyTrip, UrbanClap, Justdial, Pepperfry and Practo.
Currently, the think tank does not include global internet firms such as Amazon, Facebook, Google and Uber, and some of these companies are now looking to reach out to the government to be included in policy-making.
A government official said that only local players were called because “the idea is to promote Indian companies”. The ministry’s invite mentioned that the think tank will identify specific policy interventions for “nurturing domestic firms” and to create jobs in e-commerce.
Amazon and Uber are great when they create 'jobs'. But it is not welcome when policy creation is being done regulating their market.