CAIT to Piyush Goyal: Need immediate action on Amazon, Flipkart, others for violating ‘Country of Origin’

Traders’ body Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT), which has been battling e-commerce companies over their alleged unethical business practices such as FDI violation for years now, has once again written to Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal. In a letter sent to the minister on Sunday, CAIT accused Amazon, Flipkart, Zomato, Swiggy, and other entities of violation of mandatory display of Country of Origin, manufacturer, and seller details on products sold through their respective platforms under Consumers Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020, Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011 and guidelines of Food Safety & Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). The traders’ body said that government needs to take “immediate action against e-commerce entities including Amazon, Flipkart, Zomato, Swiggy, and others. It is a case of daylight robbery of e-commerce entities in India.”