E-commerce policy in final stages, to be unveiled soon: Piyush Goyal

The National E-commerce Policy is in final stages of discussion and will be announced soon, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said Thursday. “It is in the final stages of discussion at the highest level in the government. We hope to come out very soon,” he said at a press conference.

The E-commerce Policy was first mooted in 2018 and an initial draft of it was released in 2019. Since then many rounds of consultations have happened. Currently the e-commerce sector has been governed by the Information Technology Act, Consumer Protection Act, FDI Policy on e-commerce and Competition Act.