Antitrust focus shifting to economy-wide ramifications of Big Tech practices: CCI official

India’s antitrust regulator is considering economy-wide ramifications of consumer welfare such as access to innovation and choice for smaller businesses dependent on larger platforms, in addition to price, while taking a view on anticompetitive practices, said Payal Malik, adviser, economics division at the Competition Commission of India (CCI).

Malik was speaking at the ICRIER Prosus Centre for Internet and Digital Economy’s annual conference here on Friday.