DPIIT Secy assures new e-commerce policy will be ‘good and sound’

The government on Friday assured that the new e-commerce policy, which is under the process of formulation, will be “good and sound”.

Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) Secretary Guruprasad Mohapatra said there are issues such as data, brick and mortar stores and e-commerce firms and about a level-playing field for them.

“We are working on a new policy which is more comprehensive… But I can assure that the policy that will be made, will be good and sound policy,” he said here at the Indian Economic Summit.

He said that when the Government of India makes a policy, it has to listen to each and every stakeholder in the country.