DPIIT to discuss with cos issues related with data storage in draft e-comm policy on January 14

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has convened a meeting of industry representatives from IT and e-commerce sectors on January 14 to discuss the merits and de-merits of draft e-commerce policy on data storage, sources said.
Representatives from different companies including Accenture, Adobe, Facebook, Genpact, Google, HCL, Infosys, Intel, Microsoft and TCS are expected to participate in the deliberations, they said.
Besides, officials from Nasscom, E-commerce Council of India, Informational Technology Industry Council, CII and FICCI would also attend the meeting, they added.
The meeting will be chaired by an additional secretary level officer of the DPIIT.
The meeting assumes significance as the department is working to release the national e-commerce policy by the end of the current financial year.