Draft e-commerce policy: Govt likely to extend deadline for feedback

Heeding the demand of some stakeholders, the DPIIT will likely extend the deadline for submission of feedback on the new draft e-commerce policy to March 31 from March 9. Around a dozen and a half stakeholders — including Amazon, Ola, Uber, Microsoft and Net Flix — met senior officials with the department for promotion of industry and internal trade (DPIIT) on Friday on the policy that has proposed to regulate cross-border data flows, among others.

The meeting, chaired by DPIIT additional secretary Shailendra Singh, also saw the participation of associations like The Confederation of All India Traders.

The government had on February 23 released a new draft e-commerce policy that provided for regulating cross-border data flows, setting up storage facilities locally and establishing a data authority to devise a framework for sharing data.