Govt to vet responses by Amazon, Flipkart on their India operations

E-commerce companies including Amazon and Flipkart have submitted their responses to the queries sent to them by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) on their operations in India, which are now being vetted by the government to see if existing rules might have been flouted, an official has said.

Queries on business details such as top sellers, pricing of goods by vendors, capital structure and inventory management system were posed to the e-commerce companies following complaints by brick-and-mortar retailers as well as online vendors alleging that these companies may be violating FDI rules.

“The DPIIT is in the process of going through the responses given by the companies to the queries. Future action will depend on the information received,” the official said.