Many large e-commerce firms have blatantly flouted laws of land: Piyush Goyal

NEW DELHI: All ecommerce companies should follow the law of the land and do not use muscle or money power to hurt Indian interests as many of these large online firms have come into India and “very” blatantly flouted the laws of the land, in more ways than one, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Saturday.

He said that many of the practices which these companies follow are against the interest of consumers and the government has recently come out with draft rules for e-commerce companies or marketplace models, which are applicable to all entities including Indian.

These rules are to protect consumer interest, he said at a webinar.