These processes relate to the testing, verification and certification of goods and services, among others.
As per the draft e-commerce policy, conformity assessment procedures will be carried out to ensure that the goods and services sold on the e-commerce platform meet the required standards and technical regulations.
The policy, which is under discussion, also stated that actions and things that cannot be done by online platform entities cannot also be done “by any of their affiliates and related parties”.
The Government may, from time to time, notify allies falling within the definition of allies and related parties.
The draft states that in order to verify the goods and services sold on the e-commerce platform, conformity assessment procedures will be put in place to meet the standards and technical regulations set by the sector’s specific rules / regulations.
These processes relate to the testing, verification and certification of goods and services, among others.
It also said that there would be a long-term effort to convert GEM (government e-marketplace) into a market where the “common consumer” could buy while increasing efficiency in the Indian economy.
Currently, only government departments and agencies are allowed to purchase goods and services from the GeM portal.
As per the draft policy, e-commerce operators operating in marketplace or hybrid mode will have to manage their relationship with vendors on their platforms in an agnostic manner and without any of their vendors being partially operated.
This includes areas such as definition of e-commerce, codes of conduct, creation of a conducive environment, increasing exports, monitoring, meeting regulatory challenges of the sector, dealing with data, free and informed choice of consumers, fair competition, anti-counterfeiting Has been talked about. And anti-theft
The draft was discussed by an inter-ministerial meeting chaired by officials of the Department of Industry and Internal Trade Promotion (DPIIT) last week.
The draft defined e-commerce as the provision of sales, marketing, distribution of goods or services through the Internet or other information networks and would apply equally to foreign and domestic investment.
“E-commerce operator shall mean any entity that engages in the operational activities of selling goods or providing services through the Internet and other information networks, including e-commerce platform operators, operators on platforms and selling or providing goods Ones include e-commerce operators. Service through their self-made website or other web service, “it added.
It further stated that the government would work towards streamlining regulatory procedures to reduce the burden of compliance for e-commerce related activities.
The government will try to bring offline vendors online and provide support for computerization, digital payment enablement and on-boarding for vendors who do not currently have such facilities.
“Back-end channel integration and hyper-local models are important ways in which the growth of the sector can be inclusive and will be encouraged, so as to integrate the benefits of offline retail business with online sales”.
To promote exports through e-commerce medium, the draft states that steps will be taken to provide online loans, credit ratings, finance and transportation support to SMEs through private and public sector banks.
Digital integration of several interfaces such as the Central Board of Direct Taxes and Customs (CBIC), Department of Posts (DoP), Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) and Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) to further facilitate e-commerce exports. .
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