<de/coding> The Draft Policy for E-commerce
Impact on Startups, Tech Entrepreneurs & MSMEs
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State: Mumbai
Date: 17-07-21
Time: 11:30 AM
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Mr. Vinod Kumar Mumbai 17-07-21
The amendments increase compliance burden on e-commerce entities and make the marketplace inaccessible to small and medium businesses who depend on these entities for sustenance. It is important for the government to revisit these rules and detangle the complexities.
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Ms. Vineetha Hariharan Mumbai 17-07-21
The compliance officer requirement for all e-commerce entities irrespective of size is too much to ask for. Registration with DPIIT is going to lead to multiplicity of registration which will inconvenience MSMEs. There should ideally be one umbrella registration. All ministries need to have a dialogue together when it comes to making these rules.
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Shri. Tridib Bhattacharya Mumbai 17-07-21
The e-commerce share of global trading rose from 14% in 2019 to 17% in 2020. We want SMEs to adopt a growing platform. On Amazon and Flipkart, 2/3 revenue comes from MSMEs. E-commerce needs less barriers and priority should be given to digital readiness. The focus of policies should not strictly be on consumers. Even sellers need encouraging policies because that will eventually lead to the benefit of consumers.
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Mr. Rajendra T. Gangan Mumbai 17-07-21
Manufacturing is anyway difficult in India. Policies should help in ease of doing business be it offline or online. Too many restrictions will prevent manufacturers from staying in business and they will move to trading.
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Smt. Nidhi Saraf Mumbai 17-07-21
The startup ecosystem didn?t exist before 2010 and primarily got activated via e-commerce. The draft rules need to deal with different players as per size.
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Shri Pratik Vaidya Mumbai 17-07-21
One size fits all is not going to work. Smaller players need some hand-holding and some policy leniency as opposed to the big boys. Mis-selling should be seen more broadly. We see ads on tv where the effect of a product is hyped and, say, Tata Sky, is not held liable. So why should e-commerce players be held liable which is what these draft rules propose.
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