DIGITAL COMPETITION BILL

India’s Digital Competition Bill has turned previous foes in the tech industry into unlikely allies and sparked a polarising debate on market practices. The Committee on Digital Competition Law (CDCL) on February 27, submitted its report to the mini...

PhonePe launched its own Android-based app store, challenging Google's billing policy and commissions. It onboarded popular apps and gaming majors, offering zero listing and platform fees.

The ministry of electronics and information technology continued discussions on the digital competition bill with think tanks and industry bodies raising concerns about foreign regulation approaches. The impact on startups and overlap with existing ...

Indian policymakers discussed the impact of the proposed Digital Competition Bill on data and digital markets at the MEITY meeting with industry representatives. Stakeholders had differing opinions on the regulations, with some supporting its provis...

The magnitude, scale and speed at which such platforms operate demand ex ante regulation, if the real interests of consumers are to be protected.

The government is holding meetings to address concerns about the draft Digital Competition Bill, which proposes obligations for big tech companies in core digital services under a new category of systemically significant digital enterprises.

Four members of IAMAI, including Bharat Matrimony, Match Group, Hoichoi, and ShareChat, express divergent views on ex-ante regulation in the draft DCB to the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.

Jio Finance will offer UPI payments, bill payments, insurance advisory and digital banking. Eventually Jio Financial Services will offer credit products like loans against mutual funds, home loans and others to its customers through the app.

India is drafting a new competition law to target big digital firms, with a U.S. lobby group urging a rethink to avoid potential business impacts.

Indian Broadcasting and Digital Foundation (IBDF), Indian Digital Media Industry Foundation, People Interactive India which operates Shaadi.com, and Mebigo Labs which operates Kuku FM have filed petitions before the NCLAT against Play Store billing ...

Competition Commission of India (CCI) chief Ravneet Kaur highlighted the opacity of algorithms in assessing their impact on competition, emphasizing the need for competition law to evolve in digital markets. The CCI is closely monitoring digital mar...

Ex-ante regimes tell businesses precisely how to behave, or what to do. Under the current ex-post regime of the Competition Act, companies are only required to ensure that their conduct in the market is not anti-competitive. An overlapping ex-ante r...

Google given a week to respond to appeals against CCI order by KukuFM & IBDF. Startups accuse Google of discriminatory fees. The tribunal will address the matter on May 24.

Google defended its Google Play Store at the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, asserting it didn't engage in anti-competitive behavior or misuse its dominance. The counsel for Alphabet Inc argued the store provided users and developers with o...

Draft Digital Competition Bill proposes ex-ante regulations similar to the EU's DMA, impacting user experience and innovation. Concerns over potential overregulation and necessity of new laws in India are being debated.

21 organisations urge a 5-month extension from the government for insights on the Digital Competition Bill draft, emphasizing the alignment of various regulations and the essential 'whole of government' approach.

It has also extended the deadline for submission of comments by stakeholders on the report of Committee on Digital Competition Law (CDCL). The initial deadline is to end on April 15. Earlier, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) had invited comme...

If a company meets the criteria in its self-assessment, it must report to CCI within 90 days, which can designate it as Systemically Significant Digital Enterprise (SSDE), akin to gatekeepers in DMA. CDS includes online search engines, social networ...

Zomato, Swiggy, Flipkart and Oyo have opposed the new regulations on digital competition proposed by a government-appointed committee. Indian companies that supported the proposal of ex-ante regulations include Paytm and MakeMyTrip, albeit with cave...