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DPIIT to meet trade unions, industry groups on FDI in e-commerce

Officials are likely to meet over a dozen e-commerce companies

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Domestic trader groups have complained against e-commerce behemoths alleging that they have been flouting the FDI policy norms by offering deep discounting and promoting preferential sellers, among others.

Shreya Nandi New Delhi
The department for promotion of industry and internal trade (DPIIT) will from Wednesday hold talks with trade unions, industry associations and government ministries to discuss Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in e-commerce.

DPIIT officials will meet Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT), Retailers Association of India, Laghu Udyog Bharti, the Confederation Indian Industries (CII), Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI). They will separately hold talks with the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FICCI), and the ministries of finance, corporate affairs, consumer affairs, Competition Commission of India (CCI). The meetings will be on March 17, 19 and 23.

Officials are