The meeting, chaired by DPIIT Secretary Guruprasad Mohapatra, will also see participation of Reliance Jio, Snapdeal, Paytm Mall, and Swiggy
Officials are likely to meet over a dozen e-commerce companies
Currently, online retailers such as Amazon and Flipkart are the dominant players in this space, capturing around two-thirds of the market share, experts said
DPIIT will hold a host of meetings with industry and trader associations this month on issues pertaining to foreign direct investment in the e-commerce sector, an official said.
This is not the time that the government is emphasizing fair competition in the e-commerce space
The key sectors covered under the scheme include telecommunication, food processing, medical devices, automobile and its components, textiles and solar PV modules
Centre is on track to implement the 'Single Window Clearance' system by April 15, as part of 'ease of doing business', a senior official said on Tuesday
Guruprasad Mohapatra says a systematic exercise across Centre and states is being undertaken to eliminate or reduce compliances, which have an adverse impact on time and cost of businesses
Participating in a webinar on ''Scaling up Toy Exports from India'', Wadhawan said the government intends to promote Toy clusters through innovative and creative methods
DPIIT Secretary, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Guruprasad Mohapatra said the measures envisaged in the Budget will further boost the Startups in the country
About 1,400 such Acts have already been removed since the government came to power
The new policy will have various features such as those related to data and consumer rights, a senior government official said on Friday
Foreign direct investment (FDI) equity inflows into India grew 21 per cent during April-October period of the current financial year
Refutes reports that only 9.4% of investment proposals in the state were converted to projects during that time
With relaxed FDI norms, defence production will be among the areas that will be looked at for fresh overseas investments in the months ahead
A single-window system for approvals and clearances would help industry reduce their compliance burden
Single-window clearance by mid-April
The five areas that would be addressed in the policy are ease of doing business, rationalisation of the licence process, digitisation of retail, focus on reforms and open network for digital commerce
According to a DPIIT notification, the products would have to conform to the specified standards and bear the standard mark under a licence from the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)
The new edition includes the April 2020 circular that said foreign investment from countries sharing a land border with India requires prior approval of the Indian government