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Flipkart hires 23,000 in 3 months as demand for e-commerce services surges

Additional hiring to meet demand for home delivery as people continue to remain indoors due to coronavirus pandemic

Alibaba launches China's Singles' Day shopping event, to boost economy

This year's online shopping extravaganza also comes a week after Alibaba lost almost $76 billion of its market value

'Dukaan tech' start-ups help kirana stores and small traders go online

They are deploying easy-to-use platforms for SMBs, helping them go online in as little as 30 seconds

Organic e-commerce platform to directly link farmers with retail: Govt

The organic ecommerce platform 'Jaivikkheti' is being strengthened for directly linking farmers with retail as well as bulk buyers, the agriculture ministry said on Thursday.

India urges WTO members to reconsider moratorium on duties on e-commerce

The e-commerce moratorium is nothing short of duty-free, quota-free' access to digital products of the digitally industrialized members by the rest of the membership, said India's WTO representative

Flipkart says 90% sellers back on platform, 125% rise in new MSMEs

Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Delhi and Tamil Nadu are the top states where local MSMEs have shown maximum interest in taking their businesses online

Covid-19 may lift India's e-commerce market to around $85 billion by 2024

The market opportunities for online commerce in the country are expected to touch $200 billion by 2028 from $30 billion in 2018

Virus of cyber fraud rises with Covid

The ranks of cyber criminals will rise as many unemployed people with internet connections may be desperate enough to attempt cyber-crimes

TDS on e-commerce deals to hurt SMEs' working capital: Amazon's Agarwal

Agarwal was talking about the Budget proposal to introduce a new section in the Income Tax Act

Don't kill e-commerce

Regulating new economy requires new thinking

Now, shop from Flipkart with SBI EMIs

Personal loan interest (14%) will apply for the purchase

Gujarat passes Bill to impose tax on e-commerce transactions

With an aim to provide a level playing field for traders and retailers in the state, Gujarat government today passed a bill to levy entry tax on goods purchased through e-commerce portals. The Gujarat Tax on Entry of Specified Goods into Local Areas (Amendment) Bill, 2016, was passed in the state assembly in the absence of Congress MLAs, who were yesterday suspended for two days by the Speaker. The bill amended the present Act of 2001 that did not cover e-commerce transactions, which according to the government, was adversely affecting the local traders as the goods coming in the state through such means was sold at a much cheaper rate due to non-payment of any tax. "Due to the recent development in the field of online purchase, web-based software applications or through tele-shopping platforms, which does not attract any tax under the present Act, local businesses were adversely affected," state Finance Minister Saurabh Patel said while presenting the bill. As per the bill, the ..