Govt wants 'origin of products' displayed, calls e-commerce firms for meet
The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade
(DPIIT) has called e-commerce majors, including Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal and Paytm,
for a meeting on Wednesday to discuss the ‘displaying origin of the product’ on
these platforms, as anti-China sentiment picks up in the country.
This
follows the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) platform making it mandatory for its
listed sellers to specify the country of origin while registering all new
products on the portal.
The border stand-off between India and China has sparked a campaign here that
is gaining momentum to boycott Chinese products.The
meeting is being organised on a video conferencing platform, according to
people in the know.
Ministry
officials said that this issue has come up earlier and implementation issues
for e-marketplaces would be discussed at the meeting on Wednesday.
Among
other invitees to the discussion are Pepperfry and The
E-commerce Council of India.
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