Good suggestions for draft e-commerce guidelines: Goyal

The authorities has obtained “very good feedback” on the draft e-commerce guidelines and after finding out the identical, the foundations are being finalised, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Minister Piyush Goyal mentioned Friday.
In an digital handle on the event of National Consumer Day, he mentioned, “Ten rules and six regulations have been notified till now under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019. One or two more are under process.”
“A draft of e-commerce rules was released, which received very good feedback. After studying that, the e-commerce rules are being finalised as what should be the e-commerce rules so that there is a little control over people doing trade through e-commerce, and facilitating people,” Goyal mentioned. He mentioned the federal government will even finalise a proposal to make sure decriminalisation of the Legal Metrology Act, including that the Department of Consumer Affairs has transitioned from “consumer protection” to “consumer empowerment and prosperity”.