New Delhi. In significant action against the biggest players in e-commerce, Amazon and Flipkart have been found prosecuted by the Bureau of Indian Standards for their stock in their Delhi warehouses. The department discovered articles in warehouses in Delhi that were not certified for quality and got seized this month. This raid was preceded in Tamil Nadu by a similar act, where goods were suspected as having no necessary marks of certification.
Worth of Rs 76 lakh possessed by BIS officials included these articles like geysers, food processors, and sports shoes for the said reasons-lack of proper certification labels or bogus certifications were displayed. In particular, the warehouse in Amazon saw goods to the figure of Rs 70 lakh ($81,561); and Flipkart found that sports shoes read Rs 6 lakh ($7,000). These incidents have brought out to the forefront the growing stress that needs to be shown by the act of implementing the laws set out for the application of product quality requirements.
Both Amazon and Flipkart are the most important players in the e-commerce business of India but have pledged to adhere to local laws. However, no comment was immediately forthcoming from them on the latest BIS raid. The bruised ego of the two e-commerce giants also stands as a potential barrier for their growth when some antitrust investigations last year looked into their exchange practices in India. This latest series of events questions these e-commerce giants' conduct with respect to local law that governs their operations in a market that is believed to hover past the marquee of USD 160 billion by 2028.
This investigation throws light on a burgeoning crackdown on e-commerce operations and the distinct lines under consideration by the regulating commercial agencies to save up for the interests of the consumers.
[Source Credit: NDTV]
