Commerce
Secretary, Rita Teaotia, chaired the first meeting of the Task Force on
e-commerce in New Delhi on July 6. The meeting deliberated upon the suggestions
emerging from the sub-group meetings held during 20th – 22nd June, 2018, 2018.
The suggestions were on wide ranging issues such as cross border data flows,
taxation, trade facilitation and logistics, consumer confidence, IPR and future
tech, FDI and competition issues.
The
sub-groups saw participation from various ministries and departments, high
level representatives from the industry bodies, e-commerce companies,
telecommunication and IT companies and independent experts. It was decided to
set up a Task Force in the first meeting of the Think Tank, on the framework
for national policy on e-commerce, held on 24th April 2018, under the
chairmanship of Suresh Prabhu, Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil
Aviation.