Reuters exclusively reports India’s plan for tighter e-commerce rules faces internal dissent

Reuters reported exclusively that India’s plan to tighten rules on its fast-growing e-commerce market has run into internal government dissent, with the Ministry of Finance describing some proposals as “excessive” and “without economic rationale.” The differences were contained in memos reviewed by Reuters, which offered a rare glimpse of high-stakes policy-making governing a market already featuring global retail heavyweights from Amazon to Walmart, plus domestic players like Reliance Industries and Tata Group.