Piyush Goyal

The government has received complaints against certain e-commerce companies alleging violation of foreign direct investment (FDI) policy and necessary actions have been taken for investigation by the Enforcement Directorate, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. In a written reply to...

Minister of Commerce & Industry Piyush Goyal has said that the government is considering clarifications to ensure fair trade practices like making sure e-commerce players work within the regulatory boundaries and do not influence consumer choice."There is no change in the...

Consensus is building within the government that e-commerce players like Flipkart, Amazon will have to indicate the country of origin of the product on their merchandise. DPIIT under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry is likely to tell e-commerce companies...

The decision to open stores in shopping centres, will be taken soon, after taking into account the guidelines of the health ministry, the commerce and industry ministry said on Friday. According to a PTI report: Issues of retail traders were...

Following a controversy over a circular of the Railway Board issued last week, listing details to be printed on food packets/casseroles on trains, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has ordered even the MRP of all food items must be printed,...

Assuring small-scale businessmen that the era of e-commerce would not affect their trade, Union minister Piyush Goyal said the importance of corner stores and small shops would only increase in the coming days as compared to big shopping malls. According...

Celebrities endorsing misleading advertisements can be jailed for up to five years and face a fine of Rs 50 lakh under a new draft law, which will be taken up by a group of ministers. The Centre in August...

LED bulbs has seen depreciation in its procurement cost from Rs 64.41 to Rs 54.90 per unit. This has happened due to Government's Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme as it is planning to further reduce the price to around Rs...

Gurgaon-based Zomato has recently announced that it has decided to shut down its Zomato Cashless service. The company had introduced cashless payments in Dubai just eight months ago to enable seamless in-app payments at restaurants. As per the company,...