Aiming to add to the ongoing discourse on policy and regulatory approaches to addressing competition issues in digital markets, The Dialogue hosted an international conference on 6th July 2023, in hybrid mode, on the theme of “Competition Law in the Digital Age: Adapting to New Realities”. The conference was attended by a diverse group of […]
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Several countries across the world, including India, are reforming their competition frameworks to suit the needs of digital markets. These proposed changes are being considered due to certain policy and regulatory gaps observed by policymakers. The working paper discusses the existence and extent of these gaps in the Indian context and makes preliminary observations for
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On March 29th 2023, the Lok Sabha passed the Competition (Amendment) Bill, 2023 (‘2023 Bill’). The previous iteration of the Bill was released in August 2022 (‘2022 Bill’), following which it was referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance (‘the FC’). The FC released its report making notable recommendations to the Bill. In line
Aiming to add to the ongoing discourse on policy and regulatory approaches to addressing competition issues in digital markets, The Dialogue hosted a virtual roundtable discussion titled, ‘Future of Competition Policy in Digital Markets’ on March 10, 2023. The Roundtable opened with a panel discussion featuring Dr. Amar Patnaik, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, Dr.
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The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance (the Committee) recently released its 53rd report on ‘Anti-Competitive Practices by Big Tech Companies’ (the Report). Thereafter, the MCA constituted a new committee to, among other things, analyse the need for a new ex-ante framework for digital markets and draft a new DCA. These developments come at a time
The Dialogue organised a roundtable discussion on competition law ‘Antitrust 2.0’ on November 1, 2022. The discussion revolved around three key themes: i) Changes pertaining to anti-competitive agreements, abuse of dominant position, and merger control in the Competition (Amendment) Bill, 2022 (the Bill); ii) ex-ante regulation and gatekeeping rules and; iii) Introduction of Commitments and
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The report is a laudable and progressive step for the competition framework of the country. The recommendations are a call for clarity and reasoned analysis in the Indian competition landscape. The recommendations, if incorporated in the Bill, will ensure the protection of innovation nuanced analysis by the CCI as well as enhance compliance with competition
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The proposed changes to the Competition Act, 2002, introduced through the Competition (Amendment) Bill, 2022, the Competition (Amendment) Bill, 2020, and the report of the Competition Law Review Committee (CLRC Report), are seen as a positive step towards enhancing business ease and consumer protection, yet further improvements are needed, especially in adapting to the evolving
