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Working Paper: Digital Markets and Gaps in the Indian Competition Regime

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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Competition (Amendment) Bill, 2023: Changes in light of the Finance Committee’s Recommendations

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

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Event Report: Future of Competition Policy in Digital Markets

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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Online Gaming Regime in India: Analysing the Proposed Amendments to the IT Rules,2021 in relation to Online Gaming

India has recently experienced a surge in online gaming participation across various categories, prompting the government to propose amendments to the IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, specifically targeting online gaming. These changes classify online gaming platforms as intermediaries (Online Gaming Intermediaries), imposing additional obligations and due diligence measures. The proposed

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Primer: 53rd Report of the Standing Committee on Finance and a Potential Ex-Ante Competition Law Regime

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

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Antitrust 2.0 – Competition (Amendment) Bill, 2022 and other changes

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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Principle-based Framework Towards Cross-Border Data Transfers

The report discusses the impact of a restrictive approach towards cross-border data transfers. It highlights that adopting a principle-based framework could be one of the best possible options that India could consider, which fulfils the objectives of deploying safeguards to ensure the security, privacy and data protection of Indian users while allowing data to flow

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Parliamentary Committee on Finance’s 52nd Report on Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022

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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