SME Times News Bureau | 24 Apr, 2018
The
first meeting of the think-tank on the Framework for National Policy
on E-commerce will be held on Tuesday, said the Commerce Ministry on
Monday.
In
an official release, the Commerce Ministry said that Suresh Prabhu,
will chair the first meeting of the think tank on the Framework for
National Policy on E-commerce to be held on April 24.
Senior
officers of the ministries/ departments of the Government of India
involved in different aspects of e-commerce; high level
representatives from the industry bodies, e-commerce companies,
telecommunication companies and IT companies; Reserve Bank of India;
and independent experts have been invited to participate in the
meeting.
The
think tank on the Framework for National Policy on E-commerce has
been established recently by the Department of Commerce.
The
framework is expected to provide a credible forum for an inclusive
and fact-based dialogue leading to recommendations for informed
policy making, so that the country is adequately prepared to take
advantage of the opportunities, and meet the challenges, that would
arise from the next wave of advancements in digital economy.
The
think tank on the Framework for National Policy on E-commerce will
seek to collectively deliberate on the challenges confronting India
in the arena of digital economy with a view to developing
recommendations for a comprehensive and overarching national policy
on e-commerce.
Some
of the issues that will be discussed by the think tank include the
following aspects of e-commerce and digital economy: physical and
digital infrastructure, regulatory regime, taxation policy, data
flows, server localisation, intellectual property rights protection,
FDI, technology flows, responding to disruptions in industrial
organisation, need for skill development and trade-related aspects.
Developments
on e-commerce at the WTO and evolving appropriate national position
on the underlying issues, would be another important dimension of the
discussions of the think tank on the Framework for National Policy on
E-commerce.
The
think tank will explore options for providing a fillip to
entrepreneurship in digital economy. It will identify specific policy
interventions for nurturing domestic firms and create jobs in
e-commerce, said the ministry.
Representatives
of almost fifty organisations are expected to participate in the
first meeting.