India monitoring festive discounts offered by e-commerce giants

India monitoring festive discounts offered by e-commerce giants

Diwali celebrations. Photo by Madhukar Kumar on Unsplash

The Indian government is looking into whether hefty discounts offered on Walmart-owned Flipkart and Amazon.com during their online festive sales violate foreign investment rules, a commerce ministry official told Reuters.

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