Introduction to New Digital Economy Rules

Reasons Behind Stricter Policing

Key Provisions of the Digital Competition Bill

Obligations for Digital Enterprises

Existing Regulatory Landscape

Government's Approach to Feedback and Evidence

Introduction of Guest Kazim Rizvi

Background of the Digital Competition Bill

Designation of Significant Digital Enterprises

Global Influences on the Bill

Concerns and Criticisms of the Bill

Impact on Small Indian Businesses

Conclusion on the Necessity of the Bill

Future Steps and Recommendations

Closing Remarks and Credits

Another week, another rulebook for India’s digital economy this time, a competition code. The Digital Competition Bill (DCB) would flip enforcement from ex-post litigation to ex-ante guardrails for “systemically significant” platforms, banning self-preferencing, data misuse against business users, coercive tying, and stealth blocks on interoperability under the CCI, not a new super-regulator. It’s meant to supplement the Competition Act, not replace it.

In this episode Kazim Rizvi, Founding Director of The Dialogue, a public policy think-tank, tells Anirban Chowdhury that India may not need a new statute now: first test the 2023 Competition Act amendments (settlements/commitments), build capacity, and let case outcomes prove speed and effectiveness citing the CCI’s recent 12-month Google Android TV matter as evidence that ex-post can work with resources.
He also brings data from The Dialogue’s survey of MSMEs using digital platforms to show the rules may hobble Indian digital-first firms.

Ex-ante code now or sharper ex-post tools first?

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Another week, another rulebook for India&rsquo;s digital economy this time, a competition code. The Digital Competition Bill (DCB) would flip enforcement from ex-post litigation to ex-ante guardrails for &ldquo;systemically significant&rdquo; platforms, banning self-preferencing, data misuse against business users, coercive tying, and stealth blocks on interoperability under the CCI, not a new super-regulator. It&rsquo;s meant to supplement the Competition Act, not replace it.
In this episode Kazim Rizvi, Founding Director of The Dialogue, a public policy think-tank, tells Anirban Chowdhury that India may not need a new statute now: first test the 2023 Competition Act amendments (settlements/commitments), build capacity, and let case outcomes prove speed and effectiveness citing the CCI&rsquo;s recent 12-month Google Android TV matter as evidence that ex-post can work with resources. He also brings data from The Dialogue&rsquo;s survey of MSMEs using digital platforms to show the rules may hobble Indian digital-first firms.
Ex-ante code now or sharper ex-post tools first?
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