A group of 21 organisations, including Broadband India Forum, Deepstrat, the Internet Freedom Foundation, and the Dialogue, as well as some individuals, have written to the government asking for a five-month extension to the May 15, 2024 deadline to provide inputs to the draft of the Digital Competition Bill.
In the letter addressed to the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, the organisations and individuals have argued that the extension in the comments’ submission timeline is necessary to allow stakeholders to conduct research, involve small businesses, consumers, and gig workers as well as study the impact of ex-ante regulations across the world and its efficacies.
In the letter, the organisations have also requested that since the proposed regulations will overlap with some of the tech and sector-specific regulations, a whole of government approach is necessary for effective design and implementation of the Digital Competition Bill.
