Introduction This post traces the development of India’s foreign direct investment (“FDI”) policy in relation to the e-commerce industry. It analyses the stakeholders’ contemporaneous responses to these developments and also maps the push and pull factors which may have influenced the government to introduce certain policy changes. The beginnings of FDI in e-commerce TheRead more
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The Government’s Position on Cryptocurrency While the novelty factor of cryptocurrency and the blockchain technology has not abated since 2009, Indian regulators have only recently begun evaluating the financial and security risks posed by virtual currencies such as Bitcoin. The Finance Minister, Mr. Arun Jaitley, announced in his 2018 Budget Speech that the government doesRead more