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Research Report: Indian Policy Instruments and Objectives of the Proposed Digital Competition Act: Implications, Challenges, and Way Forward

In India, the discourse surrounding the establishment of an ex-ante regulatory framework was initiated with the release of the 172nd Report on ‘Promotion and Regulation of E-commerce in India’ by the Standing Committee on Commerce (Commerce Committee) in June 2022. This was followed by the release of the 53rd Report by the Parliamentary Standing Committee […]

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Written Comments: Draft Competition Commission of India (Lesser Penalty) Regulations, 2023

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On October 16, 2023, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) introduced the Draft Competition Commission of India (Lesser Penalty) Regulations, 2023 (DLPR). The DLPR replaces the Competition Commission of India (Lesser Penalty) Regulations, 2009, and introduces a new Lesser Penalty Plus (LPP) framework. The LPP regime was introduced within the leniency framework by the recent

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Written Comments: Competition Commission of India’s Draft Regulation on Combinations

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The recent Competition (Amendment) Act, 2023 (2023 Act), has introduced various changes to provisions relating to merger control in the Competition Act, 2002 (the Act). Notably, the 2023 Act introduced the Deal Value Threshold (DVT) as a new notification threshold. Under the DVT, a transaction will require prior approval of the Competition Commission of India

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Written Comments : Competition Commission of India’s Draft Regulations on Settlement and Commitment

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The recently enacted Competition (Amendment) Act of 2023 has introduced significant changes aimed at reducing antitrust litigation and facilitating faster market corrections. On August 23, 2023, the Competition Commission of India (CCI), also known as the Commission, published two important documents for public consultation: the Draft Settlement Regulations (DSR) and the Draft Commitment Regulations (DCR).

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Competition Law in the Digital Age: Adapting to New Realities

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Aiming to add to the ongoing discourse on policy and regulatory approaches to addressing competition issues in digital markets, The Dialogue hosted an international conference on 6th July 2023, in hybrid mode, on the theme of “Competition Law in the Digital Age: Adapting to New Realities”. The conference was attended by a diverse group of

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Working Paper: Digital Markets and Gaps in the Indian Competition Regime

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Several countries across the world, including India, are reforming their competition frameworks to suit the needs of digital markets. These proposed changes are being considered due to certain policy and regulatory gaps observed by policymakers. The working paper discusses the existence and extent of these gaps in the Indian context and makes preliminary observations for

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Competition (Amendment) Bill, 2023: Changes in light of the Finance Committee’s Recommendations

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On March 29th 2023, the Lok Sabha passed the Competition (Amendment) Bill, 2023 (‘2023 Bill’). The previous iteration of the Bill was released in August 2022 (‘2022 Bill’), following which it was referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance (‘the FC’). The FC released its report making notable recommendations to the Bill. In line

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Event Report: Future of Competition Policy in Digital Markets

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Aiming to add to the ongoing discourse on policy and regulatory approaches to addressing competition issues in digital markets, The Dialogue hosted a virtual roundtable discussion titled, ‘Future of Competition Policy in Digital Markets’ on March 10, 2023. The Roundtable opened with a panel discussion featuring Dr. Amar Patnaik, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, Dr.

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Primer: 53rd Report of the Standing Committee on Finance and a Potential Ex-Ante Competition Law Regime

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The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance (the Committee) recently released its 53rd report on ‘Anti-Competitive Practices by Big Tech Companies’ (the Report). Thereafter, the MCA constituted a new committee to, among other things, analyse the need for a new ex-ante framework for digital markets and draft a new DCA. These developments come at a time

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Antitrust 2.0 – Competition (Amendment) Bill, 2022 and other changes

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The Dialogue organised a roundtable discussion on competition law ‘Antitrust 2.0’ on November 1, 2022. The discussion revolved around three key themes: i) Changes pertaining to anti-competitive agreements, abuse of dominant position, and merger control in the Competition (Amendment) Bill, 2022 (the Bill); ii) ex-ante regulation and gatekeeping rules and; iii) Introduction of Commitments and

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