The ED is scrutinising whether Amazon and Flipkart controlled vendors in ways that violate regulations, which mandate that these platforms operate purely as intermediaries and not as inventory-based b

ED's aim is to know if the ecommerce majors were exercising control over vendors, which violates FDI rules as they can only act as platforms.

Under India's FDI rules, e-commerce platforms are prohibited from exercising control over vendors and are required to operate solely as neutral intermediaries

Happy Monday! The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has narrowed its probe’s focus on ecommerce firms. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.