Crossing the Rubicon | Financial Express Mumbai - newspaper

India's Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade proposed on 23 July allowing foreign-invested e-commerce companies to own inventory for exports, marking the first breach in a decade-old policy that has barred foreign-funded platforms from owning goods. The change, framed as an export boost, establishes a precedent that weakens the regulatory foundation preventing foreign inventory-based retail in the domestic market.

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