CAIT slams e-commerce firms for stopping operations

By

Maverick Martins

Published
Apr 8, 2020

The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT), a body representing traders in the country, has slammed major e-commerce firms for stopping their operations amid the coronavirus crisis in the country.
 

CAIT has accused the e-commerce companies of suspending activities during the lockdown period as being a calculated move, as operating during this time is not profitable.
 
“It is highly unfortunate and extremely reprehensible that in this hour of global and national crisis due to Covid19, the e-commerce giants have stopped their operations and failed to stand up to the nation’s needs," CAIT’s secretary-general, Praveen Khandelwal, said in a statement.

“The delinquent behaviour by e-commerce portals is also condemnable because, in such a scenario where all stakeholders should actually assume responsibility and come forward to help the country, they have chosen to step back and sit on the fence because doing business during crisis hours does not seem profitable to them,” the statement added.
 
Some e-commerce companies like Flipkart, Amazon, Grofers, Bigbasket, and others have already started their operations in select cities for the delivery of essential goods.
 
They claim that local issues such as differing state and district level regulations are hindering their operations across India.