The US has criticised India's data localisation norms and draft e-commerce policy terming certain proposals as "most discriminatory and trade-distortive". "The US strongly encourages India to reconsider the most discriminatory and trade-distortive aspects of this draft policy and the other measures described above," it added. The government has floated a draft e-commerce policy which seeks to provide a policy framework that will enable the country to benefit from rapid digitisation of the domestic as well as global economy. "India's customs authority generally requires extensive clearance documentation, which leads to frequent and lengthy processing delays. Further, it added that foreign participation in professional services is significantly restricted and, in the case of legal services, is prohibited entirely.

Source: dna April 09, 2019 15:56 UTC