The All India Online Vendors Association (AIOVA) has again urged the government to set up a regulatory body to monitor e-commerce players and their merchant policies, reports PTI. The urge comes on the back of recent Walmart-Flipkart $16 Billion deal, where US giant Walmart has picked 77% stakes in Flipkart. In a media statement, AIOVA said that it has been demanding a regulatory body to monitor the trade of e-commerce marketplaces and their policies towards sellers. "We had made this demand in the E-commerce Committee formed under Niti Aayog in the year 2016 where we were assured they will immediately start working on it," the statement reads. Besides that AIOVA also complains that the government has not taken them in the account in the process of chalking out a framework for National E-commerce Policy. AIOVA represents about 3,500 sellers present on various e-commerce platforms like Flipkart, Amazon and Snapdeal. #askprabhu 1. Why is commerce ministry not including us in think tank of ecommerce. 2. Why there is no revert in our specific complaints regarding various issues. 3. Why are you shying away from making a regulatory body for ecommerce marketplaces? @sureshpprabhu — All India Online Vendors Association (@AIOVA3) May 14, 2018 AIOVA and other trader bodies including Swadeshi Jagran Manch, and Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) are not in favour of the Walmart-Flipkart deal as this could affect sellers' business. Thank you for your support. We hope the government looks into this instead of staying silent. We have been lobbying for more than 2 years, however…
