India Calls Rapid Growth of E-commerce "Concerning" | Vantage with Palki Sharma

[@Humanbeing01]

He should shut gambling apps. It’s breaking many families.

[@nuke837]

💯

[@akib289]

Right 👍

[@jaswath9378]

Did anyone force them on gunpoint to gamble with hard earned money?? All are probability experts and Memorists?? It is called TSTL- Too Stupid To Live

[@NSKTheRipper]

​​@@jaswath9378If people make mistake its government's duty to correct it. You cannot blame them. Same applies with smoking and drinking. You comment does not make any sense.

[@AAA_5Ys]

Cigarettes Alcohol Gutka

[@rohitaryavart9823]

Yeah Stepping out and Spending hours together in Traffic, Pathetic pot hole filled roads, Dust, Pollution does he even realize what common man has to endure on daily basis, Ur Government should first get your actions together And build a better and Sustainable Infrastructure and Eliminate Corruption. Gyan dene aagaya..

[@hvvaghani]

You are platting like u born in Europe 😂😂😂 today’s situation of roads are far better than was before 10 years. Yes we are behind, but now govt is building satisfactory progress in infrastructure. We know that some potato will never get out of home even after good infra 😂😂😂😂

[@rohitaryavart9823]

@@hvvaghaniGodi Bhakt spotted 🤣🤣 When I am stating facts why does sound rhetoric.. Why only Europeans can have and experience a High standard of Living according to you?? Indians Citizens are not entitled to better Living conditions?? Coz of people like you only Government have become literally Non functional these days..

[@amitavchatterjee]

A vertical economy is not only socially unhealthy but also dangerous for social stability. We need to focus on lateral expansion.

[@subhashatluri8840]

I wonder why this indian minister did not comment when JIO was distributing free sim card and call it predatory practice. Is it piyush Goyal is just offended becoz amazon is headache for his baniya friends.

[@Kislay11]

​@@subhashatluri8840 Although I agree personal bias was involved But if I were to give reasons, there is lots of benefits with low price and wide access of internet and it only negatively impacts a very small number of people (basically just the competitors that weren't able to survive), so yeah it is a bit monopolistic and not good for maintaining a healthy competition, but an argument can be made that it is much more beneficial than harmful, and we can see with Airtel, that a smart competitor was able to survive, so if others planned a bit better Maybe they would have still remained in game. While in case of Amazon, although arguments can be made that it benifits the over all economy as there is larger reach for sellers etc etc. But it is also apparent, that it could pose as a very big threat to many small and medium size retailers all across the country, so the pool of share holders is much larger

[@amitavchatterjee]

@@subhashatluri8840 agree 100%

[@G40_VannufromBharat]

​​​@subhashatluri8840 well Jio dismissed foreign companies in indian market and introduced cheap internet, that did help many local consumers to actually start business UPI also became successful just because of this Whereas e-commerce is disrupting the local market There is a difference It's like introducing a cheap crop that has high value in the market which ends up benefiting farmers and not the middlemen Whereas e-commerce introduces foreign crop in the market with cheap prices(predatory pricing to be precise), this ends up as a loss for local farmers and a profit for "foreign companies" which ultimately increases unemployment and gini coefficient in a country where 80% of the population indulges in informal sector It's basic economics which I as a science student can understand. Politics shouldn't always be a part of discussion.

[@subhashatluri8840]

@@G40_VannufromBharat piyush goyal has a problem because people can get stuff conveniently & cheaply. He wants people to buy at higher prices from his 'baniya billionaire ' friend..... AJIO has crazy predatory pricing ...why not mention AJIO ?

[@SLLR4594]

I am a working lady who single handedly handles home and office. I know how much e-commerce helps me to make my daily life easy. I spent 10 - 12 hrs infront of system but i could order my mother's medicines which they deliver at doorstep, i could order milk,veggies, groceries which got delivered within 15 mins so i can plan my breakfast and lunch before logging into system for work for which i would have to spend 3 - 4 hrs in traffic, i could order other essentials by quickly comparing many sites for quality and price while doing other house chore. Now when mother says we are running out of this and that every moment i don't bother anymore, I just keep it in my cart immediately so i wont forget. I can book a cab, i can order food..so in nutshell it helps me being more productive and saves a lot of time. Even i don't remember when last time i stood in a queue infront of ATM to withdraw money.

[@prabhakar0076]

Be ready for Hospital bills😂😂😂

[@SLLR4594]

@@prabhakar0076 no brother.. it helps me to get some time out to do excercise also 😀

[@darkzero4608]

If it has few advantages but has many disadvantages. So people have to understand and walk their path. Nature give everything good bad ugly, I mean sweet, spicy, poison , you choose wisely

[@prabhakar0076]

@@SLLR4594 if u go to shopping outside for General items like Groceries not specific items, where online comes handy,the shopping itself is a big exercise 😊. It's better to shop on weekends outside and stock for a week. Medicines - OK but not Groceries. 10 - 12 hrs b4 screen screaming for health hazard combined with stress

[@VIMAL-xh8wr]

good point sister.

[@Alex-bp3fr]

Amazon did what Indian government failed to do since 1950 organize the Indian market. Open up giant departmental stores and hypermarket chains with superior quality products and then sell them online/ offline who is stopping you. But sticking to 1850's era retail store model is technically no longer feasible.

[@paragshah3680]

Not sensible argument

[@sujaymn1579]

Well government failed to provide you free comfort and food for you. So what did you do. What contribution did you do apart from paying tax. Paying tax doesn't give you right to blame the government.

[@a6hiji7]

I think he has no idea how the Amazon marketplace works.

[@Vor567tez]

Superior quality in Amazon 😂

[@Alex-bp3fr]

@@sujaymn1579 In my comment I have highlighted a key Issue the market is not connected and organized on Amazon you can easily find stuff that would suit your niche requirements in shorter span of time lowering the procurement time and boosting productivity. The traditional way of procuring the same item would take days of search from shop to shop. In my comment I have also advised opening up departmental stores and hypermarkets housing items for wide range of buyers. -There is no harm in appreciating something that's good. -I would not have criticized If there were such Giant departmental stores or Hypermarkets where you cam go knowing you would find exactly the item you are looking for.

[@alans.h.993]

I dont think the gov needs to disrupt the comfort of the middle class any further.

[@SaiSS961]

True that .

[@raunaksingh8624]

Amazon is the most monopolistic company out there.

[@Alex-bp3fr]

​@@raunaksingh8624 because there is no one to challenge

[@Leo-rd7dt]

​@@raunaksingh8624if someone better than Amazon will come, then we will go to that platform

[@nrusimha11]

How self-centered! I imagine that many of the crores of kiraaNa owners being uprooted also currently belong to the middle class, though not for long at this rate and with such selfish attitudes.

[@chiggywiggy524]

Just fear mongering, so many sellers are selling on Amazon including me. Old markets close, new markets emerges...that's just basic economics 🤦‍♂️

[@prabhakar0076]

Yes, that's how vegetables got 1 kg 99 rs only 😂😂😂

[@madhukarsonawane6203]

OP How much money Amazon pays you to say this?

[@PoppinThePig]

@@madhukarsonawane6203 these are just troll bots

[@opnia]

Only Amazon is selling on Amazon.. Amazon Basics, Only own brands Own seller's Apario

[@sourabh513]

Amazon will sooner than later squeeze out their own sellers by copying their products via Amazon Basics / their private label and undercutting you.

[@saipulivarthi]

Let Amazon do their pricing.. or else stop looting middle class in the name of taxes! If I am going to save 50rs by shopping on Amazon, I am going to do it.. instead of using merely available public transport or using my own vehicle which I already paid 30% tax and spend on Fuel which is also taxed at almost 50%.. No local vendors are supported in the process the minister is saying, its just that they are loosing on tax money. I regret voting for BJP this term.

[@MrLamdaist]

So true ! Government are just concerned to accumulate taxes from the middle class !

[@clarence3494]

Is all part of govt. plan to launch Ambani into e-commerce, they want to disrupt the current player and create a monopoly 😂😂😂

[@shivdhanush3676]

Absolutely yes.... How come this Modi government started thinking for middle class.. Poor are getting free houses , free ration, free education, money for marriage, gifts on completing 10th,12th and graduate exams ...all from middle class taxes

[@satyaambler]

Yes ajio & jiomart are ultimate beneficiaries.

[@gopakumarr6414]

I would rather buy iPhone for 53k, rather than shelling 70k in retails pricey stores.70k means extra GST for govt on the price difference.

[@prashantmaheshwari4066]

i didn't see him commenting when reliance jio was doing this. Besides go where in such heavy traffic, first ask them to build infrastructure so it doesn't take hours to travel kms.

[@classnclassics7252]

They are building infrastructure - and also helping governments like in Karnataka for free yojanas !! You need to understand it’s just 6% of us who file income tax . Yes - GST is the only tax every one is paying but in general income tax collected is very less for the population .

[@steffan-y2z]

​@@classnclassics7252 😂😂😂 Building infrastructure for who ? Reliance ? They even wiped out BSNL, Vodafone etc, what he was doing then?

[@classnclassics7252]

@@steffan-y2z why do you think Reliance is in this position today ? It’s because Dhirubhai Ambani did the same with governments of Congress too !!! Wake up to reality . Reliance and Adani group are businessmen and they will be that. They don’t care if it’s Modi or Rahul in power . It matters to us because we can’t have some one who is a nepo baby and has no experience in administration of the country , I would vote for Sachin Pilot even if he is a nepotism product because he has enough administrative knowledge . On the other hand let us not even discuss Rahul !!

[@steffan-y2z]

@@classnclassics7252 The question is only about his complaint about Predatory pricing and Duopoly creation, Which they themselves systematically allowed for Reliance.... Why your complaining against Wal-Mart and Amazon when they do come and do business with their deep pocket as per your logic. But you're are talking about Pappu, pilot which is out of context, first you grow up kid.... It's pointless for a naive mind like you to understand ..

[@stormssf8538]

Okay but big companies like reliance is phasing out employees

[@roshangupta5573]

Yeah you are not supposed to point that out, you must not bad mouth indian companies like adani and reliance, its forbidden. /s

[@beastislive7174]

I think it same for all companies incl Google Microsoft Adobe etc.... Why only reliance ?

[@cadetkarthik5065]

Yes this fools wants to giv chance for Ambani

[@senpai1628]

@@roshangupta5573it’s seasonal hiring and firing They’ve hired more employees overall just retail are being laid off

[@MrAnvith1993]

That's normal, its just Media who is highlighting the event. every year some employees are laid off those who are underperforming, Ambani were in media limelight so to match with trp they released that news.

[@ajinkyashembekar]

Sitting on twitter and congratulating the PM for literally anything he does and not doing anything on ground is also called being a couch potato Mr Goyal

[@Adityabikramnayak]

How will foreign food and beverage companies do favor to the economy ? -the profit goes outside of India -the employment is less, but revenue is from Indians only - is foreign technological competition needed in such industries

[@unknown.m.e]

It happens the other way too. Even the most profitable Indian companies put their companies outside India for tax benefits Talk about that

[@LikeDeep-q6w]

If no Indian company is ready to invest and compete with this foreign chain, then why blame foreign companies? Either you do it, or someone else will do it.

[@Adityabikramnayak]

@@LikeDeep-q6w ITC, haldiram, parle, amul ... List goes on

[@LikeDeep-q6w]

@@Adityabikramnayak Then what are you crying about?

[@Rav01508]

​@@Adityabikramnayak and then why are u complaning about??😂😂

[@cv1234-s2j]

Fix the roads and public infrastructure first. I will happily go outside. Horrible traffic problems and pollution in all cities and potholes everywhere

[@raghavgarg9511]

As a single introvert guy this ecommerce site are a god blessing, I can buy what I want at the comfort of my without being judged, cheated, or needing to bargain.

[@Sanju_Baba_G]

They were praising digital India sometime back and blaming now why? few months back they targeted Paytm and now Amazon, whats going on? and by the way, coffee shops also owned by foreign companies only.

[@Rav01508]

Digital india if india is winning only. But since india is losing they came up with some bullsh1t reason about e-commerce. Sounds like a sore loser complaning

[@vigneshk8413]

They are not blaming "digital" India? MrGoyal only pointed out that buying from the comfort of your home reduces social interaction and affects small business. Though the impact may not be high now it will be in the future. This does not mean he wants eCommerce phased out. Stop making your own assumptions !!!

[@Rav01508]

@@vigneshk8413 is india living in stone age? When the world is moving toward digitalization E commerce AI Automation but india stuck with this lol

[@VishyVV]

The thing is as a middle class person, I will purchase where ever its cheap because its the govt thats making me do this because they levy so many taxes that I dont save much to pay costly indian traders. To me as a honest tax payer, I will go where ever its cheap and gives me the value for money.

[@tradehut2782]

Basically : "How dare there be competition and improved product quality?"

[@Justin_Why]

What about us medical students, who don’t get regular outing outside campus premises? Amazon, flipkart, nyaaka are blessing for us

[@Rav01508]

2 Samosa, 1 Tea and a Water Bottle costed me 490 Rs at Mumbai Airport. Flight Ticket From Mumbai to Kolkata- 9230 Rs. Cab drivers Took 1500 Rs. Total 11220 Rs For Reaching Home (One time). Avg. Person Earns Salary Per month in Kolkata is 17000. And many of those People Among 100 Crore population whose Family depends on their Earnings !! Seriously Janata Khatre mai hai !!😢

[@DesiCarAssistant]

2 samosa, 1 tea and a water bottle for just 490??? Bhai, discount mila hoga. Mujhe 350 mein sirf 1 chai mili thi Delhi ke IGI airport per.

[@DSN007]

everywhere its same. airport aint a food place. when u buy from a place which is not meant for what it is, thats what happens. all around the world.

[@subhashatluri8840]

I wonder why this indian minister did not comment when JIO was distributing free sim card and call it predatory practice. Is it piyush Goyal is just offended becoz amazon is headache for his baniya friends.

[@Harishkumar._hk]

Baniya friends what rubbish. Small stores are run by middle class people. Irrespective of their caste.

[@speed999-uj5kr]

So why don't u bongos return to Bengal ?! Don't u guys like it there ? Don't you like communism/socialism ?

[@jayendrajagdale5599]

Such pathetic thinking 😢 Does he really pass the CA exam? Only God can save this country from such rogue Politicians 🙏😢

[@xxTeamKillerxx]

Meh.. your horrible taxes for the middle class leaves very little for comforts.. we will take discounted goods wherever we get

[@kvani9006]

1) There is no parking places for vehicles . So going out with family is ruled out. 2) Almost all the malls are charging parking fee in the name of maintenance against the rule. 3) No safe pavements for pedestrians. 4) Pavements are occupied by hawkers, or beggars 5) Teansformers of commercial complexes are seen in ghe pavements. Difficult to walk 6) Pavements are occupied by bikers for parking especially at food joints OFFLINE SHOPPING IS NO FUN THESE DAYS.

[@LOGAN-sp2ye]

To those worrying about the livelihood of kirana owners who many a times don't even give receipts or pay taxes what about the millions of livelihood that companies like amazon and flipkart are creating in form of delivery boys, customer support and whatnot Or does their livelihood dont matter.

[@drbhaviify]

Stop interfering and moral policing . U guys hv no job other than disturbing middle class!

[@jaycdp]

Middle class kongi

[@acswain6720]

Well, all the retail money goes to outside manufacturers. The profits go outside. That money isn't used anymore to add to India's growth or prosperity. And everyone still wants the government to pay for their petrol, lpg and electricity. Where the f**k the govt get that subsidy money if most of the money earned by FMCG retail goes directly to outside of India. May be from IMF and World Bank?

[@PrashantSingh-lc2fu]

Better say middle class congressi... you don't represent everyone

[@in_ashish]

@@acswain6720 Who cares? What the government has done? What they have offered? All the money is sucked part by part while moving through the channel of corruption. And nobody cares, and the f8ck you saying. look at ministers properties , where their kids/daugther are studying or settled? Prolly west. Why you want to take excessive burden. We all will doomed and turned into trashes.

[@karthik21bharath]

​​@@acswain6720dude ecommerce sites pays huge taxes too to government for doing business. It's globalised economy. Stop with brain dead comments

[@TangledHues]

So true. I prefer shopping from local market. The discounts offered on most clothing sites are beyond understanding. If you're offering same price of a clothing I used to pay 10 years back, who is getting exploited? The labour. Indirectly we are making poor poorer. There is no way the company is not making profit. And other one getting affected is the local vendor. Also, this laziness will cost us our health ultimately. So use online only when needed. Be active. Move, move, move. More you use your body, more it works better.

[@deadshot6135]

We need to buy and support local retail stores near us!!! The predators are seated on huge tables of high rise office buildings eating out the local market!!!!

[@SoYappy]

Or your local retail stores can go e-commerce as well, scale up, go national.

[@swami91]

who are the predators? Local fellow at high prices with less choices or e-commerce where consumer can shop for low price, variety and quality? Local retailers can force farmers to give at rock bottom price and sell so high, while consumers are not allowed to shop for the best bargain?

[@vetrugrahavasi5404]

your local retailers policy is no return, no exchange purchase at your own risk

[@chandra_has]

All cheating middle men should be more honest.... Enough of non tax paying shop fellow who keeps change... Acts like doing favor... Endless traffic... Auto fellow drama.... It's much better... It would be great if WFH was made permanent

[@nrusimha11]

@@SoYappy How fussed up is this thinking! Your lack of understanding of things is staggering. Are you proposing that each of the crores of independent kiraaNa owners 'go national'?

[@ssk7690]

So basically goyal wants the prices increased on ecommerce so people go outside and buy things. But he fails to understand that the success of quick commerce in India proves only one thing, how lazy and comfortable people become, not going out. Blinkit is literally bringing ecommerce to quick commerce. And it's success must remind him of one thing: learn to change with time.

[@ashish4tradewell]

My brother there are always two sides of coin, one shouldn't be always happy by just seeing the shiny side of it.

[@Bookaholic_]

Our Finance ministers don't want middle class to be happy ....they can't even stand when we are getting things in cheap prices..... government policies created this monopoly ....stop attacking the middle class and try to create a healthy environment to build new business and start-ups

[@PrashantSingh-lc2fu]

Local retailers belongs to lower middle class.... he's trying to protect their business. Your comment makes no sense.

[@shingamba]

@@PrashantSingh-lc2fu Local retailers are an old concept in the capitalist world, new business strategies will always wipe out old ones. He should rather encourage Local retailers to open shop online.

[@ashokjashnani984]

Low price and comfort are more important than who makes money. At the end high price retailers with no added value will go out of business.

[@nrusimha11]

How incredibly self-centered! Also short-sighted.

[@ashokjashnani984]

Neither I am not self-centered nor short-sighed. You can't change human nature and run away from the reality.

[@JJay1823]

That is the difference between the one who puts his personal interests above the country's interests....

[@NatureAndMyself]

Yeah I can see huge impact on local vendors … we need find a solution may be by restricting e-commerce for some products or promoting local vendors so that people get more profit going outside home rather ordering everything on e-commerce

[@unknown.m.e]

Auto driver facing losses so stop buying cars and bikes?

[@chiggywiggy524]

STOP MANIPULATING THE MARKET!! Whatever happened to laissez-faire 🤡

[@rudrakshrai4637]

​@@unknown.m.e Meanwhile Auto drivers in Karnataka : Plz speak in kannada saarrr

[@Naveen.choudhary99]

Govt should Ban Flipkart FBF warehouses and Amazon FBA warehouses to stop their exploitation of small online sellers who sell on these platforms

[@SoYappy]

This guy commercial minister didn’t make sense at all. He didn’t seem to welcome investments.

[@rudrakshrai4637]

Yes lol, investments generate jobs. That's what happened with China.

[@susovandatta]

What about local shops? How will they earn? There are millions in India

[@user-dv9tz3wu6b]

Exactly... when UPI is growing they have no problem because its local when Amazon is growing they have problem because its not a local business Flipkart an Indian ecommerce left India and went to Singapore - Gov just want to tax business too much except Adani and Ambani - Indians dont want local version of Google and Amazon in country, they want tags of foreign look and foreign validation Reality of some Indians dragging Indian business down which also includes Civil/Gov workers

[@jagadishbhatta9562]

​@@user-dv9tz3wu6b Flipkart is American

[@HarshSharma-tx3dw]

@@susovandattastats shows that only 4% of indians buy online so the rest of the 96% are still using local shops. What’s your point?

[@nijojosseph]

Wide range of quality products are available at best rates online whereas limited range, high pricing, profit hungry local market. One minister saying he will not allow autonomous vehicles in India another one will not allow online discounted pricing? Are they pulling us back to the vedic era?

[@mimi21746]

How can you be minister of ecommerce and be against ecommerce, India is a very funny country😂😂

[@9876karthi]

E-commerce is not alone commerce 😂😂

[@Ducktility]

what??? there is no "minister of ecommerce"

[@Rav01508]

India have talented ministers.😂😂 This country is a joke

[@9876karthi]

@@Rav01508 👈 real 🤡

[@9876karthi]

@@Rav01508 👈 real joker

[@ABCDEFGHI913]

Where was this Minister when Jio was doing predatory pricing in Telecom. It was also in losses for several years. And what about organised retail (dominated by Reliance) harming mom and pop stores with their low prices. Why no word about that ?

[@SaiSS961]

Now this government doesn't want middle class to even get discounts. Pls Let us live! 😭😠 Improve the roads and other infrastructure first, then we will go out 🙄

[@mtrest4]

Discounts now Higher prices later once monopolies are established.

[@chiggywiggy524]

​@@mtrest4 empty fear mongering tactics from goberment 🤡

[@swami91]

@@mtrest4 still high prices only with local retail mafias. There are many e-commerce sites now.

[@ManagementGuy]

​@Dr.Kraig_Renwhat ??

[@amjago_]

Well said​@@mtrest4

[@TGill22]

When local shop owners treat customers like shit and think they can sell us anything why would anyone go there???? Just see the ease of purchasing online you have to go to the shop in traffic in India, it is not like as if we live in the EU where you can walk peacefully without getting hit by vehicles. we have to be careful when walking and avoid stray animals and have to walk on the road becuase shops are extened to the walkways and now consume bad air for long. After all that trouble you reach a cramped shop sometimes nice but now they behave and treat customers like shit. SO first government should focus on making our journey to our destination comfortable before making bold statements or preaching to us how to live.

[@RawhitTalekar]

Next list of electoral bond names 1. Amazon 2.Flipkart 3.Nykaa 😂😂😂

[@SrinivasTR32]

Going out !!! Where is the proper infra.. Where is the sufficient parking.. Etc Etc..

[@saipranay3416]

Instead of crying India 🇮🇳 should develop our own E commerce stop Pushing real skill to US 🇺🇸 companies with reservation....

[@orientalguy9462]

without the majority of their own they are dependent on caste based parties, why this is the case because in the elections people didn't vote on development they voted on caste lines.

[@Exam-x6b]

NGDC

[@Exam-x6b]

People will still buy from amazon .....predatory pricing

[@pika_pika_pikachu143]

Bro bjp tried to remove reservation but congress and others party's are protesting what they can do alone

[@Iddjeh]

Who will make it your mom

[@MrDantheman69]

In a city like Bangalore... Who the hell wants to go out in the conjested pot filled stress inducing polluted traffic and socialize? Sorry we would rather stay at home stress free and breathe better. Our time is too valuable to be wasted in traffic. Improve the roads and infrastructure first and then preach.

[@prabhakar0076]

Oh but thousands of delivery persons should endure that hassle and they become part of congested traffic😂😂😂

[@bikashddpl]

This comment from the minister doesn’t sound logical. If more people go out they will experience pollution and ultimately impacts Health

[@Mira-pm3ni]

Even staying at home also impacting health . E commerce is surely needed in big cities as they have traffic problem but the rest of India getting depended on it is a matter of concern .

[@AtheistfanGuava]

You breath the same air sitting at home, that's a weaknpoint. The point is price cheaper, easier, comfort.

[@pks001]

Indian govt should create an app which must link with all small retailers and sell it... Through which all can be benefited

[@rohitguptac]

😂 how did Piyush Goyal even pass the Cost Accountancy exam with such high marks when he can’t distinguish between loss and investment.

[@onkarkulkarni24]

He didn't, He passed Chartered Accountancy exam

[@Ravi.Kataria]

What he said is absolutely correct, Amazon is making losses due to discounts, they don't need $1 billion in investments to run e-com business... So easy for we Indians to doubt a fellow Indian over outsiders

[@sujoyghosh5491]

​@@Ravi.Kataria can we doubt over adani and ambani?

[@Ravi.Kataria]

@@sujoyghosh5491 Brother Sujoy, after seeing what is happening in east and west bengal, still you are stuck in this Adani Ambani false narrative? Can't you see the forces carrying out these narratives hate the existence of Sanatan Dharma?

[@faraway7733]

​@@sujoyghosh5491 u people can't sleep without dragging adani and Ambani 😂

[@vanitymeetstechnology8792]

You cannot stop the Change my Dear Pyush ji.. life will find its way .. change is the only constant thing .. History has proven this

[@Mira-pm3ni]

But it's disastrous , America has already proven it .

[@nishantkumar6960]

Online Gambling apps are okay for the govt. but ecommerce bad? How corrupt you can be??

[@shanu9494]

It’s simple. Ask each e-commerce company to not run in loss. If in loss, penalise them😊

[@ChristyMedia-b4x]

we do not need so many ministers.., I am concerned

[@indirachevendra4107]

Superb! The answers must come from the government!

[@Justin_Why]

Once again the middle class gets sabotage bcz middle class and comfort are not possible as per BJP

[@AtheistfanGuava]

Local shopkeepers are also middle class, your point is moot.

[@Hyper_4ever]

If govt is that much worried about pricing for the public,,,how about addressing the fact that zomato and swiggy have menu cost higher than actual restaurant pricing in dining and other cost? How about removing toll gates in highways that have been operating for long time now and stop the whole concept of toll gat collection.. How about addressing cost for hospitalization including medicine and other charges... At last, how about treating everybody equal?

[@rallyworld3417]

stupid logic, online is convenient and cheaper then buying expensive petrol and driving in moon land road😂😂 Fix you road and cut taxes on petrol then talk P.s. i buy online cuz of return policy which local store dont provide and bill which proofs product is authentic somewhat

[@SaiSS961]

Exactly. Also enforce traffic rules.

[@madhumitachakraborty-yz5py]

They have to feed Ambani & Adani so can't cut energy prices

[@DesiCarAssistant]

1. He criticizes e-commerce platforms but does nothing to stop dark e-commerce practices. 2. Cloud kitchen is not about a few chefs and delivery boys. It gives business opportunities to a large number of women including home-makers, who would not have dared to even think about starting a business otherwise.

[@silentstormstudio4782]

Maybe we are consuming much rather than investing on things of bigger importance

[@KM07749]

Oh so huge concerns only erupt whn companies that are not Adani or Ambani backed right? Other companies are either expendable or if foreign companies then targeted by CCI conveniently.

[@love_cook]

Government is talking about it now??? Imagine the damage the locals are already suffering, I have seen many of my local retail shop owners literally in tears talking how these e-commerce shopping has damaged their sales, how they may have to close the shop soon.

[@ShowvhickNath]

People have started not going to them because of their filthy behaviour when there was no e-commerce.

[@love_cook]

​@@ShowvhickNath There is nothing filthy for a local selling you goods against the predatory pricing of the giant E-commerce. Why don't you try and get the price lower than these local vendors at your own shop and then talk. I'm not talking about ones who have a filthy behavior, I'm talking about the general local vendors. Plus if you know anything about economics, you would know that that buying local goods keeps the circulation of money within the local area opposite to getting the rich richer with E-commerce which in a long term affects everyone in the economy (local/district/state/country).

[@shauryashekhar]

Will they give free delivery on time? We pay and we get things. What cost should be no one's concern. Market is open for all. The best survive and weak perish, that's life on planet earth. Adapt with time!

[@love_cook]

@@shauryashekhar you don't understand anything because you are shallow with ur thoughts, I don't blame you. Just remember, you the reason why the rich get richer, why your income never grows.

[@CASANOVAThomasThomas]

They are trying to reduce population

[@Daddy99089]

That's the future. Accept and move forward.

[@jatinsahoo458]

Piyush Goyal didn't say anything when Jio did the same thing.... Double Standards 😂

[@sanket103]

Indian companies will never provide the quality of services which Amazon can.. Indian companies are jugaad companies..

[@raahinyapratapsingh1629]

Think of Indian farmers also They are not allowed economy of scale and have to produce at the cost a international cultivator produces without the scale restrictions That's why they are forced to commit sucide Don't think of the retailer Think of the farmer

[@madhumitachakraborty-yz5py]

Agree but they are a baniya party so they wont

[@prernasingh8908]

Ecomm is a blessing, a time saver.

[@rajeevchopra9821]

The government is worried that how common man is getting a discount... Soon a law may be coming to get more taxes from e-commerce companies 😅😅

[@global9138]

Why they are only talking about Amazon? There are Indian e-commerce companies also. They don't have problem with Ambani owned sites.

[@unknown.m.e]

What about ONGC?

[@starupiva]

I totally agree with Piyush Goyalji. Recently these e commerce shops have also resulted in a lot of substandard products, missing orders and losses to customers as well. In a way they connect businesses with millions of buyers but over time quality has suffered. Local businesses have started suffering. The Big Fish are Eating the Small Fish! Not acceptable. Another valid point which Goyalji has mentioned is meeting people, increasing your connections, socializing even can be done in a restaurant or a coffee shop. Who knows what big business idea can spring up in a conversation?

[@deadshot6135]

GO VOCAL FOR LOCAL!!!!

[@Rav01508]

But if ur local products are sh1t then why blame the customers for choosing a better prouduct? Level up ur game.

[@Iddjeh]

Local is just ass

[@pranit_7D]

The government has no business telling people how to spend their hard earned money. Be it a 'couch potatoes' or a 'Gym rat'. Now I do understand the concern for predatory pricing causing competition to go out of business, then they just jack up the prices. But you cannot expect the consumers to be your saviours in this case.

[@LikeDeep-q6w]

Government should let the market decide who it wants. It should not interfere and force people to do things a certain way.

[@readg4fun]

I have not had the experience that Amazon prices are mostly lower than other direct sellers. I usually go to Amazon when I can’t locate the type of or variety of items nearby, for example “paper shredders”, books.

[@rudrakshrai4637]

True, I live in a small town and I can't get 90% if the things here that are listed on Amazon.

[@deadshot6135]

Shopping offline is equally important!!!

[@kevinmathew2973]

Why when we can get it for cheaper prices?

[@nrusimha11]

@@kevinmathew2973 Thinking only about what you pay for without thought for what is happening behind the scenes, is cheap mentality.

[@rudrakshrai4637]

​@@nrusimha11 Are you paying for high prices? Government should focus on inflation and petrol prices if they want us to go outside and buy from local shops.

[@kevinmathew2973]

@@nrusimha11 why do I care as a customer. I care about my benefits. The rest should be taken care off by the government. Competition kills businesses

[@nrusimha11]

@@kevinmathew2973 you should care because none of us is an island, and we are all connected to each other as part of society. to give you an example, let us say a company says ‘let me chop of all the trees in the fores’ and I give you lumber at such prices that it will feel almost free. I am sure you wouldn’t want that because cheap in this context has a cost associated with it that is easy to visualise. Destroying established Kirana networks has a similar cost to society, and if each of us only cares about what we pay to Amazon, that is neither fair nor safe in the long run. You should look up anti-trust laws in America, if you’re not familiar with them.

[@tp7063]

Let people do what they want. Whether they wanna go out or order at home.

[@OPSCDiaries]

This government was not bothered when Reliance Jio was following the same strategy of Predatory Pricing and offering new Jio SIM Cards for free to amass customers!

[@NarutoUzumaki-ix2gx]

Cause the competitors were no small fish either buddy, Airtel, Vodafone, idea were all multi billion dollars company but here the lower middle class kirana owners and small shop owners are suffering, learn about their margin you'll know what I am talking about, it's very low and many time the prices at which the stuff is being sold online is similar to the cost price of the product for the shopkeeper😢😢.

[@VannApragal]

Here is an idea. Clean up the air and streets. Have subsidies for people interested in starting their own business. Manufacture good products in the country. Make it easy to find parking or provide clean public transportation with AC. And try selling healthy, reliable products. That is it!

[@Camilla-s7o]

E-commerce is disastrous - for everyone. Alibaba is cheaper than Amazon. These companies undercut until they acquire market share and then, increase pricing, which is why I have dramatically reduced my e-commerce shopping. India should cool their heels on this trend.

[@classnclassics7252]

Yeah , same here .. unless I have no options I won’t buy online these days .

[@pauldavid5269]

The exact strategy used by jio lol

[@prithwirajjadhav2990]

Going forward, the bottleneck for online shopping won't be pricing, but rather logistics - which is broken and cannot cope. Last mile delivery is horrible. So the concern will self correct.

[@Inderbaum]

Absolutely 👍🏾 correct!

[@ranjandudeja1984]

the problem are retailers, if a customer directly go to them thy have full attitude towards pricing, return/exchange but when thy have to sell vis amazon or another other e commerce platform thy will agree to all t&c...

[@manikkalore1630]

Government should refrain from intervening, They should only focus on creating and maintaining environment for healthy competition.

[@chandramoulibaskaran3886]

Never thought Piyush Goel is so very regressive in his thoughts.

[@ibrahimwaka3916]

Its good and bad.People have become too lazy to do any shopping and socializing is gone out of the window.Problem with e commerce is its just a few people making money compared to retail stores.Once all the shops close down then govt will take notice.

[@unknown.m.e]

And the working hours of employees is 14 hr and people don't have time to do basic things. Now they have to physically go and buy which is a waste of time. And remember the traffic issues in tier 1 cities which again increase even more time waste for people While socializing we have to kill our family time

[@ibrahimwaka3916]

You have a choice of taking less hours let them not bully you.Quality time with family is also important.

[@vinayprakash1687]

Ordering through Zomato is something most Indians cannot afford. So, no need to worry. 80 cr people are surviving on Govt provided "free" rations.

[@maanast]

Businesses changes and AI is going to make some jobs to obsolete . Rest of world moves on and we cannot catch up. Example you tube created a whole new market space. Government wants support Jio mart so they will try reduce Amazon 😅

[@prameetkotakofficial]

Agree upto a point… a social and economic challenge for sure

[@LikeDeep-q6w]

Our commerce minister is having a beef with Amazon because it is giving sleepless nights to his baniya friends 😂😂😂😂

[@PrashantSingh-lc2fu]

Surely not your commerce minister, either you're an outsider pretending Indian or anti Bjp. Let the current government represent the majority who votes them. If you are Indian which is highly unlikely, wait and pray for another 5 years for your commerce minister👍

[@subhashatluri8840]

I wonder why this indian minister did not comment when JIO was distributing free sim card and call it predatory pricing.

[@Nopeabout]

​@@subhashatluri8840 because it was giving benefits

[@GauravK-u6d]

He kas Kalma reading Friends now

[@bepositive378]

Clearly piyush ji wanted to help Ambani by targeting Amazon. Lol, govt should stop raising taxes on middle class families.

[@peacenotwar4430]

I understand what he's saying but there is no going back. Plus this model serves students like us who get best deals online and the citites are so much congested now a days. Who wishes to go out when u can stay in your bubble inside ur room

[@nitinfoxpro]

Ecommerce is providing better customer service than 99% offline stores of our country. Go to buy an ac at a store then visit the same store after a while to visit table fans you will feel the difference. Traffic jams add Salt to the taste of offline marketing.

[@Shubham7C]

Offline sellers can also sell their products online. Instead of raising concerns, make offline merchants digitally literate.

[@Matrix-rq1kh]

well, no one is forcing anyone to use ecommerce, people go there for a reason. Discounts, comfort of ordering from home, easily available products in wide variety which are difficult to get esp in small cities etc And if monopoly is concern, having more options is the answer not blaming them for that

[@sumipal3802]

He forgot to count the fact that the person ordering Swiggy/zomato and watching OTT is aslo the Working Class...To spend One needs to Earn First! ... People spend 10-11 hrs working,uske baad paise aate hai to spend..obviously after a tiring day ,a bit of comfort is a well-earned thing! ... People living in a Bungalow with thousand Helps won't understand it

[@vp6945]

I support E Commerce websites. I live alone and have 3 cats and few months ago met with an accident and was confined to my house. I desperately needed cat food and groceries for myself. There are 2 pet shops and 3 grocery stores within 50-100 mtrs from my house. I requested them for home delivery after explaining my condition and both the pet shops refused. Same was the case with the grocery stores who refused door delivery for basic food stuff. I moved completely to Amazon and other online pet stores from whom I get door delivery. Similarly I moved completely to Big Basket and Zepto for groceries. There are also other advantages like discounts and returns if you are not satisfied with the product for any reason. Now why will I go back to the local stores?

[@Straight0edge]

valid concerns expressed by our minister... unlimited food and endless entertainment... both r cancerous for mental/physical wellbeing 😐

[@gksailesh2024]

They don’t talk about reliance companies monopoly but only dash some foreign companies

[@ajamit007]

In layman terms, Baniya Union is trying to put brake on E-Commerce Platforms.

[@97sakshamjain]

You understand this after 10 years you increased fdi in retail

[@TheMohit2595]

Indian option trading is increasing, govt is concerned. E-commerce is booming, govt is concerned. They don’t seem concerned over women safety, job creation and bla bla bla.

[@kutbilukhadia2715]

Finally somebody from the government understood this . E commerce is affecting small shops and businesses bottom line tremendously. They pay licence fees, taxes and hundreds of hidden business costs . But at the end of the day don't make 1% return on investment.

[@sushmitapandey7615]

When i was pregnant these delivery apps were a blessing now that I have a toddler and can't carry him outside for every small need, these delivery apps do the task seemlessly

[@amitbeloshe]

Glad to know atleast someone in the government thinks about the plight of the small retailers. I wish they also come out with a solution.