NEW DELHI: Commerce minister Suresh Prabhu has asked officials to hold another round of consultations with various stakeholders on the draft e-commerce policy after serious concerns were raised. He has asked officials to address the concerns and will personally review the draft when it is ready.

The draft policy, which was unveiled late last month, has faced stringent criticism from across the spectrum for some of the measures that have been proposed. The policy has proposed that “deep discounting” pricing policy adopted by ecommerce players be stopped from a specified date to regulate the sector.

The policy has also proposed legislation that will cover food delivery players such as Swiggy and Zomato , service aggregators such as Urban Clap and financial services and payment platforms such as Policy Bazar and Paytm.

“The Ministry had received few concerns regarding the draft e-Commerce Policy following which CIM @sureshpprabhu has directed officials to conduct another round of consultation with stakeholders to address them,” the commerce ministry said on Twitter .

The aim of the draft policy is to include various aspects of the e-commerce business in legislation ranging from consumer protection to grievance. Critics have slammed the tilt towards Indian companies in the draft policy while there have been differences over the draft among some ministries.

Earlier, officials had hinted at an overhaul of the document given the spate of criticism that the draft faced.

