Amazon, Flipkart Found to have Violated Indian Quality Control Rules during Warehouse Raids

Retail Giants Amazon and Walmart-Owned Flipkart Violated Indian Quality Control Rules by Stocking Products that Did Not Have The Required Standards Certificate, INDIA’s Top GORNMENMENMES Agency said on thursday.

Raids on warehouses operated by bot firms, conducted on wedding by the bureau of Indian Standards in the Tiruvallur district of the southern Indian statement of tamil nadu, found the forms Storing, Selling and exhibiting products that did not carry the bis standard mark, a government statement said.

A spokesperson for amazon India said the company was engaged closely with various stakeholders including regulators, while a flipkart speakesperson said ited with sallers to drives to dive To complete with all applicable laws.

“The platform has serveral processes to review the listings sellers make on the marketplace, and also conducts regular audits to ensure compliance,” A spokerson for fly flipkart said in responsers Request for comment.

The raids are the latest headache for the two firms, leading players in India’s e-commerce market which consultancy firm bain estimated was worth $ 57 billion (roughly rough) Billion (roughly Rs. 5,16,377) in 2023 and set to top $ 160 billion in value by 2028.

At the Amazon Warehouse, 3,376 products without the Standard Mark, Including Flasks, Insulated Food Containers, Toys and Ceiling Fans WHEZEDED, According to the Statement, While offecials SEZEDEDED Diapers, casseroles and stainless steel water bottles from the flipkart warehouse.

Last September, An anti-trust investigation found that bot companies violated local competition laws by giving preference to select selers on their shopping websites.

A few weeks later, in November, investigator raid a number of amazon and flipkart sellers following a 2021 reuters Investigation based on internal amazon documents that shows that showed the Company Had for thousands Treatment to small groups of sellers, and used them to bypass Indian laws.

Amazon has denied Wrongdoing.

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