300% increase in complaints against e-commerce firms

February 8, 2017

The number of complaints against e-commerce companies has increased by more than 300% during the past three years, the government told the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. This points to the need for a robust mechanism to deal with such complaints in view of the government's thrust for digitisation and more and more people shopping online.

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