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Press Releases
Government Lackadaisical about Competition Law
Reforms
New Delhi, August 18, 2008
New
Delhi, August 18, 2008: The Corporate Affairs Ministry of the Government
of India does not appear to be sincere in pursuing the competition law
reforms in India, observed participants at an international seminar held
here last week.
In a
statement, the organisers, CUTS International, a leading consumer policy,
research and advocacy group, said that their request to the Minister to
address the meeting and release a toolkit for enforcing competition law in
India, did not even get a response.
“Businesses
can get far quicker access to the Corporate Affairs Ministry than the
consumer advocacy groups. Because, that is their priority other than the
fact that business lobby is far better resourced and well connected”, said
CUTS International.
The
seminar “Enhancing Development through Competition Culture” attracted
participants from over 20 developing countries around the world.
Competition pundits such as Shyam Khemani, Phillip Brusick, Roger Nellist,
Simon Evenett, Jyoti Sagar, S. Chakravarthy, S.L. Rao and Pradeep Mehta
spoke at the seminar on the various facets and virtues of competition
policy and law.
Amitabh
Kumar, Director General of the Competition Commission of India, released a
CUTS toolkit titled “Enforcing Competition Law in India” and spoke on the
proposed National Competition Policy for India.
IDRC,
Canada released their reader-friendly Infocus Toolkit on Competition and
Development, while DFID walked the participants through their seminal
“Competition Assessment Framework” – a toolkit, in particular to identify
policy impediments in promoting competition.
For
more information,please contact:
Pradeep S Mehta, +919829013131,
psm@cuts.org
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