In what could indicate a revival of the Digital Competition Bill and tighter oversight of the market practices of Big Tech firms, the government has now decided to get a market study done on key provisions of the proposed legislation, including core digital services and the thresholds to decide Big Tech firms. Advertisement

To this end, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs has floated a Request for Proposal to engage an agency for conducting a market study on the qualitative and quantitative thresholds for Big Tech companies and core digital services (CDS).

“The objectives of the study will be to review and evaluate the proposed qualitative and quantitative thresholds outlined in Clause 3 of the draft Digital Competition Bill,” the ministry said, adding that it would also review the list o

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