Nirmala Sitharaman Rules Out Probe Into Flipkart’s ‘Big Billion Day’ Sale

Union Commerce and Industries Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that there would not be any inquiry into complaints of predatory pricing and unfair trade practices against e-commerce giant Flipkart.

"I would like to state that no enquiry has been planned or proposed on the e-retailer on the concerns raised by customers on the big billion day sale," the minister said.

She had earlier said that the government would look into these complaints. "We have received many inputs. Lot of concerns have been expressed. We will look into it," she had said.

Taking a U-turn, she said that her earlier remarks were misinterpreted. "My earlier three sentence remarks were interpreted in three million ways on the Flipkart issue," she said.