Competition watchdog strikes a fine balance: Regulator & business facilitator
Financial Express Hyderabad|December 23, 2024
IT'S BEEN AN action-packed year for the competition watchdog, both in terms of the number of cases handled and the changes made in the current regulations aimed at strengthening the commission and creating a conducive environment for businesses.
MANU KAUSHIK

In March, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) introduced two much-needed tools—commitment and settlement—to reduce litigation and facilitate faster market corrections. Simultaneously, the commission launched the leniency-plus facility, designed to improve its cartel-detection mechanism.

According to experts, these tools, along with other amendments to competition laws, are set to make the enforcement procedures more smooth. "Amendments to general regulations, lesser penalty regulations, recovery of monetary penalty and combination regulations over the past year provide clarity and certainty for both enforcers and stakeholders," said KK Sharma, a competition lawyer.

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Will take back control of Panama canal, says Trump

PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD Trump said Saturday that the Panama Canal is charging \"exorbitant prices and rates of passage\" on US naval and merchant ships, and he demanded that fees be lowered or else Panama should return the canal to the U.S.

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Musk's Trump trade makes Tesla a winner with $570-billion rally

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It's slow going at Indiamart

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Israeli strikes kill 17 Palestinians in Gaza

ISRAELI MILITARY STRIKES across the Gaza Strip killed at least 17 Palestinians, eight of them at a school sheltering displaced families in Gaza City, medics said, as the Israeli military ordered the evacuation of a hospital in the north.

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Scott Boland & the 'stolen generation'

ONLY IN HIS mid-20s, did the 35-year-old Scott Boland, Australia's fast bowler set to play in the fourth Test against India, realise his aboriginal origins.

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ISRO to study how crops grow in space on PSLV-C60 mission

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'If it is business as usual, Viksit Bharat by 2047 will not happen'

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26 members enter startup billionaire club in 2024

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Smartphone exports set to top ₹1.70 L cr

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Broker strength falls 40% on compliance burdens

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