Indian Government prohibits Amazon, Flipkart e-commerce companies to sell mobile phones and laptops till lockdown ends

The Indian government has reversed its earlier order exempting e-commerce companies like Amazon and Flipkart to ply normally from April 20 amidst the lockdown imposed to curb the Coronavirus pandemic. As mobile phone manufacturers including Xiaomi and Realme were gearing up to launch new products in the Indian markets, the revised order excludes e-commerce companies from delivering non-essential goods.

In an official order issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs dated April 19, the government cites the Disaster Management Act and excludes a sub-clause from its earlier order that stated e-commerce companies would be able to operate with necessary permissions.

#IndiaFightsCorona Supply of non-essential goods by e-commerce companies to remain prohibited during #Lockdown2 to fight #COVID19. pic.twitter.com/6Jdvuzw6VJ

— Spokesperson, Ministry of Home Affairs (@PIBHomeAffairs) April 19, 2020

The order also states that the vehicles used by e-commerce operators to deliver non-essential goods won’t be allowed to operate as well.

With this, Xiaomi India that had announced commencing operations of its Mi Store just minutes back had to roll-back their decision and will not be taking orders of non-essential items from April 20.

Dear All, we have just received an update from the MHA suspending e-commerce for non essential items, affecting our decision about operating https://t.co/lzFXOcGyGQ from tomorrow. We are studying this, and will update you soon. We will of course follow all govt. guidelines.

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