Questioning the genuineness of the products sold by the online retailers, apex industry chamber Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and industry (FICCI) has sought scrutiny of these items to check counterfeiting.
"Online markets are also source of distributing smuggling and counterfeiting products. The genuineness of the products supplied by the online players has to be verified. One cannot deny that they do not have counterfeit products," Deep Chand, Advisor, FICCI CASCADE (Committee Against Smuggling and Counterfeiting Activities Destroying Economy) told media persons on the sidelines of a seminar on Curbing Counterfeiting and Smuggling – An Imperative for Indian Economy.
He stressed on the enforcement of the regulations formulated to check counterfeiting and smuggling. The enforcement of the regulations is not to the extent as it should be.
(Source: Business Standard )