Competition Commission of India

General

10 October, 2018

CCI allows companies to voluntarily divest assets for M&A approvals

CCI allows companies to voluntarily divest assets for M&A approvals. In a move that could reduce the time taken to get ......

Manufacturing

19 September, 2018

Linde, Praxair need to sell a few India assets for global merger

Industrial gases firms Munich-based Linde AG and Connecticut-headquartered Praxair, Inc. have won anti-monopoly approval to merge on the condition that ......

Opinion

24 August, 2018

Proposed e-commerce policy to bring uniformity desired by sector, propel investments

The draft national policy framework on e-commerce has been written up largely with an objective of establishing a uniform definition ......

TMT

08 August, 2018

Walmart gets antitrust approval for $16-bn Flipkart deal

India’s antitrust regulator has approved Walmart Inc’s purchase of a majority stake in e-commerce company Flipkart, saying the $16-billion transaction ......

Opinion

31 May, 2018

Non-poaching and wage-fixing agreements could invoke sweep of anti-monopoly law

An emerging trend in global anti-monopoly regimes like that of the US is the potential illegality of agreements among employers ......

TMT

28 May, 2018

Traders' lobby moves competition watchdog CCI against Walmart-Flipkart deal

The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has filed an objection to Walmart Inc’s $16 billion merger with e-commerce company ......

Manufacturing

28 March, 2018

UltraTech gets CCI nod for Binani Cement bid; Dalmia Bharat retorts

UltraTech Cement Ltd on Wednesday said that it has obtained the Competition Commission of India's approval for its $1.1 billion ......

Premium

Finance

28 February, 2018

PE deal of the month: Fairfax seals first control transaction in Indian banking

Private equity investments in February 2018 remained almost flat year-on-year with investors infusing $1.3 billion across 75 deals, compared to ......

TMT

24 July, 2017

Competition watchdog CCI clears $23 bn Vodafone India-Idea merger

India’s antitrust regulator has approved the merger of Vodafone Group Plc's Indian unit with Idea Cellular, a lawyer representing Vodafone ......

Finance

31 March, 2017

Govt eases M&A deal norms for CCI approval

The government has relaxed the norms for companies to seek approval of the Competition Commission of India in case of ......