Amazon calls on India not to alter e-commerce investment rules - sources

A worker sorts delivery packages in a van outside an Amazon facility in Ahmedabad, March 17, 2021. REUTERS/Amit Dave/Files

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Amazon asked the Indian government on Thursday not to change e-commerce foreign investment rules until investigations into its business practices had been concluded, two sources familiar with the discussions told Reuters.

The commerce ministry met e-commerce players after allegations by retailers, which are a crucial part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's support base, that Amazon and Walmart's Flipkart create complex structures to bypass federal foreign investment rules and damage small traders.