A provision that small industries can do business from the platform established by others without establishing their own electronic platform is added in the bill on electronic business.
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The Parliamentary Committee has advanced the Bill on Electronic Business to finally give legal recognition to business through social media. In the bill, which is being discussed by the Industry and Commerce and Labor and Consumer Affairs Committee under the House of Representatives, the way for small and medium businessmen to use 'other platforms' without establishing their own electronic platform has also been kept open.
The Tuesday meeting of the committee reached an agreement on the issue of legal recognition of business through social media during the weekly discussion. The committee amended section 4 (1) of the bill and added a provision that small industries can do business through platforms established by others without establishing their own electronic platform.
'Small entrepreneurs and similar domestic entrepreneurs will be allowed to do electronic business using other electronic platforms,' the amendment says. It originated in the National Assembly last year, passed through the Legislative Management Committee, and now comes to the House of Representatives. There was a difference of opinion on whether or not to deal with online business.
The government is of the view that the social media marketplace cannot be included in this. The National Assembly passed the bill upholding the same opinion. Experts and stakeholders expressed dissatisfaction with this.
Parliamentarians did not mention social media clearly in Tuesday's meeting but agreed to allow small and medium businesses to do business through other platforms without establishing their own platform.
'Making the establishment of platforms will not be difficult for big businessmen, but small and medium businessmen will be upset, so we have proposed a system where they can do business from other platforms,' said CPN UML MP Lal Prasad Sanwa Limbu, 'by opening an account on social media, registering that account and Business should be listed and allowed to operate.' MP Limbu said that the bill has been advanced so that it can be done. In the discussion, UML's Amrutadevi Agrahari held the opinion that the decision was taken after understanding the sentiments of small industrial traders.
According to Congress MP Kantika Sejuwal, there should be a provision in the bill so that even the traders of doka, namlo weavers, who run domestic and cottage industries and rural areas can do business through electronic means. "If an agro farm in Jumla produces 200 tons of apples, instead of making a platform to sell them, they should be able to use someone else's platform and small and domestic entrepreneurs should be able to do business," she said.
Congress MP and former Industry Minister Ramesh Rizal had a different opinion on this. He said that without creating a platform and doing business through social media, there is a risk of consumers being cheated and quality problems. "If it is passed like this, I will disagree," he said, "electronic business should be made systematic and reliable." If not, the way it is coming from social media to buy this, our families are being cheated by it, it will continue.'' MP Dolprasad Aryal said. "There should not be much debate and discussion about allowing small businesses to do business from the platform," he said. . In Section 16 (f) of the proposed bill, Ranendra Baraili, MP of the opposition party Maoist Center, pointed out that there is a need for further discussion on what level of punishment the seller will be punished for. Narrating the example of a case where the gas stove caught fire while connecting the regulator of a gas stove bought from
online, he questioned whether the businessmen selling fake and life-threatening products should be punished or the business should be closed immediately.
E-commerce entrepreneurs, businessmen and stakeholders have been raising various demands on this bill. They have been suggesting that e-commerce should be classified, business done through social media should be included, strict rules should be removed, even if entrepreneurs are jailed even for small mistakes. In section 2 of the bill, the definition of "electronic platform" includes websites, applications, software, and even though e-commerce professionals suggest adding "social networks", it is not included.
2081 On June 16, this bill was registered in the Industry Committee. So far, the committee has held 11 meetings on this bill and even formed a sub-committee to discuss it. Saying that they have been stuck on the same bill for seven/eight months, the MPs now requested Speaker Abdul Khan to pass it as soon as possible. Chairman Khan said that he will inform the government about this and enter into other topics in the next meeting.
