- “It is important to always keep consumer interest as the backbone to any measures, especially during such unprecedented times.” – Pradeep Mehta, Secretary General, CUTS International
- “It is pre-mature to regulate non-personal data, let the data market develop first” – CUTS International
- “For ease of living, we need to redesign our regulatory architecture to listen to marginalised stakeholders”, CUTS International and SKOCH Group
- The spirit of labour reforms lies in human-centric development: CUTS
- To become Atmanirbhar, we need a fresh whole of government approach to digital policy making rather than knee jerk reactions like data localisation: Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Member of Parliament
- 5G is much more than just another G: Dr Paulraj, Professor Emeritus, Stanford University
- ‘States should welcome the amendments to the Electricity Act 2003’ – Shri Suresh Prabhu
- The draft amended national tariff policy has potential to revolutionize the power sector but consumers needs to be at the core of proposed transition: CUTS International
- We need a new economic regulatory framework with citizen welfare as core objective: CUTS International
- Need to adopt a whole of government approach for realising India’s vision of AI: Amar Patnaik, MP (RS) and Gaurav Gogoi, MP (LS)
- Labour should be viewed as ‘human capital’: CUTS International
- UNIDO and CUTS look to E-commerce to Counter Economic Impact of COVID-19
- An unnecessary Governing Board leaves much to be desired in the Amendment Bill: CUTS
- Digitalisation of economy & bridging the digital divide a must, for becoming a US$5tn economy by 2024-25: Injeti Srinivas, Secy, MCA
- While giving a boost to cooperative federalism, the budget fails to lay out structural reforms to boost income generation opportunities
- “India can very much be a $5tn economy by 2025”, Says NITI CEO
August2020
August 20, 2020
August 11, 2020
July 2020
July 25, 2020
July 23, 2020
July 10, 2020
July 08, 2020
June 2020
June 04, 2020
June 02, 2020
May 2020
May 28, 2020
May 15, 2020, New Delhi
May 05, 2020, New Delhi
April 2020
March 11, 2020, New Delhi
March 2020
March 11, 2020, New Delhi
February 2020
February 05, 2020, New Delhi
February 01, 2020, Jaipur
January 2020
January 27, 2020, Jaipur
- With optimal competition and regulation, digital economy can make USD 1 trillion of our USD 5 trillion economy in next five years – Jay Panda, National Vice President, BJP and Former MP
- Promote Competition and Protect Consumers in the Telephone Sector: “CUTS”
- Promote Competition and Protect Consumers in the Telephone Sector: “CUTS”
- Welcome and not-so-welcome recommendations by the Competition Law Review Committee
- There is a Great need for Awareness Generation and Capacity Building of Consumers on Data Protection and Privacy Issues: Dr. Govind Sharma, Advisor, Chief Minister of Rajasthan.
- The Union Budget Must Focus on Creating Income Generation Opportunities and Empowering Individuals to Benefit from Them: CUTS International
- Bridging the trust deficit between Consumers and Electricity Institutions through constructive engagements in Rajasthan
- Intermediaries guidelines may create an environment of distrust among consumers of online economy: CUTS International
- Press Release on India’s Interim Budget 2019-20
- E-commerce norms should treat domestic and foreign players alike
December 2019
New Delhi, December 01, 2019
November 2019
New Delhi, November 17, 2019
August 2019
New Delhi, November 17, 2019
New Delhi, August 20, 2019
July 2019
Jaipur, July 19, 2019
June 2019
New Delhi, June 14, 2019
March 2019
March 28, 2019, Jaipur
February 2019
New Delhi, February 12, 2019
New Delhi, February 01, 2019
January 2019
January 06, 2019, New Delhi
- Former CCI Chairman Bats for Adopting World Competition Day
- Towards a regulated data economy: Getting the implementation right
- A comprehensive cost-benefit analysis is imperative to balance rights of all stakeholders in the evolving regulatory landscape of data economy
- The attempt to balance competing interests by Data Protection Committee should now be accompanied by a comprehensive cost-benefit analysis: CUTS International
- Open doors for more disruptive innovations, along with strengthening consumer protection and rights – Aruna Sundararajan, Secretary, DOT
- Analysis of costs and benefits of Rules essential before finalisation: Rangasayee Ramakrishna, Former MP
- Suresh Prabhu honours Pradeep Mehta for lifetime contribution to consumer welfare
- CUTS launched its sixth overseas center in Washington DC
- Costs of regulation must be justified by its benefits: R S Sharma, Chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
- Need to adopt a holistic competition policy to ensure sustainable development and counter rising global protectionism
December 2018
December 05, 2018, New Delhi
September 2018
September, 26, 2018, New Delhi
September 24, 2018, Mumbai
July 2018
Jaipur, July 30, 2018
New Delhi, July 18, 2018
June 2018
New Delhi, June 28, 2018
May 2018
May 03, 2018, New Delhi, India
April 2018
Washington DC, April 19, 2018
New Delhi, April 16, 2018
March 2018
New Delhi, 20th March 2018
- Trai Supports Net Neutrality And Consumer Welfare Prevails
- “Need for Broadband Labelling in India, quite timely to adopt in India to empower consumer choice”, R S Sharma, Chairman, TRAI
- Consumers must have the decision making power on bank charges
- Call for proactive international enforcement against global cartels
- Need to mainstream competition in our economy
November 2017
New Delhi, November 28, 2017
April 2017
New Delhi, April 7, 2017
March 2017
Jaipur, March 10, 2017
New Delhi, March 2, 2017
January 2017
New Delhi, January 13, 2017
- Union Budget 2016-17
- Economic Reasoning Indispensable for the Judicial Decisions
- “Focus on producer and consumer welfare to achieve sustainable growth”, CUTS International during Pre-Budget Consultations with Government of India
February 2016
February 29, 2016
New Delhi, February 05, 2016
January 2016
New Delhi, January 12, 2016
- CUTS Book Sheds Light on Needed Competition Reforms in Sectors Critical to People Welfare
- Stakeholders welcome Findings of the CREW Study
- Cognisance of externalities necessary for promoting competition reforms in key sectors
- “RIA can help measure the laws and regulation that hurt national growth”, Amitabh Kant ”
- We Need to Adopt the Competition Policy: Yashwant Sinha
July 2015
Geneva, July 08, 2015
April 2015
Lusaka (Zambia), April 22, 2015
New Delhi (India), April 09, 2015
March 2015
March 25, 2015, New Delhi (India)
January 2015
New Delhi, January 29, 2015
- Competition Policy can promote sustainable development
- Evidence based Research Key to Identifying Competition Distortions in Markets
- Competition distortions affect Citizens and Governments
- “Transparency and optimal selection criteria is key to efficient financial sector regulation”, Prof. Vijay Vyas, at CUTS State level consultation seminar on Indian Financial Code
- Stepping up and Toning Down – Different Dosage of Competition for Sectoral Benefits
- Diagnosing state policies to gauge effects of competition on beneficiaries
- Expert panel points out the importance of stability in investment regulation
- Making a case for competition reforms – promising but challenging
- CREW project to add impetus for competition reforms in Ghana
- Making a case for competition reforms – promising but challenging
- Zambia welcomes competition reforms in Maize & Bus Transport sectors
- Designing a Competition Regime to Benefit a Common Filipino
- Competition in Pharmaceutical Sector: In a State of Stockholm Syndrome
December 2014
December 11, 2014, Islamabad
December 10, 2014, Islamabad
November 2014
Bangkok, Thailand, November 18-19, 2014
Jaipur, November 15, 2014
October 2014
Manila (The Philippines), October 30, 2014
New Delhi (India), October 20, 2014
Geneva, October 16, 2014
New Delhi (India), July 02, 2014
July 2014
Accra (Ghana), 28 July, 2014
New Delhi (India), July 02, 2014
June 2014
Lusaka (Zambia), June 28, 2014
May 2014
Legaspi Village, Makati City (The Philippines), May 22, 2014
January 2014
Mumbai, January 20, 2014
- Putting Consumers First in Financial Sector Regulation
- Adopt National Competition Policy: CUTS Petition to Lok Sabha
- A timely initiative to assess outcomes of market reforms
- An effort to bring competition reforms closer to citizens needs
- Need for a Comprehensive Competition Law in Philippines to Result in Benefits for the Consumers and Producers in Rice and Passenger Transport Sector
- Developing an Approach to Assess Benefits of Competition Reforms on Consumers and Producers: CUTS Multicountry Research Study
- Real Pricing of Conventional Resources: Key to Sustainable Environment
- Need for adaptive and flexible approaches to governing markets
- Assessing Benefits of Competition Reforms in Developing Countries – New Challenging Project
December 2013
Mumbai, December 17, 2013
November 2013
New Delhi (India), November 28, 2013
August 2013
Lusaka (Zambia), August 09, 2013
Accra (Ghana), August 06, 2013
July 2013
Legaspi Village, Makati City, July 30, 2013
New Delhi (India), July 24, 2013
March 2013
New Delhi (India), March 23, 2013
New Delhi, India, March 21, 2013
Jaipur (India), March 14, 2013
- Institutional reforms key for promoting responsible business
- A Multilateral Forum on Competition Necessary to deal with cross border anticompetitive practices
- Need for Collective Actions for promoting Business Responsibility
- Need for Collective Actions for promoting Business Responsibility
- CUTS files PIR with CCI against the Global Potash Cartel
- Roundtable Discussion on the Renewable Energy Policy for West Bengal
- Competition advocacy is a key to take the reform agenda forward: M. Veerappa Moily
- Until a Vaccine is found, work on anticompetitive practices need to be geared up: UNCTAD
- “CUTS” releases three competition related publications at OECD conference
October 2012
New Delhi, 08 October, 2012
September 2012
September 25, 2012, Geneva
Ahmedabad, September 11, 2012
August 2012
Shimla, August 31, 2012
New Delhi, India, August 28, 2012
August 22, 2012, Kolkata
New Delhi, India, August 21, 2012
July 2012
Geneva, Switzerland, July 10, 2012
February 2012
Paris, February 17, 2012
- Time for second big bang reforms: Moily
- Why are healthcare providers opposing prescription audit in India?
- Can reforming public procurement of drugs alone address consumer woes in Assam
- Consumer Coalition building for Healthcare Reforms an imperative
- Regulatory regime needs to address issues of immediate and long-term concern: TRAI chairman
- Competition watchdog and sector regulators need to work together: CCI chief
September 2011
September 26, 2011
August 2011
August 04, 2011
July 2011
July 05, 2011, Guwahati, Assam
May 2011
PTI, May 24, 2011
April 2011
New Delhi, April 20, 2011
New Delhi, April 19, 2011
- Bringing Competition Concerns in West Africa to the attention of the International Community
- Address regulatory capture and make the regime more accountable: Gajendra Haldea
- Consumer is the cornerstone of competition
- Need to gather evidence of collusive behaviour to adequately address them
- CUTS Comments on the DIPP Discussion Paper on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Multi-Brand Retail Trading
- Proposed bill on regulatory reform should clarify key building bloc issues
- Competition Commission assures action to discipline healthcare providers: CUTS Project Meeting
- India needs uniformity in its approach to regulatory reforms: Montek Singh Ahluwalia
- Government should not retreat now on its competition agenda
- Stakeholders Benefit From a Three Day National Training Workshop on Competition Policy and Law Issues in Nigeria
- Various Stakeholders Trained on Competition Policy and Law Issues During a Three Day National Training Workshop in The Gambia
- Will Competition and Private Participation help the Power Sector Tide the Shortage Situation?
- Nuclear liability: Safety needs to be assigned top priority says CUTS International
- Use Regulation to Resolve Access Problems: S L Rao at CUTS Conference
- Multiple regulators for Oil & Gas: Replication of Old Problems?
November 2010
Geneva, November 12, 2010
October 2010
New Delhi, October 21, 2010
New Delhi, October 20, 2010
September 2010
Raipur, September 03, 2010
August 2010
New Delhi, August 30, 2010
New Delhi, August 04, 2010
July 2010
July 07, 2010, New Delhi, India
May 2010
May 18, 2010, New Delhi
April 2010
Ghana, April 26, 2010
Nigeria, April 14, 2010
The Gambia, April 9, 2010
Kolkata, April 09, 2010
March 2010
New Delhi, March 31, 2010
New Delhi, March 27, 2010
February 2010
Jaipur, February 04, 2010
- West African Authorities Acquire Skills on Competition Analysis
- States should push more for power sector reforms: Bharatsinh Solanki
- Regulatory Review and Analysis Key to Regulatory Improvement, says Planning Commission Member
- Accountability is the key in power sector reform process
- DO NOT EXEMPT ANY SECTOR FROM THE COMPETITION ACT: “CUTS”
- BRIC Competition ConferenceA milestone in international cooperation on competition
- Caution Urged for Correct Government Approach to KG Basin: CUTS
- Political will important for supporting competition: Commonwealth Secretariat
- Independent Regulation is Essential for a Growing Indian Economy – Montek S. Ahluwalia
December 2009
Lome, Togo, December 17, 2009
New Delhi, December 17, 2009
New Delhi, December 04, 2009
November 2009
November 20, 2009, Jaipur
November 17, 2009
September 2009
September 02, 2009, Kazan, Russia
August 2009
August 04, 2009, New Delhi
June 2009
June 25, 2009, Jaipur
March 2009
March 28, 2009
- CUTS bags India Power Award-2008
- Cap on traded power tariffs is a must to protect consumers: CUTS
- Consensus on urgency in competition enforcement in Ghana
- Government Lackadaisical about Competition Law Reforms
- Need for effective laws to evolve better markets in West Africa
- FTP Welcome, But Need To Tighten Regulatory Framework
- M. R. Pai Memorial Award for Pradeep S Mehta
- Subsidisation Process Should Not Distort the Level Paying Field: CUTS
- Need to make regulation more independent and proactive, say Parliamentarians
- Phasing Out ADC Will Benefit Telecom Consumers: CUTS
- TRAI’S Recommendation to Move on Unwanted Calls very Fair: CUTS
- Consumers Need to Play an Important Role in the Regulatory Process, say Sunil Mitra
November 2008
November 07, 2008
October 2008
October 13, 2008
September 2008
Accra (Ghana), September 19, 2008
August 2008
New Delhi, August 18, 2008
June 2008
Accra, June 19, 2008
April 2008
New Delhi, April 16, 2008
New Delhi, April 08, 2008
New Delhi, April 04, 2008
March 2008
New Delhi, March 31, 2008
New Delhi, March 30, 2008
New Delhi, March 23, 2008
New Delhi, March 13, 2008
- Waiving the Fuel Surcharge for Agriculture Sector
- Parliamentarians’ call for SEZs as a Socio-Economic Policy Package
- Pan-African Network for Promoting Competition and Consumer Welfare Launched Mauritius to have a competition law in 2007, says Minister
- Are Regulator Efficient and Independent? – Effective Consumer Advocacy Required
- Market-friendly systems, not business friendly systems can lead to economic growth
- Experiences of Competition Law from around the World
- Norway strengthens its ties with CUTS International
- Administering competition policy and law for public welfare in Africa
- CUTS Opens its Fourth Overseas Centre in Hanoi
October 2007
Jaipur, October 16, 2007
May 2007
Jaipur, May 04, 2007
March 2007
Mauritius, March 30, 2007
New Delhi, March 24, 2007
New Delhi, March 23, 2007
New Delhi, March 21, 2007
Jaipur, March 14, 2007
February 2007
Pretoria, February 19, 2007
January 2007
New Delhi, January 03, 2007
- Competition Act – “Still in Incubator”
- Retail Policy Must Ensure Competition
- Experts Say No to Data Exclusivity of Pharma Patents
- “Draft Pharma Policy May Increase Drug Prices”, Says CUTS International
December 2006
Mumbai, December 07, 2006
New Delhi, December 04, 2006
September 2006
New Delhi, September 08, 2006
New Delhi, September 05, 2006