bengaluru indias top newage internet firms including flipkart amazon and snapdeal are in the process of submitting detailed reports to the ministry of commerce and industry explaining their company structures and business operations in india multiple people with knowledge of the matter told etthis is the first such instance of the government seeking such a clarification on the way these internet companies function and comes on the back of several complaints being made by seller bodies and other rival players about internet commerce firms allegedly violating laws that govern the sector the development also coincides with the competition commission of india cci conducting a survey on the ecommerce market in india advt the ministry had asked for details on the company structure during our meeting with commerce and industry minister piyush goyal which we have submitted said an executive of aleading ecommerce marketplace on the condition of anonymitywe have also given other details in the report like how many warehouses we are running the number of sellers we work with and our other investments in india the person saidet has learnt that flipkart and snapdeal have already made their submissions while amazon is still in the process of doing sowhile flipkart and amazon declined to comment a snapdeal spokesperson confirmed that the etailer had already sent its report to the ministrygoyal met representatives of about 25 internet and ecommerce firms on june 24 including reliance jio paytm flipkart amazon snapdeal urban ladder udaan jumbotail indiamart urbanclap zomato swiggy and shopclues during the meeting the minister instructed all the parties present to submit reports explaining their company structures and business models people aware of the matter told etthe minister didnt specify which companies need to comply with this demand so we took a conservative approach and have sent a detailed report on our structure said another executive from a company which was present in the meeting with goyal goyal had added that the submissions should be made within a week after which it would be analysed by his ministry and presented to him before their next meeting advt its a pretty simple submission for us as we have a single brand retail licence in which 100 fdi is allowed through the automatic route said ashish goel ceo of urban ladder all the details are already present with the reserve bank of india and commerce ministry but we will make our submission soon goel who was present at the meeting last month told etgoyal has taken a tough stand against online retailers and during his meeting last month questioned the likes of flipkart on its structure while asking others about how they were facilitating discounts since fdi guidelines in the ecommerce sector prohibit marketplaces from influencing prices of products sold on their platforms press note 2 which was notified in december 2018 by the indian government bars online marketplaces and their group companies from owning their vendors and prohibits them from controlling the inventory sold on their platformsearlier in june goyal had