new delhi advocacy group usindia strategic partnership forum usispf has sought clarification from the central government whether ecommerce companies are also permitted to sell books and fans as those items were on tuesday included in the list of essential items that can be sold during the lockdown periodon tuesday the ministry of home affairs allowed shops selling books and electric fans to operate for business as part of essential itemswe seek your guidance on whether ecommerce platforms will be allowed to sell educational books for students the usispf wrote in a letter to home secretary ajay kumar bhalla on wednesday advt this will allow those unable to reach book stores to continue their education unhindered in the letter the usispf has requested the government to also allow online marketplaces to sell electric fanswith the kind of summers we face in india the bare minimum product that is required in every household in india is an electric fan the letter signed by mukesh aghi president of the group said whilst the same has been made available via regular supply chain modes we would like to urge you to consider allowing ecommerce entities to make the same available on their platforms as well by rasul bailay etretail published on apr 23 2020 at 0843 am ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etretail app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app sale of essential items online shopping books coronavirus lockdown online retail advocacy group ecommerce ministry of home affairs fans homenewsadvocacy group asks govt if ecomm cos can sell books fans