The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has once again fined the tech company Google. CCI has imposed a fine of Rs 936.44 crore on Google this time. The CCI has imposed this fine on Google for abusing its position with respect to Playstore policies.
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has once again fined the tech company Google. CCI has imposed a fine of Rs 936.44 crore on Google this time. The CCI has imposed this fine on Google for abusing its position with respect to Playstore policies. Earlier, CCI had imposed a fine of Rs 1,337.76 crore on the American company. Along with this, CCI also directed Google to shut down the unfair trade system.
CCI gave ultimatum of fixed time limit
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) said that Google has also been directed to change its behavior within a stipulated time frame. Let us tell you that earlier also the CCI had fined Google for abusing its monopoly in the Android mobile device ecosystem. This is CCI’s second major action against Google in less than a week.
A few days ago, a fine of Rs 1,337.76 crore was imposed
On October 20, the CCI fined Google Rs 1,337.76 crore for abusing its dominant position in multiple markets with respect to Android mobile devices and ordered the search engine company to stop and shut down various unfair business systems. Had given. Earlier, the Competition Commission of India observed that Google had not only abused its monopoly on the App Store through Android OS, but also secured its strong position in non-OS through the Google Chrome app.
Google gave a statement after the fine
Google said that, using its monopoly in the Android OS, has also strengthened its position on the online video hosting platform through YouTube. However, following the penalty imposed by the CCI, Google had said it would review the decision of Watchdog to impose a fine of Rs 1,338 crore for alleged anti-competitive work. Google had termed this order of CCI as a big setback for Indian consumers and businesses.
