In its efforts to improve customer experience, Flipkart is blacklisting sellers it says do not meet quality norms and customer satisfaction requirements. Sellers are charging that the company is targeting merchants that protested lower commissions, and who are part of lobby groups. BS A comparison of Flipkart and other online seller payments is here
The government has stepped up its efforts to identify black money and tax dodgers, turning to recent international agreements signed to get the information. The disclosure scheme that ends on September 30, the government says, is a window to disclose without penalty, after which evaders will have to face the music. ET
The bulls and bears of India's e-commerce market: LiveMint looked at various estimates of India's e-commerce market and found wide variation in expectations - there is a gap of $70 billion between the most optimistic and most conservative numbers. Morgan Stanley is the most gung-ho, and expects the market to grow to $120 billion in the next four years, while the UBS AG predicts a $48-60 billion industry.
The Cabinet reshuffle is politically savvy, IE writes, showing a Prime Minister and government conscious of public dissatisfactions, and making an effort to include Dalit leaders as well as prominent communities who've been demanding greater inclusion and caste quotas.
Photo of the Day: Oscar Pistorious, the famous double amputee sprinter who had entered the Olympics in 2012 as a celebrated athlete, receives a six year prison sentence for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. NYT
