Detailed questionnaires have been sent to Flipkart, Amazon and their response is awaited, said commerce minister Piyush Goyal.

In the first phase of the festive sale, E-commerce companies are estimated to have registered sales of close to USD 3 billion.

US President Donald Trump has been putting pressure on India to do more to open its markets.

Government is taking steps to boost growth of economy with an aim to take it to USD 5 trillion in next 5 years, said Piyush Goyal.

The policy addresses broad areas of e-commerce ecosystem such as infra development, market places, regulatory issues among others.

India is embroiled in disputes with United States over tariffs, Indian price caps on imported medical devices, most from the US.

Citi is already one of the largest credit card issuers in India with over 2.7 million cards in March 2019.

Some employees Paytm allegedly worked with third-party vendors and created fake orders to siphon off cashback offers.