Problems relating to Trade and Investment on India
20. Monopoly |
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| (1) Monopoly in Cargo Handling Business at Airports | - Airports Authority of India (AAI) de facto monopolises the air cargo handling business at Indian Airports. No price negotiation is possible because there is no competitor. => Outsourcing airport warehouse operation has made a fair progress, however, not to the extent, whereby individual enterprises may freely negotiate the tariff rate. (It is the same with other countries.) - It is different for the importers to negotiate charges (to cut down the tariff) as cargo handling is exclusively monopolised by a singe firm (AAI: Airport Authority of India). |
- It is requested that GOI liberalises air cargo forwarder business at all Indian airports, domestic and international, to enable price competition and diversify the air transportation routes connecting all local and international airports with maximum efficiency. | - The Competition Act, 2002 |
| (Action) - The Indian judiciary system remains incapable and its overhaul lags behind. The establishment of the Competition Commission of India is a typical example. While the Competition Act was promulgated in 2002 it was only in 2009 that the Competition Commission conceived in the Act was at long last established. |
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