New Delhi, April 5 -- Member of Parliament and Secretary General of the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT), Praveen Khandelwal, has urged the government to curb alleged malpractices by certain e-commerce and quick commerce companies and called for the formation of a National Retail Development Council to ensure fair policymaking for the retail sector.

In a communication to Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, Khandelwal expressed concern that practices adopted by some companies are "severely distorting India's retail trade ecosystem."

He highlighted that activities such as "predatory pricing, deep discounting, dark patterns, inventory-led models disguised as marketplaces, preferential treatment to select sellers, an...