India, April 23 -- The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has reportedly called for levying a "luxury tax" on all purchases made via ecommerce platforms.

As per Livemint, the traders body proposed imposing the tax under the goods and services tax (GST) regime. The comments came during CAIT's national conclave on the topic "cruel face of quick commerce and ecommerce" in New Delhi.

CAIT's secretary general emeritus Praveen Khandelwal reportedly called for instituting new policy mandates to "immediately enforce" FDI policies for the ecommerce sector, including quick commerce , to protect the interests of small businesses.

"The Indian government has almost prepared the ecommerce policy after much deliberation. We feel now is the rig...