New Delhi, Aug. 22 -- As rain clouds gathered over New Delhi, so did the buzz inside Parliament. On day one of the Monsoon session that ended on Thursday, Members of Parliament Shashi Tharoor and Harish Chandra Meena had raised a question in writing that many others in policy circles were asking: what is happening with the draft Digital Competition Bill of 2024?

Their query tapped into deeper concerns over the bill's ex-ante provisions and their potential impact on startups and small enterprises.

Minister of state Harsh Malhotra, in a written response, shed light on the current status of the draft Digital Competition Bill, clarifying that the government was awaiting comments from the ministry of electronics and information technology (M...