New Delhi, Jan. 15 -- New Delhi: The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has penalised Flipkart, Meta Platforms, and Amazon with fines of Rs.10 lakh each for allowing the sale and promotion of walkie-talkies on their platforms without mandatory regulatory disclosures and approvals, widening its crackdown on e-commerce marketplaces for violating consumer protection rules.

The penalties follow similar action against Meesho, which was fined Rs.10 lakh on 4 December for unauthorised walkie-talkie listings. Earlier, the CCPA had imposed penalties of Rs.1 lakh each on Reliance JioMart, Talk Pro (Iconet Services Pvt. Ltd), The MaskMan Toys and Chimiya for selling such devices without required clearances.

In separate orders, reviewed b...