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After the first round of discussion, the information and broadcasting (I&B) ministry will now be holding its second round of consultation on the agenda of regulating the content of the online video in Chennai this week. The issue is regarding the content that these online video streaming application or website, and now even the industry pushes back on possible censorship. The first round of consultation took place in October in Mumbai and was attended by the top online curated content providers. It included Amazon, Netflix, Hotstar and also the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI)

According to the report, the most prominent Market Players, namely Reliance, Amazon, Flipkart, want to help the retail outlets in their business. Some of them want to use these Kirana stores as last-mile delivery points while few want these retail outlets to buy their inventory, thereby pushing them to get rid of the traditional distributors. This step is made to help the economy grow and make India a secure place to do business. Mukesh Ambani, Chairman of Reliance Industries, has announced in his recent annual meeting that his vision is to make living better of around 12 million Kirana store people with the help of the technology. This will make the working pattern of these stores easy, i.e., managing their billing, margins, inventory and other related benefits. Reliance at present claims that they already have 25 lakh Kirana store people on-board, whereas Amazon and Flipkart have 23,000 and 17,000 Kirana store people respectively in their network.