Retail store owners who have been forced to down shutters in the lockdown starting mid-April are spewing ire. These retailers who sell non-essential items like make-up, garments and shoes have been told to close by the state government. Brick ‘n’ mortar stores selling essentials are allowed to remain open for a few hours in the morning.

They closed but there was a condition that e-commerce platforms should also be disallowed from selling non-essential goods. Traders and retailers cited the huge blow to business and said that digital players too be forced not to deliver goods in the non-essential category to bring some parity. To level the playing field as a report said in this paper.