Assessment and Functioning of CCI

Competition Commission of India (CCI) is a Statutory Body established under the Competition Act, 2002 to prevent practices having adverse effect on competition, to promote and sustain competition in markets while protecting the interests of the consumers.  The Commission prepares and forwards to the Central Government an annual report giving a full account of its activities during the previous year, which is laid before each Houses of Parliament.   The number of cases of cartelisation/unethical business practices reported to CCI in the last three years and current year under provisions of the Competition Act, 2002 are given below: -

(Source : CCI)

The details of cases reported, action taken/penalty imposed by CCI on such companies during each of the last three years and the current year, company-wise/sector-wise are indicated in the Annexure – I to Annexure - IV.

Under the provisions of the Competition Act, 2002 the CCI is mandated, inter-alia, to impose penalties and/or issue cease and desist orders in cases of unethical practices such as anti-competitive agreements and abuse of dominance.  

This was stated by Shri Arun Jaitley, Minister of Corporate Affairs in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.