E-COMMERCE AND BREAKDOWN IN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT DUE TO COVID-19 VIS-A-VIS EXISTING LAWS

Covid -19 has the adverse effect on almost every sector of Society. It was the time when the Governments worldwide were in surge of medicine or vaccine to control the spread of the virus. Until the situation could be handled the only way left was to control the spread through lockdown in the Country by implementing appropriate law. The best possible way was to control the situation through Disaster Management Act, 2005.Under the authority granted by this Act, the Ministry of Home Affairs issued orders and guidelines which has in some way restricted the fundamental rights of profession, life etc. but the use of this substantially unbridled power was ultimately for the benefit of public at large. This advent of this social engineering has resulted in the growth of E- commerce industry worldwide, wherein less interaction and less risk of infection were possible, combined with the traditional benefits of E-commerce. .E-commerce was the only way during pandemic to ensure supply chain, although this was fractured intermittently, as it too requires human intervention at different levels. The changes in the behaviour of people lead to the major shift in the trend of business. The trend of online shopping which has risen during lockdown or otherwise during scarce travelling is still continuing as the habit of many  people has   changed from physical shopping to E-Shopping .The other side of coin is that the industries associated with travel and leisure are the biggest economic losers in India. The government stopped visas to foreign travellers. The whole value chain comprising Airlines, taxi drivers, small time travel agents, tour operators, guides, hotels and online travel aggregators have been badly hit.

               

KEYWORDS: E-commerce, Payment Gateways, Online Business, Disaster Management, Pandemic.


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