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CCPA Fines E-Commerce Platforms Over Illegal Explosives Listings
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CNBC TV18•19-10-2026, 22:21
CCPA Fines E-Commerce Platforms Over Illegal Explosives Listings
  • •Around 3900 sellers have been delisted from seven online platforms for illegally selling ammonium nitrate and other explosive substances following a CCPA clampdown.
  • •The Central Consumer Protection Authority issued show cause notices and imposed fines totaling 30 lakh rupees on platforms including Dial4Trade and ExportersIndia.
  • •Platforms like IndiaMART, TradeIndia, Justdial, Sigma-Aldrich India, and Ibuychemikals also came under the regulatory lens for unauthorized listings of hazardous materials.
  • •Current norms bar the unauthorized online listing and sale of regulated explosive substances without valid PESO licenses and proper verification.
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The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) imposed fines on platforms including Dial4Trade and ExportersIndia (Weblink.In Pvt Ltd) for the illegal online sale of explosive substances like ammonium nitrate and PETN, while seven online platforms in total were pulled up.

Various sellers on the digital platforms were found illegally listing and selling hazardous and regulated explosive substances, including ammonium nitrate, gunpowder, picric acid, and Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate (PETN).

Online platforms are required to ensure that sellers disclose valid PESO (Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation) license details and that the identity and licensed status of buyers are properly verified prior to any purchase.

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