The government has placed e-commerce platforms under scrutiny as it monitors prices of daily use FMCG products ranging from shampoo to pulses to ensure that the benefits of Goods and Services Tax (GST) rate cuts are being appropriately passed on to consumers, a source said on Tuesday.

Authorities are monitoring whether these platforms are complying with pricing norms and not withholding the intended consumer benefits from tax reductions.

Amid complaints of not commensurate price reduction of daily essential items being sold on some e-commerce platforms, sources said that the government has informally ticked off certain e-commerce operators for the prices they are offering on certain items.

"The government is monitoring e-commerce operators for a smooth and genuine passage of GST cuts. T

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