India, Oct. 20 -- The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has taken regulatory action against seven ecommerce platforms, including IndiaMART and Justdial, over the listing and sales of unauthorised hazardous explosives.

The material listed on these platforms included ammonium nitrate, gun powder, picric acid and pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN).

Except for ammonium nitrate, all of the aforementioned chemicals are exclusively used in manufacturing explosives.

The regulatory action has resulted in the delisting of 3,940 sellers and listing entries, while the authority has imposed penalties totalling Rs.30 Lakh on Dial4Trade and ExportersIndia, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution said in a statement ...