CCI Fines HP India ₹140 Cr For Rigging Tenders On GeM Portal

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) issued a cumulative penalty of ₹138.9 Cr on HP India in two cases of anti-competitive practices and cartelisation of the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) platform. CCI’s investigation revealed that, in the first case concerning government procurement of personal computer systems, HP was dictating bid prices to its resellers and intentionally withholding necessary authorisations from resellers. In a second case regarding tenders for printing supplies, such