Understanding the nuances within the Competition Act and its regulations is crucial to determine when regulatory clearance from CCI is necessary. To address common queries, we have compiled the DIY Merger Notifiability Toolkit for practitioners, unpacking key issues.

Year 2024 marked the new phase of Indian merger control through the notification of key provisions of the Competition (Amendment) Act, 2023, the enabling rules, and the CCI (Combinations) Regulations, 2024. Collectively, these reforms significantly shape India’s merger control framework by expanding jurisdictional reach, refining exemptions, and streamlining review timelines. 

India’s merger control regime has entered a new phase. With 128 combination filings in 2024 alone, the Competition Commission of India (“CCI”) has signaled a more expansive, faster, and sharper enforcement framework which is reshaping how deals must be structured, assessed, and timed.  

The article ‘Navigating AI-related combinations in India’ discusses how the Indian merger control framework is likely to treat combinations relating to AI entities, drawing insights from the orders of CCI in technology and data-driven markets.