India’s New Merger Control Regime: An Economist’s Perspective

Rameet Sangha, Apr 15, 2011

India’s new merger control regime will come into force on June 1, 2011. This article describes what consulting economists would like to see from the merger control regime, drawing on experience of merger control in other jurisdictions, in particular Europe and South Africa. In a merger review process with its often tight timescales, it is in everyone’s interest to ensure that the resources allocated by the merging parties to compiling economic evidence, an