--- title: HP fined 1.4 billion rupees for “cartelization” of ink... description: India's Competition Commission of India (CCI) has fined HP India and its channel partners a total of 1.4 billion rupees (~$14.4 million) for cartelization. HP... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/hp-fined-1-4-billion-rupees-for-cartelization-of-ink-cartridges-toner-pcs-gieqcpgii twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: HP fined 1.4 billion rupees for “cartelization” of ink cartridges, toner, PCs | daily.dev og:description: India's Competition Commission of India (CCI) has fined HP India and its channel partners a total of 1.4 billion rupees (~$14.4 million) for cartelization. HP... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/hp-fined-1-4-billion-rupees-for-cartelization-of-ink-cartridges-toner-pcs-gieqcpgii og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/giEQcpgII.png og:image:alt: HP fined 1.4 billion rupees for “cartelization” of ink cartridges, toner, PCs og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # HP fined 1.4 billion rupees for “cartelization” of ink cartridges, toner, PCs **[Ars Technica](https://daily.dev/sources/arstechnica)** · 2 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary India's Competition Commission of India (CCI) has fined HP India and its channel partners a total of 1.4 billion rupees (~$14.4 million) for cartelization. HP India allegedly coordinated bid prices with five resellers for government procurement contracts covering computers, ink cartridges, toner, and other printing supplies. The scheme involved restricting reseller participation in local tenders, dividing accounts among designated partners, limiting manufacturer authorization forms, and facilitating cover bids. A separate fine of ~$1.2 million was levied specifically for cartelization in the sale of toner, cartridges, and other print consumables. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Why did India's Competition Commission fine HP for cartelization? HP India was fined a total of 1.4 billion rupees (about $14.4 million) for colluding with reseller partners. HP received 1.3 billion rupees for coordinating with five resellers to rig bid prices on government computer contracts, and 119.8 million rupees for cartelizing prices on toner, ink cartridges, and other printing supplies to undercut counterfeit competitors. _Following how major vendors face antitrust scrutiny is easier when procurement news is tracked on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Apple agrees to hand India the financials it spent months trying to withhold](https://daily.dev/posts/apple-agrees-to-hand-india-the-financials-it-spent-months-trying-to-withhold-lis1r1vur) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Apple’s India App Store case gets a procedural compromise from the Delhi bench](https://daily.dev/posts/apple-s-india-app-store-case-gets-a-procedural-compromise-from-the-delhi-bench-jr2yppyg5) · The Next Web · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [HP to sack up to six thousand staff under AI adoption plan](https://daily.dev/posts/hp-to-sack-up-to-six-thousand-staff-under-ai-adoption-plan-bfxuchqwa) · The Register · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Sars to pay Microsoft and IBM R2.75-billion in sole-source deals](https://daily.dev/posts/sars-to-pay-microsoft-and-ibm-r2-75-billion-in-sole-source-deals-eu1s55w6e) · TechCentral · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#hardware](https://daily.dev/tags/hardware) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/hp-fined-1-4-billion-rupees-for-cartelization-of-ink-cartridges-toner-pcs-gieqcpgii) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"HP fined 1.4 billion rupees for “cartelization” of ink cartridges, toner, PCs","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/hp-fined-1-4-billion-rupees-for-cartelization-of-ink-cartridges-toner-pcs-gieqcpgii","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/hp-fined-1-4-billion-rupees-for-cartelization-of-ink-cartridges-toner-pcs-gieqcpgii"},"datePublished":"2026-07-16T22:33:56.373Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T08:02:32.044Z","description":"India's Competition Commission of India (CCI) has fined HP India and its channel partners a total of 1.4 billion rupees (~$14.4 million) for cartelization. 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