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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">bricslawjournal</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">BRICS Law Journal</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Юридический журнал БРИКС</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2409-9058</issn><issn pub-type="epub">2412-2343</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Publishing House V.Ема</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.21684/2412-2343-2024-11-1-84-102</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">bricslawjournal-999</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>ARTICLE</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Antitrust Law in the BRICS Countries: A Review and Critique</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title></trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Kumar</surname><given-names>N.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Narender Kumar  – Assistant Professor, Department of Law</p><p>Senate House Campus, University Road, Old Katra, Prayagraj (Allahabad), Uttar Pradesh, 211002</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">narenderarya86@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff xml:lang="en" id="aff-1"><institution>University of Allahabad</institution><country>India</country></aff><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2024</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>03</day><month>05</month><year>2024</year></pub-date><volume>11</volume><issue>1</issue><fpage>84</fpage><lpage>102</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Kumar N., 2024</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2024</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Kumar N.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Kumar N.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://www.bricslawjournal.com/jour/article/view/999">https://www.bricslawjournal.com/jour/article/view/999</self-uri><abstract><p>A growing trend shows that global economic power is shifting away from the United States and Europe and towards the BRICS nations. The BRICS nations are predicted to hold the dominant position in the world by 2050. The rapid development of these economies and their markets is also raising a serious concern for the national antitrust enforcement authorities of the BRICS countries in their respective jurisdictions. This study attempts to examine the effectiveness of antitrust law, with a special focus on new developing trends in each of the BRICS jurisdictions. In addition, the study examines the proposed changes and limitations of the Indian Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022. The study reveals that the national antitrust laws and their enforcement processes are not fully developed and in need of considerable changes. Furthermore, the study indicates that while the proposed Amendment Bill 2022 is a progressive step in the right direction, it fails to cover certain key areas of the digital era, requiring further modifications to anticipate future impacts of economic development. In conclusion, the author recommends some points for effective policymaking, along with their future implications.</p></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Antitrust Law</kwd><kwd>BRICS</kwd><kwd>Competition Law Enforcement</kwd><kwd>Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022</kwd><kwd>National Competition Law Authority</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Avdasheva S. &amp; Radchenko T. Remedies in BRICS Countries: Are There Lessons from and for Competition Economics?, in Competition Policy for the New Era: Insights from the BRICS Countries 160 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198810674.003.0009</mixed-citation><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Avdasheva S. &amp; Radchenko T. 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