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New Delhi : Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, has initiated a project on Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC). The task has been assigned to Quality Council of India (QCI).
ONDC aims at promoting open networks developed on open sourced methodology, using open specifications, and open network protocols independent of any specific platform. ONDC is expected to digitise the entire value chain, standardise operations, promote inclusion of suppliers, derive efficiencies in logistics and enhance value for consumers, according to a PIB release.
An advisory council has been constituted to advise the Government on measures needed to design and accelerate adoption of ONDC. The members of the Advisory council will be:
- R S. Sharma, CEO, National Health Authority
- Nandan M Nilekani, non-executive Chairman of Infosys
- Adil Zainulbhai, Chairman, QCI and Capacity Building Commission
- Anjali Bansal, Founder & Chairperson, Avaana Capital
- Arvind Gupta, Co-founder & Head, Digital India Foundation
- Dilip Asbe, MD & CEO, NPCI
- Suresh Sethi, MD & CEO, NSDL
- Praveen Khandelwal, Secretary-General, CAIT
- Kumar Rajagopalan, CEO, RAI
Additional Secretary (ITeC),DPIIT, shall be the covenor of the Advisory Council.