SouthAsiaSource
Feb 14, 2022
E-commerce is the latest target in India’s push for an open digital economy
By
Adnan Ahmad Ansari
India’s Minister for Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, last week informed parliament that his government was in the process of finalizing a beta version of an Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC). To understand why the government is pushing for the ONDC, it is important to understand three underlying factors that are shaping India’s burgeoning digital economy.