Govt to pilot-launch e-commerce network in two cities in April

The network is a Unified Payments Interface (UPI) equivalent but for the e-commerce space.

A small-scale implementation of the government’s ambitious Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) will be rolled out across two cities by April to see how the technology-enabled infrastructure works before it is officially launched.

Spearheaded by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), ONDC is a Unified Payments Interface (UPI) equivalent but for the e-commerce space.

“We have two pilot (launches) coming up in two different cities in the country–one probably in the north and one in the south. We will onboard local retailers and buyers on the platform and see how it works,” Anil Agrawal, additional