Road, Transport and Highways Secretary Anurag Jain and former Additional Secretary in the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) Anil Agarwal have been appointed new members in the advisory council of ONDC. Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) is a a non-profit company that formulates a set of standards for voluntary adoption by sellers or logistics providers or payments gateway operators. It aims to promote an open platform for all aspects of e-commerce retail.
With Mr. Jain and Agarwal’s appointment, the total members of the council will be 13.
The council was set up in 2021 by the government to accelerate the adoption of the open network for digital commerce (ONDC). Other members of the council include Nandan Nilekani from Infosys; National Health Authority Chief Executive Officer R S Sharma; Chairperson, capacity building commission, Adil Zainulbhai; Avaana Capital Founder Anjali Bansal; Joint Secretary, DPIIT, Sanjiv; and Digital India Foundation Co-Founder Arvind Gupta.
