Which one of the following best describes the key objective of India's 'Open Network for Digital Commerce' (ONDC) initiative ? (a) To allow government control over all digital commerce transactions (b) To replace private e-commerce players (c) To break the dominance of large e-commerce platforms by enabling interoperability across networks (d) To mandate UPI-based payments for all online transactions

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UPSC Prelims 2026 GS Paper — Question 54

Question

Which one of the following best describes the key objective of India's 'Open Network for Digital Commerce' (ONDC) initiative ?

(a)To allow government control over all digital commerce transactions
(b)To replace private e-commerce players
(c)To break the dominance of large e-commerce platforms by enabling interoperability across networks
(d)To mandate UPI-based payments for all online transactions

Subject

Economy

Topic Reference

Economy — Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC)

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