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Nandan Nilekani to join govt panel on curbing digital monopolies

Idea is to give 'free and fair' choice to buy products on online platform

R S Sharma, Nandan Nilekani
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Infosys Chairman and Aadhaar architect Nandan Nilekani (left) and National Health Authority Chief Executive R S Sharma

Shreya Nandi New Delhi
Infosys Chairman and Aadhaar architect Nandan Nilekani will join a panel set up by the central government, along with eight other members, to advise the government on designing and accelerating adoption of Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), aimed at curbing digital monopolies.

The larger idea is to give ‘free and fair’ choice to consumers to buy products on an online platform, a senior government official said. “The system will help physical traders get on online platforms. This will be done by creating a network based on open protocols through ONDC,” a government official told Business Standard.

The other members