The basics
The ‘Open Network for Digital Commerce’ (ONDC), is a Government of India (GoI) backed technology infrastructure. It is a network-centric model, wherein buyers and sellers can transact irrespective of the platforms/applications they use as long as “platforms/applications are connected to this open network”.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://internetfreedom.in/ondc-an-explainer/