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UPSC Prelims 2026 GS Paper 1, question 89

Topic: Economy

Q89

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

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

Solution.

Answer: (c) To break the dominance of large e-commerce platforms by enabling interoperability across networks

  1. The Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), an initiative of DPIIT, is an open-protocol, interoperable network that unbundles e-commerce so buyers and sellers on different applications can transact seamlessly.
  2. Its core objective is to democratize digital commerce and curb the monopolistic platform-centric dominance of large walled-garden e-commerce marketplaces.