ONDC starts slow with 161 orders on day 1 in Bengaluru

• ByStartupStory     |    October 3, 2022

The government’s ambitious digital commerce project, the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) went live in Bengaluru on September 30 across 16 pin codes in the city, attracting 161 orders across two categories – groceries and food & beverages.

Of the total orders placed, 55% were grocery orders while the rest were F&B orders, per figures from the Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT).

“ONDC is a government of India startup. We are looking forward to feedback from all stakeholders on all aspects of ONDC.” said Anil Agarwal, additional secretary of DPIIT. “ONDC is not an application, platform, intermediary, or software, but a set of specifications designed to foster open, unbundled, and interoperable open networks thereby eliminating the dependency on a single platform,”he added.

The beta testing start of the network saw several companies taking part in it, buyer-facing apps including Paytm, IDFC First Bank, SpiceMoney and Mystore are working as a gateway for online shopping.

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