Nilekani helping govt build platform to take on Amazon, Flipkart: Report

Infosys' billionaire Co-founder Nandan Nilekani is helping the government build "a freely accessible online system where traders and consumers can buy and sell everything from detergent bars to airline tickets," Bloomberg reported. It is called the Open Network for Digital Commerce, or ONDC. Its objective is to curb Amazon and Walmart-owned Flipkart's domination in India, Bloomberg report added.