After Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), India’s own e-commerce network, now Delhi Government is introducing its own e-commerce platform, ‘Dilli Bazaar’.
This e-portal,which will enable shoppers across the globe to have a virtual tour of the city’s key markets and shop on the lines of other e-commerce platforms, will go live in December with 10,000 vendors.
The Delhi Government may soon have a meeting with market associations and women entrepreneurs and address their queries on the Dilli Bazaar portal.
Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi’s Chief Minister, had chaired a high-level review meeting at the Delhi Secretariat to take stock of the progress of the project.
As per reports, traders are quite excited since this is the first time that Delhi is coming up with such an initiative.
Through Dilli Bazaar, the Delhi Government aims to bring the city’s markets to a ‘cutting-edge’ digital platform where every Delhi-based trader will be able to display and sell their products to the world.
As per reports, with zero setup cost, products on Dilli Bazaar will be significantly cheaper than those on other e-commerce portals.
As per an official statement, Delhi’s markets will be known all over the world in the coming years. By December 2022, Dilli Bazaar will be launched with store fronts of 10,000 shops in Delhi.
Notably, the Delhi Government will connect one lakh sellers to the portal in the first phase.
An agency will be appointed to oversee all aspects of Dilli Bazaar’s operations. This will be the first time in the country that Delhi’s markets will be available on multiple digital platforms.
The portal will adopt the ONDC protocol to establish an open network of e-marketplaces in Delhi, which will help shift buyer and seller transactions from closed platforms to decentralised open networks.
Dilli Bazaar will also introduce virtual market tours wherein the customers and visitors will be able to view market streets and shops, easing the journey of their purchase and itinerary planning, the statement said.
