create open and decentralized digital
ecosystems
with beckn
One Protocol, Infinite Potential
Mobility
Logistics
Energy
Agri - Commerce
Online Dispute Resolution
Smart Cities
Healthcare
Circular Economy
Culture
Smart Manufacturing
Skilling and Education
Tele-Law
Digital Commerce
Beckn, a radical new take
Beckn Protocol (or Beckn in short) enables the creation of open, peer-to-peer decentralized networks for pan-sector economic transactions.
The protocol can be implemented by platforms, organizations and governments to create integrated digital networks across diverse sectors of e-commerce, mobility, energy, manufacturing and more.
The possibilities are immense.
Creating a New Digital Future, One Open Network at a Time
Unified Health Interface
Unified Health Interface
A protocol powered by the community
Beckn protocol is maintained via an open community-driven governance model. The community comprises multiple individuals, businesses and organizations that actively contribute to the specification to fuel its digital acceleration.
Click here to join the community-led development effort to enable the continuous evolution of beckn as a digital public good for global adoption.
The Beckn Difference
From once an open Internet, the world gradually shifted towards proprietary, non-interoperable platforms. This change led to a decline in competitiveness and restricted the agency and choices of sellers, service providers, and consumers.
Beckn responds to these challenges by pioneering open networks based on interoperability and decentralization. By unbundling services and enabling specialization, these networks reduce reliance on specific platforms. This enhanced flexibility empowers sellers to access demand without platform dependency, fostering a more equitable and efficient ecosystem. This, in turn, promotes collaboration, innovation, and inclusivity without compromising competitiveness.
The outcome is barrier-free participation in the digital economy, ensuring equal access for all participants—governments, customers, and businesses—regardless of size, location, or demographics. This approach amplifies opportunities across sectors, regions, and demographics, creating a more accessible and inclusive digital landscape.
Who Benefits from Beckn?
Businesses
Help to extend the reach of market players beyond self-owned platforms to new customers in a universal open digital ecosystem without compromising on the experience
Consumers
Help consumers with the freedom to discover services including day-to-day services like mobility, food and grocery delivery in any consumer-facing application of choice that is beckn-enabled, thereby, making it a one-stop place for the consumer–provider transactions
Governments
Enable the governments to promote an interoperable, open ecosystem of applications to connect consumers to providers, thus, maximizing value to all stakeholders without being monopolized by one or two players
beckn in the news
The Beckn Protocol is perhaps the least well-known project outside of tech circles, but is likely the most impactful of all work Nilekani has championed since Aadhaar
open standards of ONDC are an adapted version of the Beckn Protocol …. that can be used even beyond retail commerce for sectors such as mobility and health
the absence of a middleman (in Beckn enabled Open Networks) means consumers directly interact and transact with service providers without having to pay more
Think of it as a box of Lego bricks .. Beckn opens this market up dramatically, allowing one to get these blocks from a wide variety of vendors
the network (KOMN) has combined several taxi associations & Kochi metro booking systems into an integrated solution .. using the Beckn Protocol
supporters &
contributors
We encourage diverse stakeholders, without being bound by domain or industry, to facilitate growth through creation and adoption of interoperable open protocols for consumer-provider transactions.
