Consider the following :
- 1.Aarogya Setu
- 2.CoWIN
- 3.DigiLocker
- 4.DIKSHA
Which of the above are built on top of open-source digital platforms ?
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Answer: D. All four are part of India's Digital Public Infrastructure built on open-source technology and open standards. Aarogya Setu's code was made open source in 2020, CoWIN was built with open-source tools and offered to other countries, DigiLocker uses open APIs, and DIKSHA runs on the open-source Sunbird platform. So 1, 2, 3 and 4.
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Why the other options are wrong
- A. Wrong because DigiLocker and DIKSHA also use open-source platforms.
- B. Wrong because Aarogya Setu is also open source.
- C. Wrong because CoWIN is also built on open-source technology.
Source to check: MeitY and India Stack websites; Economic Survey 2021-22 discussion of digital public goods; Sunbird (sunbird.org) on DIKSHA
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