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 ?
- (a) 1 and 2 only
- (b) 2, 3 and 4 only
- (c) 1, 3 and 4 only
- (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 ✓ UPSC's answer
Why the answer is (d)
• India's flagship digital public goods are built on open-source foundations so that they can be audited, scaled and shared with other countries.
• Aarogya Setu's code was released as open source in 2020, and CoWIN was built on open-source stacks and offered to other nations as a digital public good (items 1 and 2).
• DigiLocker is part of the open India Stack architecture, and DIKSHA, the school-education platform, is built on the open-source Sunbird platform (items 3 and 4).
• The Government's Digital Public Goods approach was showcased during India's G20 presidency.
• Hence all four, option (d).
Why the other options are wrong
- (a) 1 and 2 only
- DigiLocker and DIKSHA are also built on open platforms.
- (b) 2, 3 and 4 only
- Aarogya Setu is also open source.
- (c) 1, 3 and 4 only
- CoWIN is also built on open-source technology.
Asked in the GS Paper I of the UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2022, held on 5 June 2022. Question and answer key: Union Public Service Commission. Explanation: UPSC Answer Check.