UPSC Prelims 2022 GS Paper I · Q31 of 98 General Science medium

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 ?

  1. (a) 1 and 2 only
  2. (b) 2, 3 and 4 only
  3. (c) 1, 3 and 4 only
  4. (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.

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