India Stack and digital adoption

India Stack and digital adoption

Subject: Science and Tech

Section: Awareness in IT

Key Points:

• India Stack is a term used for a set of open Application Programming Interfaces (API) a software bridge that enables two applications to talk to each other and digital public goods that aim to unlock the economic basics of identity, data, and payments at a population scale.
• It includes Aadhaar authentication, eKYC, eSign, DigiLocker, United Payment Interface, Aadhaar Enabled Payment System, Immediate Payment Service, and Aadhaar Payment Bridge.
• The India Stack dubbed as Digital Public Infrastructure, has gone global. Since June 2023, India has signed MoUs with countries such as Armenia, SierraLeone, Suriname, and Antigua & Barbuda, among others.
• Instrumental to the development of India Stack is the Indian Software Products Industry Round Table (iSPIRT), the software products think tank led by tech advocates and volunteers.
• SPIRIT has also launched several open networks:
  • Open Credit Enablement Network
    • It basically reimagines the lending ecosystem in a manner wherein any service provider that interfaces with customers can now also play the role of credit provider.
    • This network comprises lenders, borrowers, credit bureaus, underwriters, tech companies, and a new class of entities called Loan Service Providers. It is now ready for scale use, after the pilot programme.
  • Open Health Services Network:
    • It is an interface that governs the relationship between various market players in the healthcare ecosystem such as teleconsult providers, pharmacies, or diagnostic centres on one side, and government or private apps and platforms on the other side.
  • WANI (Wireless Access Network Interface):
    • It is aimed at enabling internet access to deep rural areas.
• For the next year, iSPIRIT has two other developments to roll out which include Sakram for solutions around cybersecurity and Bharat Distributed Ledger for enforcing commercial contracts.

Tusker found shot dead in Jawalagiri forest range in Hosur

Jawalagiri forest range:

• It falls within the Cauvery North Wildlife Sanctuary, in Hosur, Tamil Nadu.

Cauvery north wildlife sanctuary:

• It is a protected area located in the Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri districts of Tamil Nadu, India.
• Sanctuary is named as it is located above the north of Cauvery river in Tamil Nadu state and south of the river connects to the Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary of Karnataka state.
• The Government of Tamil Nadu declared Cauvery North WildLife Sanctuary under Section 26-A of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972.
• Sanctuary comes under the Melagiri Hill ranges which is a significant wildlife corridor in the confluence of Eastern Ghats and Western Ghats where it forms the vital link to the Male Mahadeshwara Betta hills, Biligirirangana Hills, Sathyamangalam Wildlife Sanctuary and Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve.

Source: TH