India Stack

India Stack

News: Recently, MeitY India and the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) of Papua New Guinea (PNG) have signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to share India Stack.

Background:
• Earlier in June 2023, India had already signed MoUs with four countries namely Armenia, Sierra Leone, Suriname, and Antigua & Barbuda to share India Stack.

What is India Stack?
• India Stack is a set of open APIs and digital public goods that aim to unlock the economic primitives of identity, data, and payments at population scale.
• It consists of four layers: presence-less, paperless, cashless, and consent.
• It enables governments, businesses, startups, and developers to utilize a unique digital infrastructure to solve India’s hard problems towards presence-less, paperless, and cashless service delivery.
• India Stack is the largest open API in the world and has been implemented in stages since 2009. It has helped promote financial and social inclusion and positioned the country for the Internet Age.

What are some examples of applications built on India stack?
• Digilocker, BHIM, eNAM, Jeevan Pramaan and eMudhra.
 

About PNG:
• PNG is an island country located in the southwestern Pacific. It shares land borders with Indonesia and water border with Australia, and the Solomon Islands.
• The capital is Port Moresby.
• It has a mountainous terrain, with the New Guinea Highlands running along the length of the island. The highest peak is Mount Wilhelm.
• PNG has more than 800 languages spoken by its people, making it one of the most linguistically diverse countries in the world.