India’s eGov Foundation, UNDP Indonesia sign MoU

Current Context: India’s eGov Foundation and UNDP Indonesia have recently signed an MoU to improve medical waste management in Indonesia using digital technology. This is a significant step towards addressing the environmental and health challenges posed by the increasing amount of infectious medical waste generated by the Covid-19 pandemic.

• The collaboration aims to use eGov Foundation’s Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) - DIGIT, which is an open-source platform that can handle various waste streams and geographies.
• The platform will help bring visibility and accountability to the end-to-end management of infectious medical waste across nearly 13,000 health facilities in Indonesia.
• The partnership also seeks to leverage the existing digital building blocks of the technology stack to develop efficient and cost-effective applications.
• The MoU was signed on August 9, 2023, and is part of UNDP Indonesia’s ME-SMILE project, which stands for Medical Waste Management for Sustainable and Inclusive Livelihoods and Environment.

Question:

Q.1 What is the name of the open-source platform that eGov Foundation’s Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) uses to handle various waste streams and geographies?
a. DIGIT
b. DIME
c. DASH
d. DART