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Digital public infrastructure and platforms

India's digital public infrastructure, digital money, and the regulation of online selling, gaming, platforms and competition. It serves GS2 answers on e-governance and GS3 answers on the digital economy.

Foundation note: India Stack: the layers of digital public infrastructure

Dark patterns: Online interface designs that trick or pressure users into choices they did not intend.

Central Consumer Protection Authority: The regulator set up under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 to act against unfair trade practices, misleading advertisements and breaches of consumer rights.

GIS: Geographic Information System, software that stores, analyses and maps location based data.

Cadastral maps: Survey maps showing the boundary, extent and ownership of every land parcel, the base record for revenue and registration.

Centrally Sponsored Schemes: Schemes the States run with the Union sharing the cost, unlike a Central Sector Scheme, which the Union funds fully.

Drip pricing: Revealing hidden charges only at the final checkout stage.

Unified Health Interface: The open, protocol based service layer of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission that lets any verified patient app and provider find and transact with each other.

Personal Health Record: A citizen held digital record of an individual's and family's health information.

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