Which Indian government body initiated the OpenForge platform?

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AMinistry of Home Affairs (MHA)

BMinistry of Finance (MoF)

CMinistry of Defence (MoD)

DMinistry of Electronics & IT (MeitY)

Answer:

The OpenForge platform was initiated by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
The platform is managed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC), a premier technology arm of the Indian government. It serves as a centralized platform for government departments to host, manage, and collaborate on open-source software projects. The goal is to promote a culture of sharing and reuse of source code for e-governance applications, thereby accelerating digital transformation and saving public funds.

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