Centre Launches new Instant Messaging platform ‘Sandes’

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The National Informatics Centre (NIC),under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, has launched an instant messaging platform called “Sandes”.
Similar to WhatsApp, the new government instant messaging systems (GIMS) platform can be used for all kinds of communications by anyone using a mobile number or email id.
The need to build a home-grown messaging platform was felt by the government to ensure secure communication between people as they worked from home, following the nationwide lockdown imposed to contain the spread of Covid-19.
The Sandes app is also a part of the government strategy to encourage use of India-made software so as to build an ecosystem of indigenously developed products.