Q. Recently, which organisation launched "Saarthi app" in collaboration with Bhashini?
Answer:
Open Network for Digital Commerce
Notes: Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) launched the Saarthi app in collaboration with Bhashini. Saarthi helps businesses create their own buyer-side apps with multilingual support. It currently supports Hindi, English, Marathi, Bangla, and Tamil, with plans to include all 22 languages provided by Bhashini. Features include real-time translation, transliteration, and voice recognition to help businesses reach new regions and customers. Bhashini is India’s AI-led language translation platform, aiming to provide easy internet access and digital services in Indian languages. It offers AI and Natural Language Processing (NLP) resources to MSMEs, startups, and innovators, and includes a crowdsourcing section called ‘Bhasadaan.’