With the zeal to have an entire software ecosystem designed and distributed locally, India’s homegrown mapping service, MapmyIndia, has received positive views from the Indian government and prominent tech spokespersons. The company’s Mappls navigation service, which was introduced recently, is currently pitched as a domestic alternative to the Google Maps service and was recently spotted being tested by a top government official.

In a post shared on X (formerly Twitter), Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw personally tested the Mappls app over the weekend, publicly endorsing its quality and features. He highlighted that this kind of local technology is now competitive with—and, in some areas, equal to—global standards.

“Good features…must try,” wrote the minister in a post, which accompan

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