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 DIGIT (Digital Infrastructure for Governance, Impact & Transformation) is India's largest platform for governance services. Visit https://doc.digit.org for more details.
 
-DIGIT platform is microservices based API platform enabling quick rebundling of services as per specific needs. This repository contains various infra, governance and municipal focused micro services.
+DIGIT platform is microservices-based API platform enabling quick rebundling of services as per specific needs. This repository contains various infra, governance and municipal-focused micro services.
 
 This is a Core services repo that lays down the basic platform.
 
 License
 DIGIT is released under MIT License
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