A mere week after an Indian government official teased the possibility the nation could create its own mobile OS to challenge the dominance of Google and Apple, minister for education and minister of skill development & entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan has demonstrated just such an OS at work and endorsed it as the sort of the India should be doing.

Pradhan praised the operating system's monopoly busting potential, while other speakers at the launch suggested it could be ideal for use by India's government as it could be customized.

Screenshots posted by JANDKOPS depict the Android keyboard app on one screen, a shortcut to the DuckDuckGo search engine, plus design elements that will look very familiar to users of Google's mobile OS.

JANDKOPS's site states the OS is "currently being provided to organizations that have stringent security and privacy requirements" – strongly suggesting it is already in use.

Officials at the event hailed the OS as contributing to India's AtmaNirbhar Bharat self-sufficiency drive, adding that the nation also needs to develop semiconductors, electronics manufacturing, and other fields if it is to deliver a home-made mobile ecosystem.

The nation's competition authorities are seeking major changes to the Android ecosystem to prevent the ads giant dominating the mobile market.