DPI Brief — March 10, 2026

Today’s DPI Updates (7 Layers)

L1: Identity & Authentication

No major updates reported in the last 24 hours.

L2: Payments & Financial Rails

UPI International Expansion Continues: Sri Lanka’s Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts has rolled out UPI payments across its portfolio in Sri Lanka and the Maldives, catering to Indian travelers who increasingly prefer digital payments. India is the biggest source market for Sri Lankan tourism, and the move aligns with Indian travelers’ “digital-first” expectations.1

Apple Pay Coming to India: Reports indicate that Apple is exploring bringing Apple Pay to India, which would further expand the digital payments ecosystem in the country.2

Xflow Raises Funding: India’s Xflow, a cross-border B2B payments infrastructure provider, secured investment from Stripe and PayPal Ventures. The startup provides APIs enabling platforms and exporters to embed cross-border money movement into their products.3

L3: Documents & Data Exchange

No major updates reported in the last 24 hours.

L4: Commerce & Logistics

Flipkart Returns to India: Flipkart has moved its headquarters back to India from Singapore, ahead of a potential IPO in the financial year ending March 2027. The e-commerce giant was one of several Indian startups that had set up overseas holding structures to attract foreign investment.4

L5: Sectoral Infrastructure

AI in Digital Health: Union Health Secretary Punya Salila Srivastava highlighted AI’s potential to reduce the burden on healthcare workers while strengthening the physician-patient relationship at the India AI Impact Summit 2026. She emphasized that India’s health system has evolved into a nationally interoperable digital ecosystem over the past decade.5

The Health Ministry showcased its digital health and AI initiatives at the India AI Impact Expo 2026, including advancements in the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) ecosystem.

L6: Governance & Grievance

No major updates reported in the last 24 hours.

L7: Security, Privacy & Trust

India Tightens Deepfake Regulations: The Indian government has amended IT Rules 2021, mandating social media platforms to label synthetic audio-visual content and ensure deepfakes are clearly marked with traceable provenance data. Platforms must now comply with takedown orders within three hours and certain urgent user complaints within two hours.6

Sources

  1. India’s Digital Payments Boom Reaches Foreign Shores - Skift ↩︎

  2. Apple looks to bring Apple Pay to India - Finextra ↩︎

  3. Stripe, PayPal Ventures bet on India’s Xflow - TechCrunch ↩︎

  4. Flipkart moves its headquarters back to India - TechCrunch ↩︎

  5. AI has potential to reduce burden on healthcare workforce - Economic Times ↩︎

  6. India orders social media platforms to take down deepfakes faster - TechCrunch ↩︎