DPI Brief — June 10, 2026

MeitY Pushes States to Adopt App-Based Aadhaar Verification for Citizen Services

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has written to Chief Secretaries of all states and Union Territories, urging them to adopt UIDAI’s recently launched app-based Aadhaar verification system for citizen-facing services. The recommended use cases span hotel and guest house registration, visitor management at government offices, hospital patient verification, and examination candidate checks. The system works via a QR code flow: the verifying entity generates a code, the citizen scans it using the Aadhaar app, and basic identity details (name, age, mobile number, photograph) are displayed on screen — eliminating the need for physical photocopies. This directly addresses documented fraud cases where Aadhaar photocopies collected on false pretences were used to obtain loans or purchase goods. Institutions adopting this system must register with UIDAI under the Aadhaar (Authentication and Offline Verification) Amendment Regulations, 2025, notified via Gazette on 9 December 2025. Delhi has already directed its police, Home Guards, forensic labs, courts, and fire services to adopt the mechanism, signalling early traction.

UPI Hits All-Time High: 23.2 Billion Transactions Worth ₹29.9 Lakh Crore in May 2026

India’s Unified Payments Interface recorded its highest-ever monthly volume in May 2026, processing 23.2 billion transactions valued at ₹29.9 trillion (approximately ₹29.9 lakh crore). This represents a continued acceleration in real-time digital payment adoption, with UPI now accounting for nearly half of all global real-time payment transactions. The milestone comes alongside NPCI’s ongoing international expansion — Cambodia became the ninth country to accept UPI payments through a partnership with ACLEDA Bank, further extending India’s digital payments footprint abroad.

GeM Surpasses ₹5 Lakh Crore GMV; AI/ML Tools Strengthen Procurement Integrity

The Government e-Marketplace (GeM) has crossed ₹5 lakh crore in Gross Merchandise Value (GMV) in the last financial year, a dramatic scale-up from its first-year figure of ₹422 crore, according to CEO Mihir Kumar. The platform now processes 74 lakh procurement orders, up from 6,000 at inception. Micro and small enterprises account for 45% of orders on the platform (against a mandated 25%), women entrepreneurs have transacted over ₹80,000 crore (up from ₹70 crore), and startups have crossed ₹50,000 crore in business. GeM has also integrated AI/ML tools to detect abnormal buyer-seller behaviour and flag potential integrity violations in real time, reinforcing trust in public procurement. Separately, GeM crossed ₹4 lakh crore GMV within the first 10 months of FY 2026-27 alone.

Goa Leads State-Level DPDP Compliance with Dedicated Workshop; NIC Signs ₹444 Crore Postal Cloud MoU

Goa hosted a comprehensive state-level workshop on the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023, at the Secretariat in Porvorim on 8 June, organised by the state’s IT department in collaboration with MeitY’s National e-Governance Division (NeGD). The workshop covered data inventory creation, consent management, notice requirements, and technical measures for data protection — critical preparation as states accelerate digital service delivery through platforms like Bhashini and AI Kosh. Meanwhile, NIC, the Department of Posts, and NICSI signed a tripartite MoU worth ₹444.36 crore to host the Advanced Postal Technology (APT) application on the National Government Cloud MeghRaj 2.0, advancing cloud-first governance across India’s 1.55 lakh post offices.

West Bengal Assembly Adopts NeVA for Digital Legislative Proceedings

A tripartite MoU was signed between the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, the Government of West Bengal, and the West Bengal Legislative Assembly for implementing the National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA) — a Mission Mode Project designed and developed by NIC to digitise and modernise legislative functioning. The platform aims to create a paperless ecosystem for parliamentary proceedings, enabling real-time access to bills, questions, and legislative documents. Several state legislatures have now joined the NeVA framework, marking steady progress in India’s governance digitisation stack.

Sources: Indian Express, LinkedIn / NPCI Data, The Tribune / ANI, Business News This Week, NIC / Instagram