DPI Brief — June 28, 2026
India’s Digital Public Infrastructure ecosystem saw significant cross-layer momentum this week, spanning digital health, commerce, document verification, cross-border payments, identity, and cybersecurity. Here are the five most impactful updates.
Aarogya Setu 2.0 — From Contact Tracing to Personal Health Record Platform [L5]
Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda is set to launch the revamped Aarogya Setu 2.0 on June 29, transforming what was once a COVID-19 contact-tracing app into a comprehensive personal health record platform. The redesigned application serves as a single digital gateway into the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) ecosystem, allowing users to create and manage ABHA accounts, store health records, and use the ‘scan and share’ facility for digital registration at healthcare facilities.
Key features include AI-powered digitisation of medical records (including lab reports as PDFs or images), a personalised health dashboard, wearable device integration for tracking vital signs, and a PM-JAY wallet showing healthcare coverage details and family-wise utilisation. The app also integrates with e-RaktKosh for real-time blood availability and provides GPS-based discovery of nearby hospitals, clinics, and PM-JAY empanelled facilities. With nearly 20 crore existing downloads, Aarogya Setu 2.0 leverages its installed base to accelerate ABDM adoption — and incorporates a consent management system aligned with India’s digital health privacy framework.
Source: PIB, ETGovernment
ONDC-Powered DigiDukaan Expanding Nationwide [L4]
The ONDC-powered DigiDukaan initiative, successfully rolled out in Jaipur on June 19 by Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma, is now set to expand to Mumbai, Bengaluru, and eventually nationwide. At a meeting of the National Traders’ Welfare Board (NTWB), the Ministry of Commerce and Industry confirmed the expansion roadmap, noting the encouraging trader response in Jaipur.
The NTWB meeting also deliberated on food safety compliance for digital sellers, ease of obtaining licences and registrations, strengthening state-level traders’ welfare boards, and concerns arising from quick commerce platforms. Separately, Kerala Industries Minister P.K. Kunhalikutty chaired an inter-departmental workshop in Thiruvananthapuram on June 24 to discuss ONDC’s proposals across retail, tourism, and transport, with the minister noting that ONDC “will open up global markets for Kerala entrepreneurs.”
Source: BW Businessworld, The Hindu Business Line
AIR SUVIDHA 2.0 — Digital Health Screening at Points of Entry [L3/L7]
The Ministry of Civil Aviation, in collaboration with DGHS and Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL), launched AIR SUVIDHA 2.0 on June 25 — a contactless digital health self-declaration platform for all international arrivals into India. The system requires passengers to submit health and 21-day travel history before boarding, enabling real-time coordination among health, immigration, and surveillance agencies for early detection of at-risk travellers amid the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Africa.
This is a significant interoperability use case that bridges multiple DPI layers: it relies on digital identity (Aadhaar/passport-based authentication), digital document submission, and real-time data sharing between central and state health agencies. The platform represents a rapid, DPI-powered public health response — standing up a national-scale digital screening system within days of the WHO’s PHEIC declaration.
UP Family ID Now Accessible via DigiLocker — 6 Crore Citizens [L3]
Uttar Pradesh has enabled access to the UP Family ID (Parivar ID) through DigiLocker, allowing over six crore residents to fetch, store, and share their family identity documents digitally. The integration marks one of the largest sub-national document digitisation efforts on the DigiLocker platform, enabling paperless access to welfare schemes that depend on family-level identification.
DigiLocker itself continues to scale — the platform now has over 70.69 crore registered users and has issued more than 850 crore documents, according to the PIB’s Digital India 11-year retrospective released this week. The platform serves as the backbone of India’s L3 document infrastructure, and state-level integrations like this deepen its utility for citizen-facing services.
CERT-In AI Vulnerability Blueprint and Cyber Exercises [L7]
India’s national cyber-defence agency CERT-In has backed its April 2026 advisory on AI-assisted cyber threats with a detailed operational blueprint calling for 12-hour remediation of known exploited vulnerabilities on internet-facing systems, continuous validation with evidence of closure, AI governance frameworks, and India-resident log retention. The agency has been running national cyber exercises simulating AI-assisted attacks against critical sectors in association with SEBI and other regulators.
Separately, a Business Standard report noted that AI-driven cyber threats are reshaping enterprise cybersecurity spending in India, with BFSI institutions increasing investments in AI governance, identity verification, and continuous monitoring to counter emerging risks such as AI-enabled fraud, deepfakes, and identity attacks. The shift from compliance-first to resilience-first cybersecurity posture marks a significant evolution in India’s digital trust infrastructure.
Source: Qualys Blog, Business Standard, Ministry of Cyber Affairs
Covering L1 (Identity), L2 (Payments), L3 (Documents), L4 (Commerce), L5 (Sectoral), L6 (Governance), L7 (Trust). Published by DPI Watch.