Posts

DPI Deep Dive — Thursday | July 02, 2026 Layer: L4 — Commerce & Logistics (ONDC, GeM) This week’s deep dive examines the commerce and logistics layer of India’s Digital Public Infrastructure, with major developments spanning ONDC’s expansion into metro ticketing, its push into B2B kirana procurement, a cooperative sector integration campaign, policy signals for small trader adoption, and GeM’s efforts to combat bid-rigging in public procurement. 1. Uber Launches Metro Ticketing via ONDC — Commerce Meets Public Transit On June 25, Uber announced the launch of metro ticketing on its app, powered by the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), with Delhi Metro becoming the first city to go live. This marks Uber’s first integration with India’s Digital Public Infrastructure and signals a significant expansion of what “commerce” means on the ONDC network. ...

DPI Brief — July 02, 2026 Digital India Completes 11 Years; PIB Releases Comprehensive Status Report The Digital India Programme marked its 11th anniversary on July 1, 2026, with the Press Information Bureau releasing a detailed status report documenting the programme’s evolution from an internet connectivity initiative into the world’s largest Digital Public Infrastructure ecosystem. The report highlights that platforms including Aadhaar, UPI, DigiLocker, CoWIN, GeM, and eSanjeevani have become global models for citizen-centric digital service delivery. According to the PIB, ONDC — the Open Network for Digital Commerce — has scaled to over 20 crore buyers and 5 lakh sellers across 1,000 cities, processing approximately 90 lakh transactions monthly as of June 2026. The 11-year milestone underscores how Digital India has moved from connectivity to governance, commerce, and public service transformation. ...

DPI Deep Dive — Wednesday | July 01, 2026 L3: Documents & Data Exchange — DigiLocker, API Setu, eSign, CKYC India’s Digital Public Infrastructure completed 11 years on July 1, 2026. The Digital India programme, launched on this day in 2015 by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), has evolved from a connectivity mission into what the government calls a “frontier-technology mission” anchored in AI and semiconductors. But beneath the AI hype, the workhorse layer that makes everything else function is L3 — Documents & Data Exchange. This week’s deep dive examines the seismic shifts underway in how India stores, verifies, and exchanges digital documents and credentials. ...

DPI Brief — July 01, 2026 India’s Digital Public Infrastructure ecosystem had a landmark day. As Digital India completes 11 years on July 1, UPI went live in Greece, PM Modi signed a UPI MoU with Seychelles, and the nation’s digital governance stack crossed new thresholds. Here are the five most significant updates. UPI Goes Live in Greece, International Footprint Reaches 10 Countries [L2: Payments] India’s Unified Payments Interface was formally launched in Greece on June 30 through a partnership between Eurobank and NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL). Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal witnessed a live demonstration of real-time cross-border UPI payments at Eurobank headquarters in Athens. The service enables Indian travellers and businesses to make instant digital payments in Greece, with Eurobank positioning itself as a gateway connecting India and Europe. Greece becomes the tenth country to accept UPI, joining Singapore, the UAE, France, Mauritius, Nepal, Bhutan, Qatar, Sri Lanka, and Cambodia. The Eurobank collaboration also strengthens the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) by enabling seamless digital payment connectivity. ...

DPI Deep Dive — Tuesday | June 30, 2026 Layer L2: Payments & Financial Rails (NPCI, UPI, RuPay) This week in India’s digital payments infrastructure was dominated by a singular strategic pivot: the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) went on record declaring that artificial intelligence will be the primary engine driving UPI from its current 750 million daily transactions to the ambitious target of one billion. Alongside this AI roadmap, the week saw major cross-border expansion milestones — UPI went live with Nepal’s NPI, and a fresh MoU brings it to Seychelles — and a blockbuster deal that could reshape the WhatsApp payments landscape. Here is a deep dive into the five most significant developments. ...

DPI Brief — June 30, 2026 mAadhaar Retires, UIDAI Launches New Aadhaar App (L1 — Identity) The mAadhaar app was officially retired on June 30, 2026, marking the end of an era for the original Aadhaar mobile application. UIDAI has replaced it with a new Aadhaar App available at pehchaan.uidai.gov.in, featuring QR-based Aadhaar sharing, faster access to services, and improved privacy controls. The transition aligns with UIDAI’s broader push to modernise identity infrastructure ahead of the Digital India programme’s 11th anniversary. Starting July 1, UIDAI will also offer free email ID updates via the new app through December 2026. ...

DPI Brief — June 29, 2026 NPCI Bets Big on AI to Push UPI Past One Billion Daily Transactions 1 NPCI Managing Director and CEO Dilip Asbe laid out an ambitious roadmap for the next phase of UPI’s growth, centred squarely on artificial intelligence. Speaking at Mumbai Tech Week 2026, Asbe said the payments body — which already processes over 750 million daily UPI transactions — is targeting the one-billion-daily milestone, with AI as the engine to get there. ...

DPI Deep Dive — Sunday | June 28, 2026 Exploring L7 — Security, Privacy & Trust (CERT-In, DPDP, TRAI) The Week in Security & Trust: Supply Chain Breaches, Platform Blocking, Data Centre Fires, and the Evolving Regulatory Landscape This week has been one of the most consequential in recent memory for India’s L7 security, privacy, and trust layer. From a staggering ransomware breach at a critical Apple and Tesla supplier, to the first-ever blanket ban of a major messaging platform upheld by the judiciary, to a devastating data centre fire that destroyed decades of client data and disrupted Google Cloud services — the events of June 21–28, 2026 expose the deep structural vulnerabilities beneath India’s digital surface. Here are five stories that matter. ...

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. ...

DPI Deep Dive — Saturday | June 27, 2026 Exploring L6 — Governance & Grievance (DARPG, CPGRAMS, eOffice) The Week in Governance DPI: AI Chatbots, International Partnerships, and a Push for State-Level Adoption This week has been remarkably active for India’s governance and grievance redress infrastructure. From high-level bilateral talks on digital governance to the continued rollout of AI-powered grievance tools and preparations for the country’s premier e-governance conference, the L6 layer of India’s Digital Public Infrastructure is showing clear signs of accelerating modernisation. Here are the five most significant developments. ...