India’s Layer 5 — Sectoral Digital Infrastructure spans health (ABHA/ABDM), agriculture (AgriStack/Digital Crop Survey), and judicial systems (eCourts). This week saw significant milestones across all three pillars, underscoring how sectoral DPI is moving from pilot to population-scale deployment. 1. ABHA Crosses 93.95 Crore: ABDM’s 3rd Mission Steering Group Takes Stock On July 10, Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda chaired the 3rd Mission Steering Group (MSG) of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM), reviewing the ecosystem’s progress since the last meeting. The numbers are staggering: 93.95 crore ABHA IDs have been created, 105 crore health records linked, 5.33 lakh healthcare facilities and 9.85 lakh professionals registered on the platform, with 24 crore Scan & Share tokens generated. ...
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UIDAI Moves to Ban Aadhaar Photocopies, Mandates QR-Based Digital Verification Layer: L1 — Identity The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is preparing to notify a new rule that will prohibit hotels, event organisers, telecom companies and other private entities from collecting or storing physical photocopies of Aadhaar cards. 12 Under the forthcoming regulation, any entity performing Aadhaar-based identity verification must register with UIDAI as an Offline Verification Seeking Entity (OVSE) and adopt digital methods — either QR-code scanning or a forthcoming Aadhaar mobile application currently in beta testing. 3 ...
/L2 Payments & Financial Rails — NPCI, UPI, RuPay, and the economics of India’s payment ecosystem. This week was dominated by UPI’s tenth anniversary on August 25 — a moment that gave the government, NPCI, and the broader fintech ecosystem a chance to take stock. But the celebratory data releases also masked three consequential policy and product shifts that will shape the next decade of L2 infrastructure. Here’s what matters. ...