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DPI Deep Dive — Saturday | June 06, 2026 L6 — Governance & Grievance India’s governance and grievance redressal infrastructure — the administrative nervous system connecting citizens to the state — saw an eventful week. From the launch of an AI-powered voice chatbot on CPGRAMS to the announcement of the National Awards for e-Governance and fresh data on grievance disposal volumes, the L6 layer is clearly accelerating its digital transformation. Here are the five stories that mattered most. ...

DPI Brief — June 06, 2026 1. UPI Crosses 23 Billion Monthly Transactions for the First Time [L2 — Payments] Unified Payments Interface (UPI) processed a record 23.2 billion transactions worth ₹29.9 lakh crore (US$312 billion) in May 2026, according to data released by NPCI. This is the first time the real-time payment network has crossed the 23 billion monthly threshold. Transaction volume grew 3.8% month-on-month from April’s 22.35 billion, while value rose 3.4%. Summer travel demand and IPL season spending were key demand drivers. On average, UPI handled nearly 748 million transactions daily worth around ₹96,465 crore. The continued expansion of credit-on-UPI services and growing international UPI acceptance are expected to sustain this trajectory. ...

DPI Deep Dive — Friday | June 05, 2026 Layer L5: Sectoral Infrastructure — ABHA, AgriStack, eCourts & AI in the Judiciary This week’s sectoral DPI layer saw three major developments spanning health identity, agricultural data infrastructure, and judicial technology — each reinforcing India’s ambition to build sector-specific digital public infrastructure that interoperates with the foundational layers of identity, payments, and data exchange. 1. ABHA Crosses 90 Crore: India’s Digital Health Identity Hits a Global Scale On May 30, the National Health Authority (NHA) announced that the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) has surpassed 90 crore (900 million) ABHA registrations — making it one of the largest digital health identity platforms in the world. 1 2 ...

DPI Brief — June 05, 2026 UPI Notches Record Month as Cambodia Link Goes Live; New Beneficiary Verification Rule Takes Effect India’s digital payments backbone continues its relentless expansion. UPI processed a record ₹29.90 trillion across 23.20 billion transactions in May 2026 — both all-time highs — underscoring the platform’s deepening grip on everyday commerce. The milestone was confirmed by the Reserve Bank of India in its latest monthly data release. [^1] ...

DPI Deep Dive — Thursday | June 04, 2026 L4 — Commerce & Logistics: ONDC, GeM This week’s deep dive examines India’s Commerce & Logistics digital infrastructure layer, where two landmark developments signal a decisive shift in the country’s digital commerce architecture. ONDC’s ₹220 crore fundraise from blue-chip strategic investors marks the network’s transition from pilot to national infrastructure, while GeM’s expanding footprint — from a new portal overhaul to conservation-linked community commerce — showcases the maturation of government procurement digitisation. ...

DPI Brief — June 04, 2026 UPI Goes Live in Cambodia — India’s Cross-Border Payment Push Expands India and Cambodia have officially launched UPI–KHQR cross-border QR payment connectivity, enabling Indian travellers to make real-time QR code-based payments at over 4.5 million merchants across Cambodia. The first phase, operational from 2 June 2026, was rolled out through a partnership between NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL) and ACLEDA Bank Plc, under the guidance of the Reserve Bank of India and the National Bank of Cambodia. ...

DPI Deep Dive — Wednesday | June 03, 2026 India’s L3 Digital Public Infrastructure — the layer of Documents and Data Exchange — had an eventful week (May 28 – June 3, 2026). From DigiLocker powering university admissions at scale to ABHA crossing 90 crore accounts, and new UPI security mandates that reshape data-sharing in payments, the document and data exchange rails underpinning India Stack continue to deepen their reach. Here are the five stories that defined the week. ...

DPI Brief — June 03, 2026 UIDAI Phases Out mAadhaar, Launches New Aadhaar App with Face Authentication and Privacy Controls Layer 1 — Identity The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has begun urging users to migrate from the legacy mAadhaar application to a completely redesigned Aadhaar app, confirming that the old platform is nearing end-of-life. The new app introduces three significant capabilities absent from mAadhaar: QR code-based Aadhaar sharing for selective data disclosure, face authentication as an additional verification method, and enhanced biometric lock/unlock controls. ...

DPI Deep Dive — Tuesday | June 02, 2026 Layer Focus: L2 — Payments & Financial Rails (NPCI, UPI, RuPay) A weekly deep dive into developments across India’s payments and financial infrastructure layer, tracking UPI, NPCI policy, RuPay, and the evolving digital payments ecosystem. 1. UPI Smashes All-Time Record: 23.20 Billion Transactions in May 2026 India’s Unified Payments Interface has shattered its own record yet again. NPCI data released on June 1 shows UPI processed 23.20 billion transactions worth ₹29.90 lakh crore in May 2026 — a 24% year-on-year jump in volume and 19% in value compared to May 2025. ...

DPI Brief — June 02, 2026 UPI Records Its Biggest-Ever Month at ₹29.90 Lakh Crore India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) posted its highest-ever monthly figures in May, processing 23.2 billion transactions worth ₹29.90 lakh crore, according to NPCI data released on June 1. This represents a 19% year-on-year increase from ₹25.14 lakh crore in May 2025, and a month-on-month improvement over April’s 22.35 billion transactions worth ₹29.03 lakh crore. Summer travel, IPL 2026, and seasonal consumer spending were key growth drivers. The average UPI ticket size has steadily declined from ₹1,848 in 2021 to ₹1,313 in 2025, reflecting the system’s deepening penetration into micropayments and everyday retail. UPI now accounts for an estimated 85.5% of total retail digital transaction volume, cementing its position as the backbone of India’s digital payments ecosystem. [Times of India] ...