Deep Dive

DPI Deep Dive — Thursday | July 10, 2026 India’s Commerce & Logistics DPI layer — built around ONDC (Open Network for Digital Commerce) and GeM (Government e-Marketplace) — had a remarkable week. From the first international deployment of ONDC’s architecture in Indonesia, to AI-powered procurement automation on GeM, to grassroots ONDC onboarding in Jammu & Kashmir’s districts, the layer is simultaneously scaling globally, modernizing domestically, and penetrating deep into India’s hinterlands. Here are the five most consequential developments from July 3–10, 2026. ...

DPI Deep Dive — Thursday | July 09, 2026 Layer L4: Commerce & Logistics — ONDC, GeM, and India’s Digital Commerce Stack This week’s Commerce & Logistics layer saw one of the most significant geopolitical validation moments for India’s DPI model: Indonesia officially launching its own ONDC-inspired open commerce network during PM Modi’s state visit to Jakarta. Back home, ONDC continued its exponential growth trajectory, crossing major milestones in buyer adoption and network reach, while GeM participated in the Vibrant Gujarat Regional Conferences and crossed ₹18.4 lakh crore in cumulative procurement value. ...

DPI Deep Dive — Wednesday | July 08, 2026 Layer L3: Documents & Data Exchange (DigiLocker, API Setu, eSign) This week marked a watershed moment for India’s Documents & Data Exchange layer. The 11th anniversary of Digital India on July 1 brought a flood of milestone statistics, while two major governance launches — FCRA 2.0 and e-OCI — demonstrated how deeply document infrastructure now penetrates regulatory workflows. Simultaneously, Aarogya Setu’s rebirth as a health data exchange platform and UIDAI’s push for email-linked authentication signals a maturing ecosystem moving beyond storage to intelligent, consent-driven data flows. ...

DPI Deep Dive — Tuesday | July 07, 2026 L2: Payments & Financial Rails — NPCI, UPI, RuPay This week, India’s payments layer witnessed a flurry of landmark developments: UPI went live in its 10th country, NPCI struck landmark partnerships with global banks for real-time FX settlement, its CEO was inducted into SWIFT’s supervisory board, and June transaction data confirmed UPI’s continued double-digit growth trajectory. Here are the five most significant developments from the past seven days. ...

DPI Deep Dive — Monday | July 06, 2026 Theme: L1 — Identity & Authentication (UIDAI, Aadhaar, eKYC) This week’s L1 deep dive is dominated by a single watershed moment: UIDAI’s retirement of the mAadhaar app and the launch of its successor. But beneath that headline lies a layered story of state governments weaponising Aadhaar eKYC for land records, regulatory ambiguity in how Section 7 of the Aadhaar Act applies to government certificates, and the approaching enforcement deadline of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act. Together, these developments reveal an identity infrastructure at an inflection point — more capable, more deeply embedded in governance, and more contested than ever. ...

DPI Deep Dive — Sunday | July 05, 2026 Layer L7: Security, Privacy & Trust — CERT-In, DPDP Act, TRAI, RBI cybersecurity norms, and the evolving regulatory perimeter around India’s digital ecosystem. 1. MeitY’s Messaging Blitz: Notices to WhatsApp, Telegram, and Signal on Username Features In what may be the most sweeping government intervention into messaging-platform product design in any major democracy, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) dispatched formal notices to WhatsApp (July 1), Telegram, and Signal (July 2) demanding that each platform explain how their username features protect users from fraud and impersonation — or justify why those features should exist at all. ...

DPI Deep Dive — Saturday | July 04, 2026 India’s governance and grievance redressal infrastructure — Layer 6 of the DPI stack — had a watershed week. The 29th National Conference on e-Governance convened in Jaipur, the VB-G RAM G Act replacing MGNREGA came into force nationwide, CPGRAMS expanded its physical reach through 5 lakh+ Common Service Centres, and a security researcher disclosed 14 vulnerabilities across central government portals. Here’s a deep dive into each. ...

DPI Deep Dive — Friday | July 03, 2026 Theme: L5 — Sectoral Infrastructure (ABHA, AgriStack, eCourts) The past seven days have been among the most consequential for India’s sectoral digital public infrastructure in recent memory. Three distinct pillars—health, agriculture, and judiciary—saw major launches, regulatory interventions, and operational rollouts that collectively deepen India’s stack-and-integrate model of digital governance. Here are the five stories that mattered most. 1. Aarogya Setu 2.0 Launch: From Pandemic Tracker to National Health Gateway On June 29, 2026, Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda launched Aarogya Setu 2.0 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi—effectively repositioning the app from its pandemic-era identity into a comprehensive digital health gateway. The launch event also unveiled a suite of complementary platforms: the Ayushman mobile application (upgraded), the Ayushman Sarathi AI chatbot, e-Sushrut Clinic (a clinic management solution built by C-DAC), and the National Health Claims Exchange (NHCX). ...

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 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. ...