Deep Dive

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. ...

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 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 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. ...

DPI Deep Dive — Sectoral Infrastructure | June 26, 2026 Layer L5: Sectoral Infrastructure — ABHA, AgriStack, eCourts, and the building blocks that digitise India’s sector-specific services. 1. AgriStack Hits 10 Crore Farmer IDs — A Historic DPI Milestone On June 24, the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmer’s Welfare announced that AgriStack has crossed 10 crore Farmer IDs, each a verified digital identity linked to Aadhaar and land records. This is a landmark moment for India’s Digital Public Infrastructure — not just for agriculture, but for the entire DPI philosophy of using digital identity as a gateway to service delivery. ...

DPI Deep Dive — Thursday | June 25, 2026 L4: Commerce & Logistics — ONDC, GeM, and the Democratisation of Digital Trade This week in India’s Commerce & Logistics layer of Digital Public Infrastructure has been one of the most active in recent memory. From ONDC closing a landmark ₹430 crore funding round and launching metro ticketing with Uber, to GeM signing two significant partnerships expanding multilingual access and rural procurement, and DigiDukaan going live in Jaipur — the momentum is unmistakable. Below, we unpack five major developments. ...