Deep Dive

DPI Deep Dive — Wednesday | June 24, 2026 India’s L3 DPI layer — Documents & Data Exchange — had a blockbuster week (June 17–24, 2026). From state-level Family IDs going digital to 68 electricity DISCOMs joining DigiLocker, and a high-profile global spotlight at VivaTech 2026 in Paris, the infrastructure that powers paperless governance is expanding at an unprecedented clip. 1. Mahasarathi (Family ID) Lands on DigiLocker — 14 Crore Maharashtra Residents Get Digital Access In what is arguably the most significant L3 development this week, the Government of Maharashtra’s Mahasarathi (Family ID) credential was officially integrated with DigiLocker on June 17. The announcement came via a PIB release from Mumbai, confirming that residents across the state can now access their Family ID — a consolidated household credential — directly through India’s flagship digital document wallet. ...

DPI Deep Dive — Tuesday | June 23, 2026 Layer 2: Payments & Financial Rails Sector coverage: NPCI, UPI, RuPay, cross-border payments, payment infrastructure Analysis window: June 16–23, 2026 Story 1 — NPCI Launches Drunix: An Open-Source Blockchain Platform for Tokenisation Date: June 17, 2026 | Source: Business Standard, NPCI The National Payments Corporation of India unveiled Drunix, an open-source blockchain platform built as an enhanced fork of Hyperledger Fabric, marking a significant expansion beyond its core payments mandate. Drunix is designed to help enterprises build and scale tokenisation platforms, digital asset ecosystems, and multi-organisation blockchain networks. ...

DPI Deep Dive — Monday | June 22, 2026 L1 Identity & Authentication — Aadhaar’s Expanding Footprint This week on the L1 Identity & Authentication layer, UIDAI pushed forward on three fronts simultaneously: physical infrastructure expansion with new Aadhaar Seva Kendras, cost waivers to drive adoption of the new Aadhaar App, and an emerging sectoral integration play with Aadhaar authentication for online matrimony platforms. Meanwhile, a silent but significant infrastructure upgrade — AadhaarFaceRD — rolled out across central government biometric attendance systems. ...

DPI Deep Dive — Sunday | June 21, 2026 Layer 7: Security, Privacy & Trust — CERT-In, DPDP Act, TRAI, AI Safety This week, India’s security, privacy, and trust infrastructure saw significant regulatory action across three pillars: the Supreme Court’s landmark draft AI regulations for the judiciary closed for public comment, TRAI’s consumer protection amendments sparked a telecom industry showdown, and the DPDP Act compliance train accelerated with industry-wide readiness summits. Below are the five key developments. ...

DPI Deep Dive — Friday | June 19, 2026 This week’s Friday deep dive covers L5: Sectoral Infrastructure — the domain-specific digital public infrastructure layers that build on top of India’s foundational identity, payments, and data exchange rails. Three sectors saw significant movement in the past seven days: digital agriculture (AgriStack), digital health (ABDM/ABHA), and digital judiciary (eCourts + AI). 1. AgriStack Expands to West Bengal and Sikkim as PM-KISAN 23rd Instalment Approaches The most significant sectoral DPI development this week is the upcoming launch of AgriStack in West Bengal, announced by the Prime Minister’s Office on June 18. The PM will release the 23rd instalment of PM-KISAN from Tarakeswar, Hooghly on June 20, transferring ₹18,880 crore to over 9.44 crore farmers. Crucially, this event doubles as the West Bengal rollout of the Digital Agriculture Mission’s AgriStack platform, which will create a unified digital identity for farmers in a state that has historically lagged in DPI adoption. 1 ...

DPI Deep Dive — Thursday | June 18, 2026

DPI Deep Dive — Wednesday | June 17, 2026 India’s L3 layer — Documents & Data Exchange — had a particularly eventful week. From a nationwide scramble to meet the UGC’s June 30 academic record upload deadline on NAD-DigiLocker, to the opening of Census 2027’s self-enumeration portal, to India’s prominent role at UNESCAP’s Paperless Trade Week, the building blocks of paperless governance and cross-border data interoperability are accelerating simultaneously. Here’s a deep dive into the five most significant developments. ...

DPI Deep Dive — Tuesday | June 16, 2026 L2: Payments & Financial Rails — UPI’s Week of Global Expansion This week has been a watershed for India’s payments layer. UPI not only crossed 23.2 billion monthly transactions — a new all-time high — but also went live in three new countries simultaneously, while the RBI quietly rewrote the rulebook for how payment systems are licensed in India. Let’s unpack the five major developments. ...

DPI Deep Dive — Monday | June 15, 2026 Layer 1: Identity & Authentication — Covering UIDAI, Aadhaar, eKYC, and digital identity infrastructure developments from June 8–15, 2026. This week, India’s foundational identity layer saw significant movement on multiple fronts: a major app transition, a Centre-wide push for privacy-first verification, a contentious state-level enrolment ban, a landmark court ruling on SIM-swap fraud, and continued infrastructure expansion. Here are the stories that matter. ...

DPI Deep Dive — Sunday | June 14, 2026 Layer L7: Security, Privacy & Trust — This week’s deep dive examines the intersecting threats and regulatory responses shaping India’s digital trust infrastructure. From AI-powered identity fraud to ₹53,000 crore in cumulative cyber losses, from RBI-mandated cyber assessments to spectrum policy as safety infrastructure, the picture that emerges is of a nation simultaneously accelerating its digital ambitions and confronting the security debt that accompanies them. ...