Layer: Identity

DPI Deep Dive — L1 Identity & Authentication | August 03, 2026 Theme: L1 — Identity & Authentication (UIDAI, Aadhaar, eKYC) 1. LPG Aadhaar e-KYC Deadline Looms: 33 Crore Consumers, Two Weeks Left Oil marketing companies (IOCL, BPCL, HPCL) have begun sending final reminders to LPG consumers to complete Aadhaar-based biometric e-KYC by August 16, 2026, or risk losing access to subsidised domestic cylinders. Those who fail to comply will be shifted to commercial rates — a jump from roughly ₹800 to ₹2,385 per cylinder. ...

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 — Monday | April 20, 2026 Focus Layer: L1 Identity & Authentication (UIDAI, Aadhaar, eKYC) Coverage Period: April 13-20, 2026 Executive Summary India’s flagship identity infrastructure faced a significant policy setback this week as the government formally abandoned plans to mandate Aadhaar app pre-installation on smartphones, capitulating to pressure from Apple, Samsung, and Google. Meanwhile, UIDAI continues expanding biometric authentication options with face recognition, while Census 2027 self-enumeration kicks off in six states—creating new intersections between Aadhaar and national demographic data collection. This week’s developments highlight the tension between universal digital identity access and device ecosystem sovereignty—a debate that is far from settled. ...