The ‘Report of India’s G20 Task Force on DPI’ was released by ‘India’s G20 Task Force on Digital Public Infrastructure for Economic Transformation, Financial Inclusion and Development’.
What is Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI)?
- It is a set of shared digital systems that-
- Should be secure and interoperable,
- Can be built on open standards and specifications to deliver and provide equitable access to public and / or private services at societal scale ,
- Are governed by applicable legal frameworks and enabling rules to drive development, inclusion, innovation, trust, and competition and respect human rights and fundamental freedoms.
What is ‘Not’ DPI?
- Interventions which are complementary to DPI: E.g., connectivity infrastructure that improves individuals’ access to mobile & internet via physical infrastructure.
- Digital processes that may not enable private innovation: E.g., digitizing existing physical processes or workflows to create a government portal.
About India’s DPI
- India Stack: It is India’s own foundational DPI, consists of 3 interconnected layers:
- Identity Layer – (e.g, Aadhar, e-KYC etc),
- Payment layer (e.g., UPI, Aadhar Payment Bridge etc.)
- Data governance layer (e.g, DigiLocker, Account Aggregator etc.).
