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India’s Digital Public Platforms (DPPs)
- 22 Oct 2025
- 2 min read
The RBI Governor highlighted India’s vision to make digital innovations such as UPI and Modular Open-Source Identity Platform (MOSIP) global public goods, reaffirming the country’s commitment to international collaboration on Digital Public Platforms (DPPs).
DPPs
- About: DPPs are open, interoperable digital infrastructure solutions providing key public services, including:
- Digital identity (e.g., Aadhaar)
- Digital payments (e.g., UPI)
- Data exchange frameworks (e.g., DigiLocker, Account Aggregator).
- Core Features:
- Open Architecture: Encourages innovation by both private and public players.
- Interoperability: Supports seamless integration across sectors.
- Scalability: Manages large user volumes efficiently and cost-effectively
- India’s Global Positioning in DPPs: India is recognized as a global leader in DPP innovation and implementation, with systems like UPI being studied or adopted by countries including France, Singapore, and Sri Lanka, etc.
- A 1% increase in UPI transaction volume correlates with a 0.03% rise in GDP growth.
- MOSIP: It is a free, secure, and scalable system for building national digital identity systems, developed at IIIT-Bangalore.
- It is being adopted or explored by 27 countries to design and manage their own digital identities.
| Read More: Unified Payments Interface (UPI) |
