India’s Digital Public Infrastructure Shows That Scale and Privacy Can Coexist

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by Suresh Khadakbhavi, CEO, Digi Yatra Foundation

India’s digital public infrastructure (DPI) is often described in terms of scale, such as billions of transactions, millions of users, and nationwide adoption across services. But scale, while impressive, is not the most consequential part of the story.

What India is exporting to the world is not technology. It is rather the way of thinking about digital systems.

Countries around the world are exploring how to build secure, inclusive, and future-ready digital ecosystems. India has demonstrated a practical model through Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), which is far more than a collection of platforms or applications. It is a set of interoperable digital building blocks that has been proven at population scale and is reshaping how identity, data, and trust are established and exchanged in a digital society.

From infrastructure to influence

Digital infrastructure has traditionally been understood as a backend utility that is...

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