Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) in India

Context

2022 Union Budget

• A lot has been written about the emphasis on “digital” in the 2022 Union Budget.
• But one aspect that hasn’t been talked about as much is the importance given in the budget to digital public infrastructure (DPI).

What the editorial is about?

• The importance of digital public infrastructure (DPI).

What is digital public infrastructure (DPI)?

• Like other infrastructures, digital public infrastructures are the tools and systems required to make digital life function.
• Digital public infrastructures are the infrastructures that let us engage in public and civic life in digital spaces.
• They are explicitly designed to inform us about issues in our community and our world.
• They are structured to connect us to people w