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Digital public infrastructure and platforms

India's digital public infrastructure, digital money, and the regulation of online selling, gaming, platforms and competition. It serves GS2 answers on e-governance and GS3 answers on the digital economy.

Foundation note: India Stack: the layers of digital public infrastructure

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Digital public infrastructure abroad

Mains

India offers its digital public infrastructure, such as DigiLocker and the payments and identity stack, to other countries through digital cooperation agreements.

What changed

29 Jul 2026BriefIndia has signed digital cooperation agreements with 24 countries. Kenya has concluded an implementation agreement for DigiLocker, and a Social Impact Fund will pay for pilots in low and middle income countries. PIB, 29 Jul 2026: India Strengthens Global Digital Cooperation through Digital Public Infrastructure Partnerships with 24 Countries (opens in a new tab)

Dark patterns: Online interface designs that trick or pressure users into choices they did not intend.

Central Consumer Protection Authority: The regulator set up under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 to act against unfair trade practices, misleading advertisements and breaches of consumer rights.

GIS: Geographic Information System, software that stores, analyses and maps location based data.

Cadastral maps: Survey maps showing the boundary, extent and ownership of every land parcel, the base record for revenue and registration.

Centrally Sponsored Schemes: Schemes the States run with the Union sharing the cost, unlike a Central Sector Scheme, which the Union funds fully.

Drip pricing: Revealing hidden charges only at the final checkout stage.

Unified Health Interface: The open, protocol based service layer of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission that lets any verified patient app and provider find and transact with each other.

Personal Health Record: A citizen held digital record of an individual's and family's health information.

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