DPI@2047: NITI Aayog’s Digital Roadmap for Viksit Bharat
Why in the news
NITI Aayog released a long-range plan for the next stages of India’s digital public infrastructure, building on Aadhaar and UPI to support a developed-nation goal.
Key facts
- Issuer: NITI Aayog through its Frontier Tech Hub (FTH), with EkStep Foundation and Deloitte.
- Shift: from welfare delivery to productivity-led growth.
- DPI 1.0: identity (Aadhaar) and payments (UPI); financial inclusion and DBT.
- Targets: $30 trillion economy and $18,000 per capita income.
- Digital Rails 2.0 pillars: agriculture and MSME rails, human capability, asset tokenisation, AI guidance in local languages, and open networks like ONDC.
| Phase | Period | Theme | Aim |
|---|---|---|---|
| DPI 2.0 | 2025 to 2035 | Realising Aspirations | Livelihood-led growth; empower MSMEs and farmers; build capable citizens |
| DPI 3.0 | 2035 to 2047 | Achieving Prosperity | Grassroots innovation, non-linear growth, high-income Viksit Bharat |
About DPI
- Shared digital systems on open standards allowing secure, smooth interaction among people, businesses and governments at national scale.
- Compared with highways: any service can plug into digital rails, whatever its brand.
- Asset tokenisation: representing ownership of land or machinery as a digital token so assets can serve as loan collateral.
- Non-linear growth: rapid acceleration through the compounding effect of technology and infrastructure.
- ONDC scaling aims to curb the monopoly of large platforms.
Exam angle
- Issuing unit: NITI Frontier Tech Hub.
- Phase names: Realising Aspirations (2.0), Achieving Prosperity (3.0).
- Target per capita income: $18,000.