National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog) outlines two-phased Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) roadmap for $30 trillion economy by 2047

Key facts

• The National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog) has outlined a two-phased strategy for Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) to facilitate the transition toward a $30 trillion economy by 2047.
• The strategy is detailed in a report titled 'DPI@2047: The Roadmap to Prosperity' from the NITI Frontier Tech Hub.
• The roadmap sets an ambitious target for a per capita income of $18,000.
• DPI 2.0 is scheduled to span from 2025 to 2035 and focuses on building a broad base of capable citizens.
• DPI 3.0 is scheduled to span from 2035 to 2047 and aims to achieve prosperity through grassroots innovation and high-value local economic growth.
• The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) noted that DPI 1.0 established digital identity for over 1.3 billion people through Aadhaar and drove transactions via the Unified Payments Interface (UPI).
• The report identifies eight specific sectoral transformations to drive mass inclusion, targeting Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), agriculture, education, health, energy, and credit.
• For MSMEs, the plan targets market expansion through digital intelligence and low-cost job fulfilment systems to connect them with local talent.
• The agricultural initiative seeks to raise incomes for smallholder farmers by providing digital access to advisory services and market linkages.
• The roadmap emphasises equitable access to learner-centric education in local languages and the strengthening of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission to expand universal health coverage.
• Systemic enablers introduced in the plan include decentralised energy markets for renewable power production and democratised credit access for microcredits.