India has signed MoUs and agreements with 23 countries covering cooperation on India Stack and Digital Public Infrastructure, a sign of how seriously other governments are looking at India’s digital governance model. The partnerships span digital identity, payments, data exchange, and service delivery platforms; the idea being that partner countries can adopt and build on what India has already built. Countries in the mix include Armenia, Kenya, Brazil, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, Tanzania and others.
Where India’s digital infrastructure has reached
UPI is now operational in more than eight countries: the UAE, Singapore, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, France, Mauritius and Qatar. The international rollout is aimed at making cross-border payments smoother, easing remittances, and extending financial inclusion beyond India’s borders.
On the document side, India has signed separate agreements with Cuba, Kenya, the UAE and Lao PDR for cooperation on DigiLocker, the country’s digital document storage platform. To support wider adoption of Indian digital solutions, the government has launched India Stack Global, a platform showcasing 18 DPI solutions and helping partner countries implement them.
India also contributed the largest number of digital solutions to the Global DPI Repository, a knowledge-sharing platform for digital public infrastructure launched during India’s G20 Presidency in 2023.
India’s core DPI stack includes Aadhaar for digital identity, UPI for real-time payments, DigiLocker for digital documents, CoWIN for vaccination management, UMANG for citizen services, GeM for public procurement, DIKSHA for digital education, e-Sanjeevani for telemedicine, e-Courts for judicial services, PM GatiShakti for infrastructure planning, and PFMS for tracking government fund flows and direct benefit transfers.
Key takeaway: Twenty-three cooperation agreements, UPI live in eight-plus countries, and the largest contribution to the Global DPI Repository India’s push to internationalise its digital stack is moving from aspiration to implementation. The combination of platform exports and institutional partnerships is establishing India Stack as a serious reference model for digital governance globally.
MCQ Questions:
Question 1:
The Global DPI Repository was launched during:
A. India’s G20 Presidency in 2023
B. India’s G20 Presidency in 2022
C. BRICS Summit 2024
D. SCO Summit 2023
Question 2:
Which of the following is a core component of India’s Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI)?
A. Aadhaar
B. UPI
C. DigiLocker
D. All of the above
