Lok Sabha Question No. 914 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-04
Subject: Strengthing of Digital Public Infrastructure under Digital India Programme
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Shri Jugal Kishore, Shri Bidyut Baran Mahato, Shri Nalin Soren, Shri P P Chaudhary, Shri Lumbaram Choudhary, Shri Janardan Mishra, Smt. Lovely Anand, Shri Alok Sharma, Dr. Rajesh Mishra, Smt. Kamlesh Jangde, Shri Vijay Kumar Dubey

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 914

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 04.02.2026

## STRENGTHENING OF DIGITAL PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE UNDER DIGITAL INDIA PROGRAMME

†914.   SMT. LOVELY ANAND:

SHRI LUMBARAM CHOUDHARY:

DR. RAJESH MISHRA:

SHRI P P CHAUDHARY:

SMT. KAMLESH JANGDE:

SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

SHRI ALOK SHARMA:

SHRI VIJAY KUMAR DUBEY:

SHRI NALIN SOREN:

SHRI JUGAL KISHORE:

SHRI JANARDAN MISHRA:

Will the Minister of ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

- (a) the achievements made in strengthening the digital public infrastructure of India under the Digital India  Programme  during  each  of  the  last  five  years,  State  and  district-wise  particularly  in  Dumka (Jharkhand), Jammu and Kashmir;
- (b) the impact of Government digital platforms in ensuring last-mile access to Government services for the rural population, women and deprived section, State and district-wise particularly Rajasthan; (c) the steps taken to ensure interoperability, scalability and multilingual access of Digital India platforms in States and Union Territories including Dumka (Jharkhand), Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh;
- (d) the details of implementation of the said programme in Sidhi Lok Sabha constituency;
- (e) the details of number of beneficiaries covered under the scheme so far in Bhopal and Sehore district of Madhya Pradesh; and
- (f) the details of States/UTs that have been provided with ICT services via Cloud under the GI Cloud (MeghaRaj) initiative?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI JITIN PRASADA)

(a)  to  (f):    In  line  with  the  Hon'ble  Prime  Minister's  vision  to  democratise  use  of  technology,  the Government  of  India  has  promoted  Digital  Public  Infrastructure  (DPI)  across  India,  including Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan.

Under the Digital India programme, the Government has adopted the Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) approach to  enable  delivery  of  digital  services  at  population  scale  through  open,  interoperable  and scalable platforms.

Government  has  successfully  implemented  foundational  digital public infrastructure  (DPI) at population scale for identity (Aadhaar), for payment (UPI), for data exchange (DigiLocker and API Setu), etc. DPI has been a transformative force in India's socio-economic development, significantly enhancing financial inclusion, digital inclusion, governance and economic growth.

To  promote  linguistic  inclusion  in  digital  services,  the  Government  has  launched  the National Language Translation Mission (NLTM) -BHASHINI ,  envisaged as a public digital platform for Indian  language  technologies.  The  Bhashini  platform  addresses  communication  barriers  for  India's diverse population.

The India Stack Local portal showcases successful digital transformation initiatives undertaken by States and Union Territories. It serves as a collaborative platform to share, learn, and replicate best practices, contributing to equitable, cost-effective, and sustainable national growth. State-wise details of 794 digital solutions are available on the India Stack Local platform at https://indiastacklocal.in/.

Besides, Government of India has taken several measures to share the success of India's DPI with the global community:

- (i) India Stack Global (https://www.indiastack.global/) has been developed and launched to showcase the success of India's Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) and digital solutions, and to facilitate their adoption and replication by friendly countries. The portal provides access to 18 key digital platforms, including Aadhaar, UPI, CoWIN, API Setu, DigiLocker, Aarogya Setu, Government e-Marketplace (GeM), UMANG, DIKSHA, e-Sanjeevani, e-Hospital, eOffice,  eCourts,  POSHAN  Tracker,  Non-Communicable  Diseases  (NCD)  Platform,  Skill India  Digital  Hub  (SIDH),  Public  Financial  Management  System  (PFMS),  and  PM GatiShakti.
- (ii) Global DPI Repository -Under Indian Presidency of G20 in 2023, Global DPI Repository (GDPIR) portal (https://www.dpi.global/) was designed, developed and rolled

The status of some of the key Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) and digital platforms that have been instrumental in ensuring inclusive and equitable access to Government services, particularly for the rural population, women, and other sections of society, is as under:

- Aadhaar: Aadhaar is the world's largest digital identity programme that provides biometric and  demographic-based  unique  digital  identity. 143+  crore  Aadhaar  IDs have  been generated so far. State-wise details of enrolments are available at https://uidai.gov.in/aadhaar\_dashboard/.
- Unified Payments Interface (UPI):
-    UPI serves 6.5 crore merchants, and connects 685 banks on one platform, making it the world's largest digital payment system.
-    UPI powers 81% of India's digital payments and nearly 49% of global real -time digital payments.
- DigiLocker: DigiLocker has provided anytime access to authentic digital documents from original issuer for the common citizen. More than 65.01 crore users are registered with DigiLocker to avail its services and more than 950+ crore documents issued from 2412 issuers  onboarded  on  the  platform.  State/UT  wise  DigiLocker  users  (Aadhaar  enabled registrations) are at Annexure-I.
- Unified Mobile Application  for  New-age  Governance  (UMANG), one mobile application  for  all  government  services,  is  operational  and  offers 2390+  services for individuals. State-wise details of users and digital services are available at https://web.umang.gov.in/landing/services.

Presently,  32,205  Virtual  Machines  are  running  on  GI  Cloud  (MeghRaj)  and  more  than  2,188 Government Departments are utilizing GI Cloud to host their applications.

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Annexure-I State/UT wise DigiLocker users (Aadhaar enabled registrations):

|   Sl. No. | State/Union Territory    |   No of users Registered (in lakh) |
|-----------|--------------------------|------------------------------------|
|         1 | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |                               1.21 |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh           |                             179.23 |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh        |                               3.41 |
|         4 | Assam                    |                              94.04 |
|         5 | Bihar                    |                             248.95 |
|         6 | Chandigarh               |                               5.32 |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh             |                              61.16 |
|         8 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      |                               1.23 |
|         9 | Daman &Diu               |                               0.62 |
|        10 | Delhi                    |                              95.43 |
|        11 | Goa                      |                               5.26 |
|        12 | Gujarat                  |                             184.14 |
|        13 | Haryana                  |                             100.84 |
|        14 | Himachal Pradesh         |                              25.85 |
|        15 | Jammu &Kashmir           |                              34.15 |
|        16 | Jharkhand                |                              81.99 |
|        17 | Karnataka                |                             265.35 |
|        18 | Kerala                   |                             104.02 |
|        19 | Ladakh                   |                               0.28 |
|        20 | Lakshadweep              |                               0.18 |
|        21 | Madhya Pradesh           |                             206.46 |
|        22 | Maharashtra              |                             406.19 |

|   23 | Manipur       |   7.26 |
|------|---------------|--------|
|   24 | Meghalaya     |   6.05 |
|   25 | Mizoram       |   2.45 |
|   26 | Nagaland      |   3.53 |
|   27 | Odisha        | 103.39 |
|   28 | Puducherry    |   3.85 |
|   29 | Punjab        |  91.45 |
|   30 | Rajasthan     | 211.36 |
|   31 | Sikkim        |   1.67 |
|   32 | Tamil Nadu    | 194.74 |
|   33 | Telangana     |  81.07 |
|   34 | Tripura       |   9.09 |
|   35 | Uttar Pradesh | 589.44 |
|   36 | Uttarakhand   |  38.35 |
|   37 | West Bengal   | 214.11 |

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