India seeks to host global repository of digital public infra: MoS IT

India will volunteer to create and host a global repository of digital public infrastructure (DPI) to support other countries in building platforms similar to Aadhaar, Unified Payment Interface (UPI) and DigiLocker, said Rajeev Chandrasekhar, minister of state for electronics and IT.

The repository will include a stack of applications, which countries can use, customise or modify, according to their jurisdictions.

The minister, while briefing on the outcome of the G20 digital economy ministers’ meeting, said eight countries have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with India on this. It will help in deploying and customising digital public goods like Aadhaar, UPI, Digilocker and others.