Startups, IT firms to get boost from India partnership with countries on digital public infra

With India opening the doors to its open-source digital public infrastructure (DPI) like Unified Payment Interface (UPI), Aadhaar, CoWin and Digilocker to other countries, Indian startups and IT firms are expected to benefit, government officials have said.

This can be possible as the government will authorise startups and other technology firms to integrate DPI solutions in other countries, creating a possible revenue stream for them.

On Tuesday, minister of state for electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said India has entered into eight memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with countries such as Armenia, Sierra Leone, Suriname, Antigua, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Papua New Guinea, and Mauritius, offering them the India stack and DPI at no cost and with open-source access.