India defines 'DPI 2.0' as digital ID and payments expand into new sectors

India's digital public infrastructure, built on Aadhaar identity, UPI payments and DigiLocker, is expanding into eight sectors including health, agriculture, e-commerce and credit, with AI-driven services now being added. Officials promote it abroad, as in Indonesia's new network, while critics note India has no clear domestic legal definition of DPI and say consent is often not truly voluntary when essential services depend on it. The development shows identity, payments and AI converging into population-scale systems that govern access to welfare and commerce, which makes oversight and safeguards the central question.