DPI (Digital Public Infrastructure) is indispensable for digitally enabling citizens and businesses; however, the challenges of exclusion, exploitation, and monopolisation cannot be ignored. Examine.

ENSABLE FOR |-- Citizens | |-- i) It empowers citizens for taking decisions on the data (eg - Digi Locker) | |-- ii) It provides easy access and portability | |-- iii) It enhances ease of living | |-- iv) It provides better policy implementation (eg - Aadhar for ration cards) |-- Business |-- i) It engages transparency in business activities (eg - e way bill) |-- ii) It provides ease of doing business |-- iii) It helps in creating an innovation environment |-- iv) Easy credit and clearances

However, CHALLENGES OF

i) Exclusion

• Digital divide - with concentration of internet services in urban areas
• Digital literacy

ii) Exploitation

• Issues of privacy and cyber attacks
• data as the new oil

iii) Monopolisation

• Government's can control the infrastructure
• Limitations in facility delivery partners