Explainers
Short guides to the systems behind India's digital economy. Written for bharat.digital, with official sources listed at the end of each.
ExplainerHow UPI worksWhat happens between scanning a QR code and the money arriving, and who does what along the way.ExplainerWhat the DPDP Act means for startupsIndia's data protection law is now being switched on in phases. What a young company has to do, and by when.ExplainerWhat ONDC isAn open network for digital commerce: why a shopper on one app can buy from a seller on another.ExplainerWhat India Stack isIdentity, payments and data: the shared digital building blocks that much of India's digital economy runs on.