Digital India 11-Year Anniversary Progress Report
Digital India completes eleven years of operation since its launch on 1 July 2015, having transformed India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy. The program has reached an inflection point, moving from foundational digital infrastructure to frontier technologies including Artificial Intelligence, semiconductor manufacturing, and advanced digital public infrastructure.
IndiaAI Mission Achievements
The IndiaAI Mission, approved with an outlay of over ₹10,372 crore, has established a shared compute facility with over 45,000 GPUs creating the computational backbone for AI research. Under the AI Foundation Model pillar, 15 Large Language Models and Small Language Models are being supported across speech, text and vision modalities. The AI Kosh platform hosts 12,519 datasets, 307 AI models, and 20 toolkits openly accessible to researchers and startups. Twenty AI solutions have been deployed across 12 sectors through challenges and hackathons.
To expand AI capability beyond metropolitan centers, 27 Data and AI Labs have been established across Tier II and III cities, 684 Fellowships awarded to students, and 8.4 million learners supported through the YUVA AI course. Eighteen Centres of Excellence have been established, and 20 Indian AI startups supported for capacity building. AI Governance Guidelines released in November 2025 promote safe, inclusive and trustworthy AI development.
The India AI Impact Summit 2026 in February brought together delegations from over 100 countries and 20 international organizations, attracting nearly 15 lakh participants. The Summit Declaration was adopted by 92 countries and organizations, catalyzing over USD 200 billion in AI-related investment commitments.
Semiconductor Manufacturing Progress
India's semiconductor ecosystem has approved 12 semiconductor manufacturing projects with an investment pipeline of approximately ₹1.64 lakh crore. This includes one semiconductor fabrication unit, two compound semiconductor fabrication units, and nine packaging units. India Semiconductor Mission 2.0 was announced in the Union Budget 2026-27 to deepen focus on semiconductor equipment, materials, and indigenous intellectual property.
On the design side, 24 projects are being supported under the Design Linked Incentive Scheme, 105 companies assisted with advanced chip design tools, and 23 design tapeouts completed at various foundries including advanced nodes. SEMICON India 2025 featured over 350 exhibiting companies from 48 countries and regions, with 13 MoUs signed.
Electronics Manufacturing and Exports
The electronics manufacturing sector has grown to ₹13 lakh crore in value, with electronics emerging as India's third-largest export category. India is now the world's second-largest mobile phone manufacturer, with advanced manufacturing spanning AI-enabled data center components, 5G equipment, and high-end networking gear.
UPI and Digital Payments Dominance
UPI completed ten years in April 2026, recording 24,162 crore transactions in FY 2025-26. The platform now powers 81% of India's digital payments and accounts for nearly 49% of all global real-time digital transactions. UPI is operational in multiple countries, with 23 nations engaged through cooperation agreements for India's Digital Public Infrastructure.
Digital Infrastructure Expansion
Broadband subscribers reached 106.58 crore as of March 2026. BharatNet has connected 2.18 lakh Gram Panchayats with high-speed broadband. India's 5G network covers 99.9% of districts with 4.74 lakh towers established. The National Data Centre for the North East Region was launched at Guwahati in February 2026.
Digital Governance Framework
Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules released in January 2025 establish a framework for consent-based data governance, including data breach reporting mechanisms and creation of a Data Protection Board. The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act received Presidential assent in August 2025 and came into force on 1 May 2026, with the Online Gaming Authority of India constituted in April 2026.
Innovation and Startup Ecosystem
India's innovation ecosystem recorded its strongest year with 55,200 entities certified by DPIIT in FY 2025-26 alone, the highest single-year addition. Direct employment generated by recognized startups reached 23.36 lakh, reflecting a 36.1% year-on-year surge in job creation. Nearly 48% of all recognized startups feature at least one woman director or partner.
India's Global Innovation Index ranking improved from 81 in 2015 to 38 in 2025, with 2,23,000 recognized startups driving innovation-led growth. Internet connections have grown approximately four times since Digital India's inception, while mobile data costs fell from ₹269 per GB to ₹8–10 per GB, making digital access among the most affordable globally.