Financial TimesIndia’s big idea to bring the digital marketplace to the masses
India’s digital infrastructure has been described as a world-beating solution for bringing the poor online. But as the scope and ambition of the push grow, so too do concerns, reports FT.
Curated by informedA decade ago, Tej Pal signed up for India’s Aadhaar biometric identity scheme, acquiring his first national ID card.
A few years later the 44-year-old, who sells fruit near Delhi, used it to open his first bank account. Last year he took a loan to buy his first smartphone to sign up for the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), India’s digital money system.
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