Infrastructure · Digital
The digital backbone.
India runs more real-time payments than the rest of the world combined, lit up a billion 5G subscribers in record time, and is laying fibre to every village. Three datasets, one snapshot.
Key Takeaways
- UPI processed 172 billion transactions worth ₹261 lakh crore in FY 2024-25 — more than Visa and Mastercard combined in domestic transaction count.
- Apr 2026 alone clocked 22.35 billion UPI transactions worth ₹29.03 lakh crore, with 689 banks and 87 apps live.
- India has crossed 489K active 5G base stations across all 22 TRAI service areas — one of the fastest 5G rollouts globally.
- BharatNet has lit up 2,14,024 of 2,50,115 target Gram Panchayats with optical fibre — about 86% of rural India.