India is going through a transformative phase in its digital journey. A large part of this is enfolding in the field of digital public infrastructures as the ‘India Stack’ branded suite of technological solutions permeates through areas like digital identity, instant payments, digital commerce, and consent management. The paper traces the socio-technical imaginaries that have fueled India's digital transformation strategy and how India Stack acquired its central place in that scheme. Drawing upon India's performance on global ICT-related indices and the OECD's Good Practice Principles for Public Service Design and Delivery, the paper also examines how the country is faring in translating its visions of digital transformation into outcomes. It identifies reliance on coercive digital adoption strategies, lack of participative decision-making, and insufficient accountability safeguards as some of the fault lines in India's path to fair and equitable digital transformation.

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Stack 是新黑人？：“印度堆栈化”过程的演变和结果

印度正在经历数字化转型的变革阶段。其中很大一部分涉及数字公共基础设施领域，因为“India Stack”品牌的技术解决方案套件渗透到数字身份、即时支付、数字商务和同意管理等领域。本文追溯了推动印度数字化转型战略的社会技术想象，以及 India Stack 如何在该计划中占据核心地位。本文还借鉴印度在全球信息通信技术相关指数方面的表现以及经合组织的《公共服务设计和交付良好实践原则》，研究了该国在将数字化转型愿景转化为成果方面的进展情况。报告指出，对强制性数字采用战略的依赖、缺乏参与性决策以及问责保障不足是印度实现公平公正数字化转型道路上的一些断层。