NEW DELHI, April 27 -- Digital public infrastructure (DPI), which currently contributes about 1% to India's GDP, could rise to around 4% by 2030, government think tank NITI Aayog said on Monday, arguing it should be leveraged as a key growth engine.

Releasing a report that lays out a strategy for DPI 2.0, NITI Aayog said the next phase would build on the momentum needed to achieve the goal of a "Viksit Bharat," or developed India.

The think tank said India's existing digital public infrastructure, referred to as DPI 1.0, has already enabled a surge in services, financial inclusion and economic activity that was previously not possible at scale. This has created a growth trajectory that is non-linear, it said, accelerating as more indivi...