India, May 18 -- India's digital economy runs on invisible infrastructure, telecom networks that power everything from payments and governance to healthcare and logistics. As World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) concluded yesterday, the bigger challenge for India is no longer just connectivity, but the resilience of the systems underpinning an increasingly connected economy.

What happens when the networks powering payments, governance, healthcare and communication suddenly fail? That question sits at the heart of this year's World telecom day observed yesterday under the theme "Digital Lifelines: Strengthening Resilience in a Connected World".

For India, the conversation arrives at a critical moment. The country i...