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Digital Payments Awareness Week 2026

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is observing digital payments awareness week from March 09 to 15, 2026.

Digital Payments Awareness Week (DPAW)

Digital Payments Awareness Week (DPAW) is an initiative to highlight the impact and importance of digital payments and to create awareness about safe usage of digital payment products. 

Digital Payments Awareness Week (DPAW) 2026

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is observing DPAW 2026 from March 09 to 15, 2026. 

Under the mission ‘Har Payment Digital’, the theme for the current year is ‘Thoda Dhyan Se’ (be alert/ be careful). The theme emphasises the safe use of digital payments.

‘Har Payment Digital’ mission

RBI had launched the mission ‘Har Payment Digital’ on the occasion of the DPAW 2023. This is part of RBI’s endeavour to make every person in India a user of digital payments.

Previous Digital Payments Awareness Weeks (DPAWs)

Year Theme
2025 ‘India Pays Digitally’ under the mission ‘Har Payment Digital’
2024 ‘Digital Payment, Surakshit Payment’ (‘Digital Payment, Safe Payment’) under the mission ‘Har Payment Digital’
2023 ‘Digital Payment Apnao, Auron ko bhi Sikhao’ (Adopt digital payments and Also teach others) under the mission ‘Har Payment Digital’


References

Reserve Bank of India. (2023, March 06). 'Digital Payments Awareness Week 2023 – Launch of Mission “Har Payment Digital”'. Retrieved from https://www.rbi.org.in/Scripts/BS_PressReleaseDisplay.aspx?prid=55335

Reserve Bank of India. (2024, May 30). 'RBI Annual Report 2023-24 - IX. Payment and Settlement Systems and Information Technology'. Retrieved from https://www.rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?Id=1409

Reserve Bank of India. (2025, March 10). 'Digital Payments Awareness Week 2025'. Retrieved from https://www.rbi.org.in/Scripts/BS_PressReleaseDisplay.aspx?prid=59944

Reserve Bank of India. (2026, March 12). 'Digital Payments Awareness Week 2026 - Launch of ‘Awareness Program on Digital Payments’ and Interaction with Payment Systems Operators (PSOs)'. Retrieved from https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/BS_PressReleaseDisplay.aspx?prid=62374


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