conducting online seminars and workshops. MeitY has initiated a proj ect on

the design and development of a National Blockchain Framework (NBF) for

the creation of a shared blockchain infrastructure and offering Blockchain-as-

a-Service (BaaS).

NIC

NIC, along with NICSI, has established a Centre of Excellence (CoE) in

blockchain technology. The obj ectives of the CoE are to accelerate adoption

and deployment of blockchain technology in Government, execute proj ects

focusing on different use cases, pilot deployment, offer blockchain Platform-

as-a-Service to ramp up the design and development of solutions, offer

consultancy services and capacity building. CoE is focusing on collaboration

across Government, public and private sectors. The application areas identified

and developed through CoE are blood bank, Digidhan, Public Distribution

System, and registration, GST Back Office, and excise management system.

NeGD

NeGD has released an approach paper on the national strategy for blockchain,

which provides details about the blockchain application domains, challenges in

adoption of the technology, societal impact, role of the Government, and

principles to guide national strategy and is currently working on e-Attestation

using blockchain for the state of K arnataka.

C-DAC

Successful pilot deployments and PoCs on blockchain by C-DAC have given

confidence in C-DAC’s vision to design and develop blockchain technology

solutions to provide trusted and auditable shared infrastructure for cross-

domain application development and large-scale deployment. C-DAC’s

mission on Blockchain technology includes: (a) National blockchain

framework for cross-domain applications addressing the performance,

scalability, interoperability, security, and privacy challenges; (b) e-Sign

integration with blockchain-based proof-of-existence (PoE); and (c)

development and large-scale deployment of applications.

Academia