enabling tamper-evident and transparency features of blockchain

technology. Subsequently, a transition should be made to incorporate

various use cases beyond e-governance, and the framework would be

open for anyone to use. Government can define the policies and

guidelines, and any application/ use case complying with the policies can

be on-boarded on the framework.

5 . Consultancy services can be offered in architecting the blockchain-based

applications as different ministries/ departments are showing interest in

adopting blockchain technology. Critical applications in domains such as

the oil industry, pharmaceutical industry, Government enabled marketing,

and so on can be identified to bring transparency and harness other

benefits from blockchain technology.

Legal and regulatory

1. Initial use cases may be chosen such that they do not require the

contractual obligations and legal aspects to be changed. The main focus,

in the beginning, should be to use the technology to enhance

transparency/ openness.

2. U pdate in the existing regulations and policies may be taken up as the

national blockchain framework evolves and based on the experiences

gained during the implementations. MeitY along with the other ministries

in the Government of India, may work on specific regulations and

policies for the framework as it evolves as per the needs of various

application domains.

3 . To address the legal challenges in making smart contracts admissible in

the courts, relevant stakeholders may be consulted.

4. Cross-border regulations are long-term goals and may be considered as

the use cases evolve.

Financial inclusion

1. Decentralized finance applications having permissioned blockchain

requirements may be developed and hosted along with application

domains on national blockchain infrastructure.

Education, awareness, and academia