India’s IT Ministry Launches Set of Blockchain Stacks: All the Details
India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) is deepening its commitment to blockchain, the foundational technology behind Web3. This week, MeitY unveiled a suite of blockchain platforms aimed at enabling Indian developers to build secure, transparent and trustworthy digital solutions. MeitY Secretary S. Krishnan, who led the launch, highlighted the potential of these platforms to boost the creation of citizen-centric applications, increasing trust and security in the digital landscape.
The government is looking for discover Blockchain use cases around e-Stamps solutions, judicial applications, forensic applications, consent management frameworks, IoT device security management and domicile certificate chains, in addition to agricultural product tracking and childcare facility inspection system.
For these diverse use cases, MeitY has launched the blockchain systems Vishvasya, NBFLite and Praamaanik, the announcement said.
The Vishvasya Blockchain Technology Stack, according to the official announcement, is a geographically distributed infrastructure designed to support various permissioned Blockchain-based applications.
Meanwhile, NBFLite has been explained as a lightweight blockchain platform that developers can use to create solutions for startups and academia. Praamaanik, on the other hand, is the blockchain solution for verifying the origin of mobile apps.
In addition, MeitY has also initiated the National Blockchain Framework (NBF) technology stack, which will prioritize research and development work around blockchain applications. This stack is hosted on geographically distributed infrastructure in NIC Datacenters in Bhubaneswar, Pune and Hyderabad.
“Blockchain technology holds immense potential to transform governance in India by making public services more transparent, efficient and accountable,” the announcement said, with Bhuvnesh Kumar, Additional Secretary, MeitY, commenting on the development.
With this NBF, the Indian authorities are now focusing on scaling blockchain applications for diverse use cases. The launch of these blockchain platforms is aimed at growing a Web3-skilled workforce in India, equipped to solve security, interoperability, and network performance challenges.
However, this is not the first time that the Indian government has taken a pro-blockchain step. In August 2023, the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) launched Falcon — an open-source project that aims to simplify the management and use of blockchains based on Hyperledger Fabric and supported on Kubernetes clusters.
