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Inauguration of he Hon’ble Union Minister of Law & Jus-

tice, Communications, Electronics and
Information Technology, Shri Ravi Shan-
Blockchain Excellence in Blockchain Technology at Benga-
NIC Centre of Excellence in Tkar Prasad inaugurated the Centre of
luru, Karnataka on 18th January 2020 digitally
from Delhi through video conferencing. Shri T
Technology M Vijay Bhaskar, Chief Secretary to Government
of Karnataka, Shri P Ravi Kumar, Additional
Chief Secretary to Government of Karnataka,
Shri Rajeev Chawla, Additional Chief Secre-
Bengaluru tary to Government of Karnataka, Shri S Go-
palakrishnan, Additional Secretary, MeitY and
Chairman NICSI were the guests of honour. A
white paper on “Blockchain for Government”
was released by the dignitaries.

Blockchain technology
will open up new frontiers
in the area of governance,
treasury management, excise
operations etc. Would like to
see its use in the field such as
agriculture, health and primary
education.

Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad
Hon’ble Union Minister of Law & Justice,
Communications and Electronics & IT
Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Hon’ble Minister of Electronics and Information Technology inaugurating the
Centre of Excellence in Blockchain Technology virtually through video conferencing
Blockchain technology has drawn signifi-
Dr Neeta Verma, DG NIC lighting the lamp during the inaugural ceremony held in Bengaluru cant attention from the Government due to the
pain areas that it promises to address. Several
schemes of the Government require the veri-
fication of the documents / facts to ascertain
the eligibility of the applicants which is a time
consuming process. Although some of the de-
partments use the electronic data available
with other agencies to verify the applicant’s
claim electronically, Government has started
to look at alternatives such as blockchain to
provide enhanced level of confidence, immu-
tability and provenance.
Although the decision makers in the Gov-
ernment are enthusiastic, the following chal-
lenges deter the adoption of Blockchain Tech-
nology:
• The technology being nascent, the depart-
ments do not have a facility to perform PoCs
as they need to build the infrastructure

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