Public Sector Driving Blockchain Adoption in India ⋆ Crypto New Media
12 March 2019 11:13 PM IST
Image: India flag, Pexels.com In India, the government is playing a key role as a consumer of blockchain solutions and in driving mass adoption of the technology. Nearly half of the states in India have initiated blockchain projects to address different challenges of citizen service delivery, with the government of Telangana and the government of [?]
- Nearly half of the states in India have initiated blockchain projects to address different challenges of citizen service delivery, with the government of Telangana and the government of Andhra Pradesh emerging as two of the leading states in terms of blockchain adoption in the country, a new research by the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) and Avasant found.
- State governments are collaborating with different stakeholders to accelerate blockchain adoption in public sector projects.
- Such partnerships include the government of Andhra Pradesh and Zebi, a partnership that focuses on developing blockchain -based solutions in land registry, the municipal corporations of Bankura and Durgapur districts in West Bengal and Netherlands-based company Lynked.
- According to the report, prevalent use cases in India’s public sector include land registry, farm insurance, digital certificates, and e-governance.
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