MeitY) on Wednesday launched a series of blockchain-based solutions, aimed at enhancing transparency, security, and efficiency in digital service delivery.
The Vishvasya-Blockchain Technology Stack is designed to offer Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS) with a geographically distributed setup to support a range of permissioned blockchain applications.
The stack is hosted across NIC Data Centers in Bhubaneswar, Pune, and Hyderabad, ensuring robust and scalable service delivery, the government said.
The government also introduced the NBFLite-Lightweight Blockchain Platform and Praamaanik, a blockchain-enabled solution for verifying the origin of mobile apps.
The National Blockchain Framework (NBF) has been initiated with the vision of creating reliable digital platforms. The NBF is built on a distributed infrastructure and includes key components such as Distributed Infrastructure, Core Framework Functionality, Smart Contracts & API Gateway, and Security, Privacy & Interoperability.
The framework currently supports two permissioned blockchain platforms and is designed to be extensible.
S Krishnan, Secretary, MeitY noted that this Framework would play an important role in enabling security, trust and transparency for various citizen centric applications.
«He also highlighted that the stakeholders should aim to position India as a global leader in blockchain technology and proliferate the developed solutions for Global adoption, leveraging it to drive economic growth, social development,