Bihar Government Organises Workshop On Blockchain For Government Use Cases

Bihar Government’s Department of Information Technology (DIT) organised a workshop on Blockchain for Government applications. The workshop was attended by senior government officials and dignitaries in Patna.

During the workshop, blockchain experts Kunal Abhishek, Mahesh Patil, Aditya Kumar Sinha, Director C-DAC and Gokul Alex, Lead SME on Blockchain shared their enriched knowledge and discussed benefits of Blockchain with the attendees.

The experts elaborated on how Blockchain technology is an immutable public digital ledger, which means that when a transaction is recorded, it cannot be modified. Transactions on blockchain are done instantly and transparently, as the ledger is updated automatically. Since it is a decentralized system, no intermediary fees are required and the authenticity of transactions is verified and confirmed by the participants. It is certain that in specific applications, blockchain can ease government processes, streamline processes, reduce audit burdens, increase security, and ensure data integrity.

“Technology has been playing a pivotal role in empowering governance in the modern era. Blockchain Technology could reduce government redundancy, streamline processes, decrease audit burden, increase security, and ensure data integrity”, said Shri Santosh Kumar Mall, IAS, Principal Secretary, Dept. of IT, Govt. of Bihar, in his address to the audience.

He further added that blockchain will enable the government body to drive eGovernance with optimum efficiency.

Successful applications of Blockchain in government services were also talked about by the speakers during the event. Experts also debated on blockchain’s application in the field of e-governance, which could help the government reduce the service time period, as well as establish the authenticity of the certificates, by using blockchain technology in land registries, transport licenses, educational certificates, public service certificates, etc.