National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR) is giving an exposure to various Central and State Government Institutions on use of Blockchain Technology.
The first in these series of seminars on ‘Introduction to Blockchain Technologies and Government Applications’ was held in its campus on Saturday (on June 29), a NIRDPR statement said in Hyderabad on Monday.
The use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) by Central and State Governments and other institutions has been rapidly increasing to provide a higher level of efficiency and transparency in many aspects like e-Tendering, Computerized Land Records, De-Materialization of stocks and shares, and Digital Signatures.
The increasing use of Blockchain Technology for creating and using public ledgers for transactions offer a new and significant development in the design and use of data management structures. Blockchain Technology has found many early takers and is now being widely adopted by many institutions and organizations as a way to increase secure transactions, accounting and processing with reduced costs in a largely Information Technology (IT) connected world.
NIRDPR organized this seminar to share knowledge about blockchain. The seminar was part of an initiative by Dr W R Reddy, IAS, Director General, NIRDPR, to continue innovation and leadership in capacity building at NIRDPR in the service to the nation.
Highlighting the importance of this seminar, Mr Samir Goswami, Director (Management Information System), NIRDPR, said,“NIRDPR is always keen to explore and leverage technology to support our major objective of rural development. The
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