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Aadhaar & Blockchain Aadhaar & Blockchain: Opportunities and Challenges for India by Karan Sachan B.Tech. Information Technology Uttar Pradesh Technical University Submitted to the System Design and Management Program in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Engineering and Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology February 2018 2018 Karan Sachan. All rights reserved The author hereby grants to MIT permission to reproduce and to distribute publicly paper and electronic copies of this thesis document in whole or in part in any medium now known or hereafter created. Signature of Author ....... Signature ........................ System Design and Management Program January 18, 2018 Certified by ................ Signature ........................ Michael J. Casey Senior Advisor, MIT Media Lab Thesis Supervisor Accepted by ...........Signature .................... I Joan Rubin Executive Director, System Design and Management Program MASSACHUSMlS INST"TTE OF TECHNOLOGY JUN 2 0 2018 LIBRARIES ARCHIVES 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139 Ml~ibmraes http://Iibraries.mit.edu/ask DISCLAIMER NOTICE Due to the condition of the original material, there are unavoidable flaws in this reproduction. We have made every effort possible to provide you with the best copy available. Thank you. The images contained in this document are of the best quality available. (Page intentionally left blank) 2 Aadhaar & Blockchain: Opportunities and Challenges for India by Karan Sachan Submitted to the System Design and Management Program in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Engineering and Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ABSTRACT In India, the inability to prove one's identity is one of the biggest barriers that prevents the poor from accessing benefits and subsidies. India is a country with 1.3 billion residents in over 640,000 villages. The Indian government spends $50 billion on direct subsidies (food coupons for rice, cooking gas, etc.) every year. Both public and private agencies in India require proof of identity before providing services or benefits to those living in India. Until the introduction of the Aadhaar program, there was no verifiable identity number program that both residents and agencies could use. As a result, every time Indian residents tried to receive benefits, they had to undergo an arduous personal identification process. What made it even more difficult was that the various service providers had different document and information requirements. This made it especially hard for India's poor residents, who often lacked documentation and found it difficult to access services. The Unique Identification (Aadhaar) project was created in order to provide every resident of India with a unique identification number that can be used to access a variety of services and benefits. The project enables residents in India to receive food coupons, receive cooking gas deliveries, open checking accounts, apply for loans, insurance, pensions, property deeds, etc. In addition, the program makes it possible for the Indian government to make sure that welfare benefits go directly to the right person. Aadhaar is a centralized approach to provide identification and benefits to the citizens of India. It is plagued with some problems typical to a centralized system such as central authority, data privacy etc. In this thesis, we explore the Blockchain technology to improvise Aadhaar, a centralized paradigm to a de-centralized one. I have explored the ways in which the current welfare services could be evolved on the re-imagined Aadhaar system with Blockchain. Thesis Supervisors Michael J. Casey Senior Advisor, MIT Media Lab 3 (Page intentionally left blank) 4 Acknowledgements The past year and half has been an incredibly enriching life experience for me, both in the academic and personal sense. It is never easy leaving family and friends to live on the other side of the world for an extended period of time. There were challenges, but thankfully more ups than downs. The diversity, innovation, and drive I experienced at MIT were unparalleled, and I thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to immerse myself in its collective brilliance. Of course, none of this would have been possible without the support that I received. First and foremost, I would like to thank my thesis advisor, Michael Casey, for inspiring me with his passion and intellectual curiosity. I am truly blessed to have had him as my thesis advisor, and am grateful for his insightful conversations. In spite of his busy schedule, he took the time to provide clear guidance and shaped my ideas along the way. His experience and advice were incredibly helpful in my research journey and in bringing my thesis to fruition. I am also thankful to the MIT Media Lab - Digital Currency Initiative members and researchers for their valuable critique and suggestions that helped strengthen my thesis. I was also able to glean useful insights from the weekly research team sharing sessions. I am also grateful to the System Design Management (SDM) program for giving me this opportunity to develop myself both personally and professionally. The SDM faculty and staff have shown great dedication towards making our experience in the program a fulfilling and pleasant one. The core syllabus, though rigorous, provided a good platform to develop my systems thinking skills and work in diverse teams. I thank my fellow classmates in SDM, Sloan, and the School of Engineering for broadening my perspectives through our interactions, both in and out of class. Last but most definitely not least, I would like to thank my family and friends outside of MIT for their never-ending support and encouragement throughout the past year. It heartens me to know that they are always just a message or call away, and that they are always there to share in my joy and frustration. Their belief and motivation have given me focus, built my confidence and driven me to achieve my best in everything that I do. 5 (Page intentionally left blank) 6 Contents ABSTRACT........................................................3 Acknow ledgem ents....................................................................................................................5 List of Acronym s ....................................................................................................................... 9 List of Figures..........................................................................................................................(10 List of Tables ........................................................................................................................... (10 1 Introduction............................................................................................................................ 10 1.1 M otivation ................................................................................................................. )10 1.2 Objectives and Approach..................................................................................... 11 1.3 Thesis Outline ....................................................................................................... 11 2 Background. ............................................................................................................................ 12 2.1 Overview .................................................................................................................... 12 2.2 Enrollm ent..................................................................................................................13 2.3 Expenditure................................................................................................................ 14 2.4 Form at of Aadhaar card ......................................................................................... 15 2.5 A adhaar as digital Identity..................................................................................... 18 3 Technical overview of Aadhaar ....................................................................................... 18 3.1 D ata collection and storage..................................................................................... 18 3.2 A rchitecture at a glance.......................................................................................... 19 3.3 D ata scale...................................................................................................................20 3.4 A uthentication m echanism ..................................................................................... 20 3.5 Future Plans................................................................................................................22 4 Aadhaar ecosystem ............................................................................................................... 22 4.1 A adhaar for taxes and finance................................................................................ 22 4.2 A adhaar for healthcare and nutrition .................................................................... 23 4.3 A adhaar for subsidies/welfare benefits ................................................................ 23 4.4 A adhaar for farm ers............................................................................................... 23 4.5 A adhaar for education ........................................................................................... 23 4.6 A adhaar for em ploym ent and vocational .............................................................
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