CERTIFICATE CHAIN

FAQ – Certificate Chain

What is a Certificate Chain?

Several documents issued by the government are essential for the citizens, especially for claiming benefits of various social welfare schemes, job and legal purposes and education admissions. These documents need to be stored safely and produced on demand to the authorities. Hence there is a need for providing a fool-proof method that is digitalized and expeditious in obtaining and verifying the document.

What are the documents that can be uploaded onto the Certificate Chain network?

The Certificate Chain system can store any type of document issued by the Government Departments. Certificates like caste, income, birth, death, Bonafide, Domicile, Residence, Life, Minority, documents like ration cards etc, can be stored in the Blockchain. Also education certificates like Marks card, Migration certificate etc can be stored.

Who can use the Certificate Chain?

The Certificate Chain system provides platform for the storage of documents issued by various departments called the Provider.

The verification or retrieval of the documents can be done by individuals/organizations. Any citizen can verify the document from the portal.

Is registration required for all?

For citizens who want to verify their document, registration is not required. Any agency who provides verification service needs to register and obtain approval by the concerned department.

What is onboarding procedure with respect to Certificate Chain network?

- Provider:
a. Needs an authentication letter issued by the HoD of the Organisation.
b. Fill up the information of the Technical officer and also the Nodal officer details who will be using the portal.
c. Upload the authorisation letter, scanned copy of the department ID of Technical officer.
d. Select the list of certificates intended to be uploaded to the portal.

- Administrator:
a. Admin of the portal would approve the registration.
b. A link to create the user for the portal would be sent to the Provider.
c. The user created thus would be used to access the portal.

After onboarding, how can existing application publish documents to Certificate Chain?

Existing applications can publish documents using Certificate Chain API. API authentication credentials and API document would be provided after on-boarding process.