e-pramaan: Get Birth Certificate On Your Mobile
Indian Government is surely taking lot of e-steps to make the lives of Indians easier. Very soon, you won't have to visit the local, dirty, smelly Government offices frequently to get your birth certificate. Instead, the birth certificate will just be an sms away. Welcome e-pramaan. The project aims to authenticate the mobile number of the applicant so that it will suffice as your birth certificate. Person who registers for epramaan service will be given an m-pin : Mobile personal identification number. This pin number will be taken as official 'authentication' for all the transactions that do not involve money. You will then be able to get land certificates, birth certificates and other such documents using this m-pin number.
Ajai Sawhney, president and CEO of the national e-governance plan, said: “We have notified the mobile governance framework that will allow citizens to avail of most of the services without visiting a government office.” The idea is to reduce the interface between citizens and public servants and thus to curb corruption. “The integrated payment gateway for mobile services has already been launched in Goa,” Sawhney said at a workshop.
I'm not sure whether this is an incredibly good idea or not. Government is already working on a mega identification project called AADHAR (UIDAI). I wonder how many identities will we have to carry. The big question is; how'd we know which government service accepts which identity.
Ajai Sawhney, president and CEO of the national e-governance plan, said: “We have notified the mobile governance framework that will allow citizens to avail of most of the services without visiting a government office.” The idea is to reduce the interface between citizens and public servants and thus to curb corruption. “The integrated payment gateway for mobile services has already been launched in Goa,” Sawhney said at a workshop.
I'm not sure whether this is an incredibly good idea or not. Government is already working on a mega identification project called AADHAR (UIDAI). I wonder how many identities will we have to carry. The big question is; how'd we know which government service accepts which identity.

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