India pilots blockchain use cases
India’s ‘Startup Challenge’ is showcasing blockchain for public services: a Judiciary Chain is being trialed at the Supreme Court and Karnataka HC for bail and judgments, and an Aushada pilot tracks Karnataka’s medicine supply on the National Blockchain Framework. The programs aim to add transparency to courts and pharmaceutical logistics. (x.com)
MeitY launched the national Blockchain India/Startup Challenge on February 23, 2026, with the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C‑DAC) running the programme and multi‑stage incentives for pilots and deployments. (government.economictimes.indiatimes.com)) The Judiciary Chain pilot has already been implemented at the Supreme Court of India and the Karnataka High Court specifically to record bail orders and judgment orders on a permissioned ledger. (thenewshour.org)) By October 21, 2025, the National Blockchain Framework reported over 34 crore documents verified across its blockchain services, while the Judiciary Chain had logged 665 judiciary documents and the ICJS module over 39,000 documents on the platform. (static.pib.gov.in)) Karnataka’s Aushada e‑supply chain for medicines is integrated with the NBF to record movement from manufacturer to warehouse to hospitals and to capture batch‑level quality checks, with the Karnataka State Medical Supplies Corporation (KSMSCL) named as the state nodal procurement agency. (blockchain.gov.in)) The National Blockchain Framework packages include Vishwasya Blockchain Stack, NBFLite and Praamaanik (the app‑authenticity service), and MeitY says these components will be used to scale logistics, judiciary and other government chain use cases. (static.pib.gov.in)) The Blockchain India/Startup Challenge moves shortlisted teams through staged support—Stage‑3 offers up to 20 teams ₹10 lakh each to deploy MVPs and Stage‑4 selects up to 10 winners who receive ₹50 lakh each to run pilots on NBF infrastructure. (devdiscourse.com))
