Why India Stack was created?- Digital India Series

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Why India Stack was created?- Digital India Series


We are living in an ever-growing online world. Students attend online classes, employees work from home, people buy online..... Realizing the importance of online platform- the Indian government back in 2014 decided to deliver citizen services online through Digital India
Building on its earlier e-governance projects , Digital India has one goal- deliver citizen services online on resident mobile devices. Delivering resident services online requires the following basic functionalities- online identity (Aadhaar), online authentication ( Aadhaar eKYC) online documents ( Digilocker), online signature ( eSign), online payment ( UPI ) and Digital consent layer that enables residents to share data selectively.
These basic functionalities are called IndiaStack are open for public consumption- business- startups...