Redefining Trust and Disinter-Mediation With Blockchain in E-Governance

Autor: Nagesh Jadhav, Jyoti Malhotra, Rajneeshkaur Sachdeo-Bedi, Sambhaji Sarode, Rekha Sugandhi
Rok vydání: 2020
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DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-3632-2.ch002
Popis: Blockchain technology (BCT) is becoming a common language across diverse geographical domains. BCT attempts to solve the fraud issues involved in financial transactions and government operations. E-governance is a convenient platform providing services to all connected citizens and inter-government sectors. Traditional centralization issues are addressed by decentralizing the stakes, keeping the transactions transparent on an open ledger–BCT. It works on the notion of disintermediation eliding the middle layers with the highest trust level. It can contribute to various e-government sectors, namely agriculture, property registrations, supply chain management, tax calculation, etc. BCT application for agriculture supply change management can provide assistance in crop plantation and delivery records. It can bring transparency in land registrations and tax management by maintaining immutable land records and simplified tax management preserving trust between various parties through smart contracts. This chapter focuses on BCT approaches for secured governance.
Databáze: OpenAIRE