The Government of India has been showing interest in exploring and implementing blockchain technology for a long time. Among its various initiatives, the country is looking forward to using blockchain to protect land ownership rights of its people.

Sheila Warren, Head of Blockchain & Distributed Ledger Technology at the World Economic Forum, has stated that the Indian government has been trying to figure out payment systems interfaces and intending to switch the current government systems to a more secure and transparent blockchain-based system.

Further adding, Sheila commented that many South-Indian states have already started testing the use of the technology in land ownership rights. If proved successful, the platform will help landowners by providing a traceable, transparent and untamperable ecosystem to store information.