The New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) in West Bengal, an Indian state, has announced the implementation of blockchain technology for issuing a birth certificate.

NKDA has claimed Divit Biyani, a month old infant, to be the first one to get a blockchained birth certificate in the state. The certificate was also showcased at the two-day global blockchain congress in the city of Kolkata.

Varun Biyani, the father of the child and owner of a startup company, Super Procure, has expressed his happiness on this move. He said that the Government’s plan to implement blockchain for securing information is worthy of being appraised.

Debashis Sen, West Bengal’s IT&E additional Chief Secretary and NKDA Chairman, has stressed that blockchain is capable of providing an added layer of security to data. He also claimed that the information stored on blocks will be immune to cyber-attacks due to multi-level encryption.