India has begun issuing blockchain “caste certificates” to up to 65,000 tribal members in a remote region in an attempt to stop fraudulent claims on government benefits for the disadvantaged.
The project, in the western state of Maharashtra, was announced in March and is the brainchild of Shubham Gupta, 28, an officer of the Indian Administrative Services. Gupta conceived the idea after encountering a former elected politician in his area of jurisdiction who had fraudulently acquired tribal land by presenting himself as a tribal member with a fake caste certificate.
While the politician had been convicted by the Supreme Court of India, it took Gupta's administrative muscle to make him return the land to the tribes. It was just one of a large number of cases of politicians and job seekers using fake caste certificates to win benefits.
India's caste system remains a deeply entrenched reality, and despite laws, such as the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities)...
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