IndEA 2.0

IndEA 2.0

Subject – Science and Tech

Context – Govt. moots plan to link digital IDs

Concept –

• The government has invited stakeholder comments on a proposal that seeks to establish ‘Federated Digital Identities’ to optimise the number of digital identities that a citizen needs to have, by linking various consumer identification data into a single unique ID for digital transactions such as authentication and e-KYC services.
• The proposal is part of the Electronics and IT Ministry’s India Enterprise Architecture 2.0 (IndEA 2.0) framework that aims to enable the governments and the private sector enterprises to design IT architectures that can span beyond organisational boundaries for delivery of integrated services.
• InDEA 2.0 proposes a model of Federated Digital Identities that seeks to optimise the number of digital identities that a citizen needs to have.
• The model empowers the citizen by putting her in control of these identities and providing her the option of choosing which one to use for what purpose. It gives the agency to the citizens and protects privacy-by-design.
• Electronic registries can be linked via the IDs to allow easy, paperless onboarding of citizens and also avoid repeated data verification needs.

What is InDEA 2.0?

• India Digital Ecosystem Architecture 2.0 or InDEA 2.0 is a framework that enables Governments and private sector enterprises to design IT architectures that can span beyond their organizational boundaries and enable delivery of holistic and integrated services to the customers.
• While InDEA 2.0 builds upon the principles and models recommended in India Enterprise Architecture (IndEA 1.0 – 2018), it adopts a radically different approach to architecture development. It addresses the architectural needs of an ecosystem rather than of an enterprise which was the focus of its predecessor.

Why InDEA 2.0?

• The boundaries between functions, jurisdictions and public-private organizations are getting blurred due to increasing interdependencies and the need for citizen-centric approaches to designing digital services, as opposed to organization-centric approaches.
• The need to provide endto-end services, adopting the methods of digital transformation, agile development methods, disruptive business models, and above all, the as-yet unfathomable opportunities offered by the emerging technologies like AI, ML, IoT and DLT are strong forces pushing the limits towards the evolution of digital ecosystems.
• The core value proposition of InDEA 2.0 to the Governments is in terms of a more rational planning of IT investments, cost savings due to reusable and interoperable systems, and better architectures designed faster. To the citizens, it means a more holistic and seamless experience across organizations. And to the industry, it holds out immense promise of innovation.
• The InDEA 2.0 framework is useful to the policy makers in the government, and architects and system designers in the public and private sector.