Blockchain India Challenge
Pays Indian startups up to ₹50 lakh to build blockchain solutions for government use.
Startups progress through four stages -- ideation, prototype, minimum viable product and deployment -- with only qualifying teams advancing at each cut; C-DAC, MeitY and a jury make the calls and their decisions are final. Cash prizes rise at each stage, and one winner is declared per use-case category from the finalists, drawn from a total prize pool of Rs8.80 crore, paid into the startup's own b…
The challenge funds non-crypto blockchain and Web3 applications addressing ten government-identified use cases: e-procurement, digital forensics, government document management, public distribution systems, environmental sustainability, health data integrity, land administration, supply chain management, power-sector data and IoT/IIoT. Startups may also propose a problem outside these categories, in areas like education, finance or agriculture, as long as they can secure a commitment from a relevant State or Central government department to pilot it.
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