Blockchain India Challenge

Startups progress through four stages — ideation, prototype, minimum viable product and deployment — with only qualifying teams advancing at each cut, judged by C-DAC, MeitY and a jury whose decisions are final. Cash prizes rise with each stage, and one winner is declared per use-case category from the finalists, drawn from a total prize pool of ₹8.80 crore. Funds are paid to the startup's own ban…