Soon, use a single sign-in to access govt services and entitlements

Soon, use a single sign-in to access govt services and entitlements

Dipak.Dash@timesgroup.com

New Delhi:23.12.2021

Soon, you won’t need to remember different usernames and passwords to login and avail of a variety of government services across Union and state government departments. The Centre will launch a platform where you would need to login once to access a range of services. Government agencies are also working on a plan to have an option where the user, once logged in, will get details of the entitlements and services that would guide him/her to access them.

The single sign-on (SSO) service allows users to log in to multiple platforms and websites using one set of credentials via secure session and user authentication. Sources said the platform would be launched by August 2022.

SSO service will be one stop authentication platform

To expedite the initiative, the electronics and IT ministry on Wednesday held a long session with a dozen ministries and state government representatives on onboarding all citizen services offered by central and state governments as part of the ongoing ‘good governance week’.

The roll out of national citizen-centric portal and the creation of a “National Digital Profile” for all citizens would be used to pre-fill government forms and will be a tool for citizens to discover welfare benefits offered by governments.

The SSO service will be one stop authentication platform for government services and the identification and authentication can be done by using details of Aadhaar number, PAN number, DL, email or mobile phone.

Officials said this will be totally consent-driven.