• The Government of Maharashtra has decided to issue educational documents to students of educational institutions using blockchain technology.
• A blockchain is a distributed digital transaction ledger, which allows maintenance of identical copies of data or records on multiple computer systems. 
• With this Maharashtra will become the first state in the country and world’s largest user of Blockchain for educational certificates.
• Currently only Singapore, Malta and Bahrain are the only other countries using this technology.
• For this, Maharashtra government has partnered with LegitDoc, Bengaluru-based blockchain startup, owned by Crossforge Solutions Pvt. Ltd. It is a unique SaaS-based platform that leverages a combination of Ethereum blockchain and cryptographic techniques.
• As per the Maharashtra Skill Development Board, one million (10 lakh) diploma certificates will be issued using this blockchain technology, to diploma holders of a total of eight academic years.
• Each student will receive a “certficate_LegitDoc.zip” digital file containing the original PDF diploma certificate and its corresponding blockchain proof file. It can be verified within 10 seconds from anywhere around the world and does not require human intervention. 

Benefits

• Stop the menance of fake educational certificate
• Verification of authenticity of educational certificate will become easier
• Prevent inconvenience faced by genuine candidates