Smart Gujarat Hackathon 2017
Challenge Statement

Name of the Department: Tribal Development Department

Challenge Title ( Must be one liner)	:	Online verification of caste certificates
Challenge Description with context (At least one Paragraph)	:	As per the reservation policy of the Government, for the recruitment in Government jobs and for various Government benefits, the applicants produce caste certificate to the authority. It is important to verify the genuineness of caste certificate. However, there is no such mechanism to verify the certificates on the spot.
What Exact Problem is being Solved?	:	At present, the applicants produce physical copy of caste certificates to the Government authority for Government jobs or benefits. It is a very lengthy process to ensure genuineness of the certificate as the copy of certificate is sent to issuing authority to match unique certificate number, photo and/or name of the certificate holder.
Users	:	Any Government authority for availing benefits.
Expected Outcomes	:	An online data bank of caste certificates which can help to verify the genuineness of caste certificates just by entering the unique certificate number or name of the certificate holder.
Impact	:	· If, online verification of caste certificate is made possible, lot of time and money can be saved by reducing the effort. · It will be ensured that, only genuine reserved category applicants avail benefits.