India might soon introduce the “Federated Digital Identities” model, which will be meant for linking multiple IDs to a single One Digital ID. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has proposed the new model, which will work as an umbrella ID to access others such as the Aadhaar card, PAN card, passport, and more.
A report by The Indian Express suggests that the One Digital ID will act as a single place to store and access all state and Central identities. This single ID will help people avail of multiple services and will also ease out the KYC process.
While the idea of having a single digital ID that will house other important IDs to enable easy access to netizens sounds good, it also raises security and privacy concerns, considering cybercrime has been on a rise. Since we lack details on the proposed framework, we will have to wait for more information, especially on the privacy and security aspects of this system.
