E-Pramaan 2023: A one roof stop for national e- authentication of services, registration link, all details

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e-Pramaan is an anchored in standards national single sign-on (SSO) platform which makes it easier to authenticate and safeguard users who access different government services through conventional and mobile devices. It is an unusual methodology that offers integrated single sign-on (SSO) for applications at the federal and state levels using a SAML 2.0 framework. With additional capabilities like adjustable linkage of verification components, web-site verification, Aadhaar-based user identity verification, and PAN-based identity verification, e-Pramaan supports multi-factor authentication employing (password, OTP, digital certificate, and biometrics).

e-Pramaan intends to combine various identity documents from different government agencies, such as a driver’s license, PAN, voter identification, etc., under one digital profile. This will enable the departments to gain higher levels of trust to provide legitimate consumers with increasingly sensitive data services. The Single Sign-On feature let registered users access all government services in a single window, reducing the time and effort required to manage multiple usernames and passwords.

Importance of e-Pramaan:

e-Pramaan enables various government departments and agencies to address the access management associated with the deployment of e-Governance applications and services. The benefits of implementing e-Pramaan are as follows:

• It is based on established authentication standards.
• It provides a strong multi-factor authentication system.
• It facilitates convenient and secured access to government services via internet/mobile.
• It provides Single Sign-On (SSO) for e-Governance Services integrated with e-Pramaan.
• It offers authentication chaining option to services.
• It has shared infrastructure for e-Authentication needs
• It obviates the need for departments to become AUAs
• It offers ASA services without charging any fees
• Incorporates Aadhaar-based authentication in e-Authentication mechanism
• It provides Centralized AUA/ASA service through which-implementation issues, reporting, fraud monitoring, etc. will be managed in a centralized manner.
• It offers fraud management services

Types of e-authentication under e-Pramaan:

• Password based authentication: This is the fundamental username and password pairing for authentication. The chosen username and password can be used to log in by end users. The self-registration form also allows end users to include their Aadhaar number, which may be utilized to log in afterwards. Instead of a username and password, you can login with just your Aadhaar number.
• OTP based authentication: End-users can also prove their identity using an OTP (One Time Password) received on e-mail or mobile. OTP can also be generated using a mobile application offered through e-Pramaan. OTP-based authentication will be in conjunction with any one of the single authentication types.

Services offered under e-Pramaan:

There are mainly three services included:

• User registration: This is a registration window for citizens to authenticate their identity.
• Department registration: This offers registration for various departments under public as well as private sector.
• ADHAAR data vault: Unique Identification Authority of India mandates the secure storage of residents Aadhaar numbers in a separate repository known as Aadhaar Data Vault. All the Government departments offering citizen services and using Aadhaar numbers in their application workflows for any purpose are supposed to use Aadhaar Data Vault for secure management of Aadhaar numbers. These citizen services can be the disbursement of beneficiary schemes, employee details, scholarship details, health records, etc. As per UIDAI, the Aadhaar number stored in the Aadhaar data vault must be mapped and referred to by the key termed the Reference Key. C-DAC, a premier R&D organization of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), has implemented the Aadhaar Data vault which can be utilized by the applications offering citizen services.

User Registration Process:

The users need to register using the following link and fill up the registration form with necessary credentials:

https://authenticate.epramaan.gov.in/register/nsso/loadRegistrationForm.do

Please click on the video link to get a detailed idea of user registration process (without identity verification):

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs):

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