e-Pramaan National Single Sign On is a unique nationwide initiative of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India (GoI), that enables Single Sign On (SSO) and e-Authentication for government applications. e-Pramaan supports both Open ID Connect (OIDC) and Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML 2.0) standards. The Single Sign On feature provides citizens of India a single window access to all Government Services minimizing the efforts in maintaining multiple usernames and credentials.

Departments can choose various multi-factor authentication techniques and ID proof verification options to secure their applications through e-Pramaan. e-Pramaan enables Identity Verification of users using the KYC APIs of Aadhaar, Driving License and PAN. This helps in building confidence of departments in imparting more data sensitive services to rightful users. It also offers additional features comprising fraud management, flexible chaining of authentication factors, and role-based access to the services.

e-Pramaan is also a part of MeriPehchaan- a National Single Sign On, which was launched by honorable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in the Digital India Week on 4th July 2022 in Gandhinagar Gujarat.

Single Sign On: User can access multiple services with single set of credentials and allows the user to log in once and access services without re-entering authentication factors.

Multi-factor authentication: Can be used for providing multiple authentication factors for accessing online services depending upon the data sensitivity.

Identity Verification: Can be used to verify the identity of a user using ID proofs like Aadhaar, PAN & Driving License.

Biometric authentication: Can be used in applications where users have to be authenticated for DBT schemes, subsidy disbursement etc.

OTP authentication: Can be used in applications where financial transactions, device verification etc needs to be carried out.

DSC authentication: Can be used in applications where users have to be authenticated for e-tender, e-procurement, etc.

Rekha Nair, rekhap[at]cdac[dot]in