The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has proposed to establish ‘Federated Digital Identities’.

About Federated Digital Identities

• It is the proposed one unique ID under which a citizen’s multiple digital IDs like the PAN, Aadhaar, driving licence and passport numbers etc. can be interlinked, stored and accessed for digital transactions such as authentication and eKYC services.
• It aims to optimize the number of digital identities that a citizen needs to have.
• This proposal is part of the Electronics and IT Ministry’s India Enterprise Architecture 2.0 (IndEA 2.0).

Source: EPIC February 2022