7-year-old Prince becomes first digital citizen of Bhutan

7-year-old Prince becomes first digital citizen of Bhutan

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Category : International Published on: February 24 2023

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  • Seven-year-old Prince Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck, the heir apparent and eldest son of Bhutan’s King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema, has become the country’s first digital citizen. 
  • Prince Jigme is the mountainous country’s first citizen to receive the National Digital Identity (NDI) mobile wallet.
  • The NDI is Bhutan’s national digital identity system which will allow citizens to have a single digital portal where different personal information can be stored.
  • The system is similar to the Aadhar system currently in use in India. 
  • The NDI system uses the “self-sovereign identity” model based on Decentralised Identity (DID) technology, which allows citizens greater control over who they share information with and to what extent.
  • The NDI programme was launched in October 2021 but data collection was hampered due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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