Web Portal for Transparent Tracking of Government Welfare Schemes Using Blockchain

Mishra, Sarah

doi:10.25673/123776

Proceedings of International Conference on Applied Innovation in IT · 2026/03/31 · Vol. 14 · Issue 1 · pp. 1557–1563

Web Portal for Transparent Tracking of Government Welfare Schemes Using Blockchain

Sarah Harith Hazim and Gouri Shankar Mishra

📄 Download PDF DOI: 10.25673/123776

Abstract

Government welfare programs often have problems that never go away, like money leaks, a lack of transparency, and not enough accountability. This study proposes a blockchain-enabled web portal to address these inefficiencies, ensuring end-to-end transparency in the tracking of welfare schemes. The architecture has a citizen-facing portal, an API gateway, and a smart contract layer. It is built on a consortium blockchain network with off-chain encrypted storage for sensitive data. The welfare lifecycle is structured as a deterministic state machine, encompassing the stages of application, verification, approval, disbursement, and auditing. Smart contracts make sure that only certain people can access certain things, that multiple signatures are required for validations, and that event logs can't be changed. This makes an audit trail that can't be tampered with. The experimental evaluation showed that the system had a reliable throughput of 250-300 TPS, stable latency that matched the time between block generations, and much shorter audit query times than centralized databases. A cost analysis showed that the operational costs were manageable, and an adoption analysis based on the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) showed that citizens had a lot of trust in the system and thought it was useful. The study provides a useful, scheme-independent reference framework for open digital governance. Future plans include pilot deployment, making it work with national ID systems, and adding advanced cryptographic techniques to improve privacy.

Keywords

Blockchain Governance Welfare Tracking Smart Contracts Transparency Auditability Digital Adoption E-Governance.

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