Digital India Powers Paperless Academic Records
Over 110 crore academic records digitised as ABC, APAAR and NAD simplify admissions, transfers and verification
- Digital India completes 11 years with major education reforms.
- Over 110.65 crore academic records uploaded on digital platforms.
- ABC, APAAR and NAD enable seamless credit transfer and digital verification.
- Paperless academic records ease admissions, scholarships and recruitment.
GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 3rd July: Marking 11 years of the Digital India programme, the Centre highlighted the transformation of India’s education ecosystem through digital platforms that have enabled secure, paperless and digitally verifiable academic services for students across the country.
The government said the Academic Bank of Credits (ABC), APAAR (Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry) and the National Academic Depository (NAD) have simplified admissions, academic transfers, scholarship applications and employment verification by providing seamless access to digital academic records.
According to the Ministry of Education, 2,963 higher education institutions have registered on the ABC platform, while more than 26.29 crore APAAR IDs have been generated. The platform now hosts over 110.65 crore academic records, creating one of the world’s largest digital academic repositories.
The Academic Bank of Credits supports the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 by enabling multiple entry and exit options, online credit transfer and flexible learning pathways. Integrated with APAAR, it provides every learner with a lifelong digital academic identity.
The National Academic Depository allows institutions to issue, store and verify degrees, diplomas, certificates and mark sheets digitally, reducing paperwork, preventing document forgery and enabling faster verification by educational institutions, employers and government agencies.
The ministry said the integration of ABC, APAAR, NAD and DigiLocker has created a trusted digital academic ecosystem that promotes lifelong learning, academic mobility and transparent governance while reducing administrative burden.
Officials said the initiative has made school and college transfers smoother, improved the scrutiny process for competitive examinations through digital verification and strengthened citizen-centric service delivery under the Digital India programme.
