Protean eGov Technologies Ltd (previously NSDL e-Governance Infrastructure Ltd) is a pioneer and leader in creating Digital Public Infrastructure. Since its inception 28 years ago, Protean has relentlessly pursued the vision of being a globally trusted builder of population-scale eGovernance technology that improves ease of doing business, promotes financial & social inclusion and ease of living for citizens.
Protean is credited with building the modern Digital Tax Infrastructure and ushering in digitalisation of tax payment and collection for 1.4 Bn Indians. Today, Protean serves as the largest service provider for India’s Digital Tax Identity - PAN Cards, having issued 421 Mn million Tax ID’s till date. Protean further evolved and diversified to bring Govt’s vision of securing pension for every citizen to life. Protean built India’s first Digital Pension Infrastructure and serves as India’s largest Central Record-keeping Agency (CRA) for the National Pension System (NPS) & the exclusive Central Record Keeping Agency for Atal Pension Yojana (APY) - a govt-backed pension scheme for the unorganised sector, serving a total of 59 Mn citizens and counting. With one of the largest network of facilitation centres, Protean serves India’s Digital Stack by adopting a differentiated service framework through an end-to-end assisted model.