DIGILocker
to store your documents online :: Digital India Starting
How can I get a
DigiLocker account?
Signing up for
DigiLocker is easy - all you need is your mobile number.
- Your mobile number will
be authenticated by sending an OTP (one-time password) followed by
selecting a username & password. This will create your DigiLocker
account.
- After your DigiLocker account is
successfully created, you can voluntarily provide your Aadhaar number (issued
by UIDAI) to avail additional services.
About
DigiLocker
DigiLocker is a key activity under
Digital India, the Indian Government's lead program went for changing India
into a digitally enabled society and learning economy. DigiLocker ties into
Digital India's dreams regions of giving subjects a shareable private space on
an open cloud and making all records/endorsements accessible on this cloud.
Focused at the possibility of
paperless administration, DigiLocker is a stage for issuance and check of
reports and authentications digitally, along these lines taking out the
utilization of physical archives. Indian natives who agree to a DigiLocker
account get a devoted distributed storage space that is connected to their
Aadhaar (UIDAI) number. Associations that are enlisted with Digital Locker can
push electronic duplicates of archives and testaments (e.g. driving permit,
Voter ID, School testaments) straightforwardly into nationals lockers. Subjects
can likewise transfer checked duplicates of their legacy records in their
records. These legacy reports can be electronically marked utilizing the eSign
office.
The
DIGILocker has the following benefits:
- Citizens can access their digital
documents anytime, anywhere and share it online. This is convenient and
time saving.
- It reduces the administrative
overhead of Government departments by minimizing the use of paper.
- Digital Locker makes it easier to
validate the authenticity of documents as they are issued directly by the
registered issuers.
- Self-uploaded documents can be
digitally signed using the eSign facility (which is similar to the process
of self-attestation).
The following are the
key stakeholders in the DigiLocker system:
- Issuer: Entity
issuing e-documents to individuals in a standard format and making them
electronically available e.g. CBSE, Registrar Office, Income Tax
department, etc.
- Requester: Entity
requesting secure access to a particular e-document stored within a
repository (e.g. University, Passport Office, Regional Transport Office,
etc.)
- Resident: An
individual who uses the Digital Locker service based on Aadhaar number.
The main technology
components of the DigiLocker system are:
- Repository: Collection
of e-documents that is exposed via standard APIs for secure, real-time
access.
- Access
Gateway: Secure online mechanism for
requesters to access e-documents from various repositories in real-time
using URI (Uniform Resource Indicator).
- DigiLocker
Portal: Dedicated cloud based personal
storage space, linked to each resident’s Aadhaar for storing e-documents,
or URIs of e-documents.
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