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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