How can I preserve my most prestigious certificates forever?
Have you been spending hours searching for an important document and still not getting it? Every time you go for that interview, you have to struggle to find all the required documents. Let it be a new bank account opening or submitting an entry form for a sports event, you keep on submitting multiple documents like your birth certificate, Aadhar Card, PAN card etc. again and again. Laminating the original documents, preserving old documents adds an extra expense and occupies more space. Plus whenever that important meeting or interview is due, the transport of these documents is a tedious task (have you considered the weather conditions??) In an overly populated country like India document management is getting tougher and tougher day by day.
So is there a solution to these problems?
What if all these documents get saved digitally and accessed anytime from anywhere i.e. from your mobile?
A simple app called DigiLocker developed by Government of India could help you make it a reality.
DigiLocker is an important step in building a digitally powered nation by eliminating the need for submission of these paper documents by preserving them on a secure internet cloud.
Needless to say, Digital India movement is an important step towards creating paperless offices. Digi locker, a simple mobile app comes under the key initiative of Government of India intended at transforming India into the digitally empowered nation. This mission is aimed at creating paperless offices.
How can I use DigiLocker?
This app is available on Google play store. All you need is just your Aadhar card or mobile number. Once you signup you will get an OTP. By entering this OTP and providing the username and password, you will complete the registration process. Please remember: To use DigiLocker your Aadhar Card must be linked to your mobile number and for OTP process this same number must be used. Once DigiLocker is installed, you can scan the documents and add it to the secured cloud. These documents would be authenticated, shared to the requesters (e.g. colleges, offices, government agencies) it could be e-signed which is as good as self-attestation.
It is a government of India’s cloud-based platform for issuance and verification of documents and certificates digitally. It authenticates the documents, helps in document management and finds them anytime easily with just a few simple clicks. Access your documents from anywhere, anytime.
What are the key takeaways of DigiLocker for Indian Citizens?
What will it include?
Any important document could be digitally saved. Currently following documents could be digitally saved with Government authentication: Aadhar card, Driving licence, CBSE certificate, ISC and ICSE academic certificates, statement of marks etc. Once we start using this app more and more agencies/certificate issuing authorities will join this system and issue digital certificates and licences/documents
With millions of downloads over past two years, the number of active users needs to be seen, wait and watch is the answer.