DigiLocker

Subject – Governance

Context – TN directs Departments to adopt DigiLocker

Concept –

DigiLocker, a flagship initiative of the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) under the Digital India Programme, is a platform to access the documents and certificates issued by an authority and digitally verify the same, thus eliminating the use of physical documents.
DigiLocker is a secure cloud based platform for storage, sharing and verification of documents & certificates.
This is government’s effort to create an electronic version of documents, which can be easily verified and stored in printable format.
The users can store their documents such as insurance, medical reports, PAN card, passport, marriage certificate, school certificate and other documents in the digital format.
The locker can be accessed by individuals, using their mobile number.
Technology companies such as Google and Dropbox offer storage space for users to store documents.
Apart from e-documents, DigiLocker can store a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) link of e-documents issued by various issuer departments.