What is a ‘Digital Locker’ /"DIGI Locker"?
‘Digital
Locker’ / “ DIGI Locker” is one of the key initiatives under the
‘Digital India’ Programme of the Union Government of India of PM
Narendra Modi, formed in February 2015 and launched in July 2015.
‘Digital
Locker’ is a virtual online ‘Safety Locker’, similar to a
‘Safety Locker’ in a Bank, which can be used by the Indian 'Residents' using the 'Aadhar Number', issued by the 'Unique Identity Authority of India' /UIDAI.
It
is an external website that opens in a new window, in which the
‘Registered Users’ can store their ‘E-Documents’ with their
‘E-Signatures’, in a ‘secure dedicated and personal’ electronic space
of Maximum 1 GB.
The ‘Digital Locker’ can be used, for storing their important documents, such as, School, College, University Certificates, IT PAN cards, Family Ration Cards, Voter Id Cards, and the URI's of the ‘e-documents’ issued by various issuer departments, etc.
A beta Version of the ‘Digital Locker’ has been released by the ‘Department of Electronics and Information Technologies’ /DEITY of the Union Government of India.
The ‘Digital Locker’ can be used, for storing their important documents, such as, School, College, University Certificates, IT PAN cards, Family Ration Cards, Voter Id Cards, and the URI's of the ‘e-documents’ issued by various issuer departments, etc.
A beta Version of the ‘Digital Locker’ has been released by the ‘Department of Electronics and Information Technologies’ /DEITY of the Union Government of India.
What are the ‘Objectives’ of the ‘Digital Locker
System’?:-
The Following are the ‘Objectives’ of the ‘Digital
Locker System’:
To enable ‘E-Signing’ of the documents and make them available electronically and online,
To minimize the use of Physical Documents /Hard Paper Copies,
To eliminate usage of fake documents,
To
reduce the administrative overhead of the Government Departments
and Agencies and
To make it easy for the residents to receive services,
To provide “Anytime, Anywhere Access” /’AAA’ to the documents by the residents,
To make it easy for the residents to receive services,
To provide “Anytime, Anywhere Access” /’AAA’ to the documents by the residents,
To open
an inter operable standards based architecture to support a well-structured
standard document format,
To support easy sharing of documents across departments and agencies and
To ensure privacy and allow only authorized access to the residents’ data
To support easy sharing of documents across departments and agencies and
To ensure privacy and allow only authorized access to the residents’ data
Who Can make use of the ‘Digital Locker’ Facility?:
The ‘Resident’ -Indian Citizens, with ‘Aadhar Number’,
issued by the ‘Unique Identity Authority of India’ / ‘UIDAI’, can make
use of the ‘Digital Locker Facility’.
Components of Digital Locker System:
‘Digital
Locker Repository’ is a Collection of
e-Documents which are uploaded by issuers in a standard format and
exposing a set of standard APIs for secure real-time search and access.
‘Access Gateway’ provides a secure online mechanism for requesters to access e-documents from various repositories in real-time using e-Document, 'Uniform Resource Indicator'/ 'URI'.
‘Access Gateway’ provides a secure online mechanism for requesters to access e-documents from various repositories in real-time using e-Document, 'Uniform Resource Indicator'/ 'URI'.
The
‘Uniform Resource Indicator’ / ‘URI’ is a link to the e-Document uploaded
by an issuer in a repository.
With the launching of 'DIGI Locker', the number of uses of 'Aadhar Number' has increased by one more benefit.
All the Indian Citizens, who may like to make use the
unique- 'Digital Locker' Facility offered by the Union Government of India,
will be taking steps to obtain 'Aadhar Number' and 'Aadhar Card', in case if
they have not yet obtained the same, not realizing the utilities of 'Aadhar
Card' in India.
The 'DIGI Locker' Facility has given a boost to the
'Aadhar Card' System of Unique Identity in India.
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