Digital Locker:

It is dedicated personal storage space, linked to each resident’s Aadhaar number. DigiLocker can be
used to securely store e-documents as well as store Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) link of e-
documents issued by various issuer departments. The e-Sign facility provided as part of DigiLocker
system can be used to digitally sign e-documents.

• The initiative was launched by the Department of Electronics and Information Technology,
under the Ministry of Communications and IT.
• Here, the users can store their documents such as insurance, medical reports, PAN card,

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passport, marriage certificate, school certificate and other documents in the digital format.

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• With this, the government is trying to create an electronic version of documents, which can be

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easily verified and stored in printable format.

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• At present, the digital locker gives 10MB of free space for individuals to store documents and

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links of government department or agency-issued e-documents. The government is also

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planning to subsequently increase the storage space to 1 GB.

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Benefits:

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• It will minimize the use of physical documents and will provide authenticity of the e-documents.

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• It will provide secure access to Govt. issued documents.

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• It will also reduce administrative overhead of Govt. departments and agencies and make it easy
for the residents to receive services.

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Digital Locker is one of the key initiatives under the Digital India vision, which is aimed at eliminating the
usage of physical documents. Digital Locker will allow various agencies to push the documents into the
Digital Locker of citizens mapped to their Aadhaar Number.
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