DigiLocker crosses 100 million users
DigiLocker, an app that allows people to digitise and keep a copy of more than 560 different Indian documents, including government-issued ID cards, has surpassed 100 million users.
DigiLocker is a flagship initiative of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology under the Digital India programme. DigiLocker aims at giving citizens ‘Digital Empowerment’ by providing them access to authentic digital documents stored in their digital document wallet.
DigiLocker employs APIs to access, digitise, and store the majority of these papers to validate an individual’s identification and other things. It is recognised by nearly all government organisations, some fintech businesses, and practically all insurers. Each user is given 1GB of storage space.
You can upload, e-sign and share documents via DigiLocker. According to the website, there are four ‘benefits to agencies’ in terms of using DigiLocker:
Reduced Administrative Overhead: Aimed at the concept of paperless governance. It reduces the administrative overhead by minimizing the use of paper and curtailing the verification process.
Digital Transformation: Provides trusted issued documents. Issued Documents available via DigiLocker are fetched in real-time directly from the issuing agency.
Secure Document Gateway: Acts as a secure document exchange platform like payment gateway between a trusted issuer and a trusted Requester/Verifier with the consent of the citizen.
Real-Time Verification: Provides a verification module enabling government agencies to verify data directly from issuers after obtaining user consent.
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