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Digi Locker

By Vinay Yadav 15 May 2020 3 min read Verified Civil Services Notes

A secure dedicated personal electronic space for storing the documents of resident Indian citizens will be created. It is to provide citizens a shareable p...

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A secure dedicated personal electronic space for storing the documents of resident Indian citizens will be created.

It is to provide citizens a shareable private space on a public cloud.

The space can be utilized for storing personal documents like University certificates, PAN cards, voter id cards, etc., and the URI’s of the e-documents issued by various issuer departments.

It is a platform for issuance and verification of documents & certificates in a digital way, thus eliminating the use of physical documents.


There is also an associated facility for e-signing documents.

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