Digilocker

In modern times, everything has become digital be it meetings, classes, movies, events, etc. The impact of the digital trend can be seen around us easily especially in the COVID times wherein most of the works have taken online mode. Recently, the Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY) under the Digital India Cooperation (DIC) has launched a new platform called Digital locker or DigiLocker under the Digital India Initiative. It is a platform where it stores all the documents of an individual like PAN card, Aadhar card, Birth Certificate, Marksheets, COVID Vaccination certificate, etc. This initiative was launched to promote the digital sharing of authentic documents. It will prove helpful for the people as if anyone loses his or her documents that were in physical form or got damaged, then it will be available and secure in their DigiLocker account. The tagline of DigiLocker says ‘Your documents anytime, anywhere’. The DigiLocker documents are considered authentic documents and are accepted by all the government authorities. DigiLocker’s issued documents are considered original documents according to the Information Technology Act, 2000. DigiLocker currently has 90.03 million registered users and 4.63 billion issued documents currently which shows that people are accepting DigiLocker for keeping their documents and it has contributed a lot to Digital India Initiative. What is DigiLocker and how to enable it Digital locker commonly known as DigiLocker is a digital document wallet that stores an individual’s documents and keeps them safe. Individuals can access their documents which are stored in DigiLocker at any time. This application provides a cloud storage service to the documents issued by the Government of India. DigiLocker uses Aadhar to verify the identity of individuals and allows access to the documents. DigiLocker ensures registration, then verification, and then fetching of documents is possible. DigiLocker allows sharing of the data of an individual after his explicit consent and it is regulated by the government. So, it is fully secure. For enabling DigiLocker, the individual has to create an account with DigiLocker by entering the Aadhar number and mobile number. It uses Aadhar as the verification, so make sure that the mobile number and other details are as per the Aadhar details. DigiLocker has two-step authentication. It first sends an OTP to the registered mobile number and then asks the person for a six-digit PIN that works as a password for the DigiLocker account. By creating an account, all your documents will be easily accessible, shareable, etc. Key features of DigiLocker DigiLocker is designed in such a way that is simple and user-friendly. It is divided into different sections. The different sections are- dashboard or home page, issued documents, uploaded documents, shared documents, activity, and issuers. The specific feature and function of each section is mentioned below:- Dashboard/Home page- This section shows up when the individual signs in to the platform. It shows the other sections so that the user can navigate the sections according to his needs. It also shows the issued documents from different authorities which are linked with DigiLocker along with a URL to access it. Issued documents- Under this section, an individual can find his documents that have been issued by government authorities integrated with DigiLocker. This section provides a URL for accessing the issued documents. Uploaded documents- This section provides an overview of the documents which are uploaded by the user. This is a section of documents that the user wants to keep secure by uploading them on the platform. These documents are not already there on his DigiLocker account but the user himself uploads them from his device. Shared documents- This section keeps a track of the documents which the user has shared with others via email. The documents are shared through URLs. Activity- This section shows the activity you