DIGI LOCKER | What is DigiLocker? | How To Use DigiLocker Mobile App
WHAT IS DIGI LOCKER?
DigiLocker, as the name suggests, is a secured online locker repository which provides a platform to accumulate all important documents at one place. This Government website allows storage of documents such as Aadhar card, PAN card, Passport, Driving License and certificates like Mark sheets, caste, Degree, etc. It permits safe storage of data up to 1GB per user. Moreover, the facility to digitally sign the documents using the e-sign feature is also provided by Digi locker.
The various sections available in DigiLocker account are:
- My certificates: This section shows all documents available or uploaded in your account.
- Digital Documents: This contains the URL links of all documents issued by central or state government agencies.
- Uploaded Documents: This part consists of documents uploaded by user, the size of these documents must not be greater than 1MB. You can upload only JPG, JPEG, BMP, PNG file formats.
- Profile: Users can see or update saved personal data such as Name, Phone number, etc. under this section.
- Issuer: It contains information related to your issuer and documents issued by them.
- Requester: Includes names of requester and documents requested by them.
- Directories: Contains the names of all issuers and requesters and their links.
ADVANTAGES OF DIGI LOCKER APP
The Digi Locker is one of the greatest initiative launched under the Digital India Movement. Its benefits are summarized as follows.
- Allows the citizens to get digitally empowered with the use of latest technology.
- The documents stored on digilocker are valid in all colleges, institutions and Government departments.
- Digilocker provides authenticity of e-documents.
- It is completely safe and secure, thus ensuring privacy of individual’s personal data.
- It curtails the operating time required to avail different services. As the documents uploaded on DigiLocker are formerly verified, they are accepted without any cross verification.
- Your files are stored on cloud, thus it eliminates the odds such as theft and loss of documents.
- Digilocker app facilitates users with the e-sign feature, allowing them do self-attestation of documents online. One can upload the document, e-sign it and submit it quickly as and when required.
- It reduces the hassle of handling and storage of the documents in their physical form. The documents stored can be accessed online anywhere through your digilocker account.
- Being a Government of India Initiative, Digi locker is absolutely free of cost. One does not need to pay any money to register or store documents. Moreover, accessing the documents and sharing it with different institutions/departments is also free.
- As the documents are stored online, digilocker prevents malpractices and forgery with the documents.
- It reduces the administrative costs of the government departments and agencies as well.
HOW TO REGISTER ON DIGILOCKER
It takes hardly ten minutes for a new user to register on digi locker. Here is step-by-step procedure on how to activate digilocker account.
- Visit the official DigiLocker website at https://digilocker.gov.in/
- Click on the ‘SIGN UP’ button present on the top right corner.
- On doing so, a page to enter your mobile number will be displayed. Enter the number and click ‘continue.
- Now you will receive a OTP on your mobile, enter this OTP and click ‘Verify’
- Set up your username and password on the next page.
- Now you will have to enter your Aadhar number. I you don’t have the Aadhar number, Click on the “don’t have an Aadhar? Continue here” button.
- If you have an Aadhar number, you can enter it in step 6, upon doing so you will be asked to verify it using OTP or fingerprint. If you choose OTP option, an OTP will be sent to your registered mobile number, enter the OTP and click on validate OTP.
- Congratulations! You have successfully completed the process to create digilocker account. You can now login to your account with the digilocker username and password.
- Now you will have to verify your email to activate digilocker account.
