Digital LockerDigital Locker

DeitYUnder Digital India Programme

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Current Challenges

Documents in physical form leading to

huge administrative overhead

Documents in physical form leading to

huge administrative overhead

Challenges to residents in submission of

multiple copies of certificates to avail

Challenges to residents in submission of

multiple copies of certificates to avail multiple copies of certificates to avail

services

multiple copies of certificates to avail

services

Sharing of physical documents is a

challenge

Sharing of physical documents is a

challenge

It is a challenge to verify Authenticity of

physical document and their copies

It is a challenge to verify Authenticity of

physical document and their copies

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Objectives of Digital Locker

� Enable digital empowerment of residents by providing them with

Digital Locker on the cloud

� Minimize the use of physical documents

� Ensure Authenticity of the e-documents and thereby eliminating

usage of fake documents

� Secure access to Govt. issued documents through a web portal and � Secure access to Govt. issued documents through a web portal and

mobile application for residents

� Reduce administrative overhead of Govt. departments and agencies

and make it easy for the residents to receive services

� Anytime, anywhere access to the documents

� Enable e-Signing of documents and make them available

electronically and online

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Digital Locker - Solution

Eliminates the use of Physical Documents

Legacy Documents can be Uploaded

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Available Anywhere Anytime

Enables use of eSign to improve authenticity

Easy Sharing Online

How It Works?Issuers such as CBSE, Income Tax

Department issue certificates to the

citizens in electronic format through

Digital Locker

Citizens can share these certificates

with other agencies who need these

certificates as supporting documents to

avail various services

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Digital Locker Ecosystem

Issuer 1Issuer 1

Issuer 2Issuer 2

Certified

Repository

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Certified

Repository

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Requestor 1Requestor 1

Requestor 2Requestor 2

Gateway 1Gateway 1

Electronic Signature

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Issuer 3 Certified

Repository

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Certified

Repository

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Requestor 2Requestor 2Gateway 2Gateway 2

Citizen

Requestors can access

citizens documents from

the personal locker

Citizens can share URI/Self

Uploaded Documents with

Requestors

Personal LockersPersonal LockersPersonal Lockers

Digital Locker Ecosystem...Stakeholders Components

Issuer

◦ Entity issuing e-documents to

individuals in a standard format and

making them electronically available

e.g. CBSE, Registrar Office, Income

Tax department, etc.

Requester

◦ Entity requesting secure access to a

Repository

◦ Collection of e-documents and exposing a standard API

for secure real-time access.

Access Gateway

◦ Online mechanism for requesters to access an e-

document in a uniform way from various repositories in

real-time

Digital Locker◦ Entity requesting secure access to a

particular e-document stored in the

repository (e.g. University, Passport

Office, Regional Transport Office, etc.)

Resident

◦ An individual who uses the Digital

Locker service based on Aadhaar and

OTP (One Time Password)

authentication.

Digital Locker

◦ Dedicated personal storage space, linked to each

resident’s Aadhaar

- To securely store e-documents

- To store URI link of e-documents

- eSign online service to digitally sign documents

Digital Locker Portal

◦ Digital Locker directory list of registered

Issuers, repositories, gateways, policies,

guidelines and forms

◦ Dashboard for providing real time

transaction volumes of the e-documents

accessed

Web Login (https://digitallocker.gov.in)

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9A citizen can sign in using one of the three optionsA citizen can sign in using one of the three options

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How to Use Digital Locker

For Residents

�Issuer departments issue documents to

citizens in their Digital Locker using citizen’s

Aadhaar number

�Resident can also upload documents in their

Digital Locker and eSign them.

�Residents can share these documents with

For Issuers

�After registering on the Digital Locker, issuers

can upload the document in a standard XML

format in the designated repository using

repository service provider API.

For Requesters

�A Requester needs to first register with an �Residents can share these documents with

requesters by sharing a link to the document to

the email address of the requester.

�A Requester needs to first register with an

access gateway to onboard Digital Locker

system.

�A Requester can use document URIs to

securely retrieve the documents from the

repository through an access Gateway

For more information…

• Log on to the resources section of Digital Locker

website -

https://digitallocker.gov.in/Resources.aspx

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Thank YouThank You

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