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LLC Assignment-2 Digilocker: Introduction

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LLC Assignment-2

DigiLocker
Introduction-
Digilocker will allow the citizens of the country to hold documents such as mark sheets, PAN
card, passport etc., in the digital format.
Designed with the motive to provide effective services, the digital locker aims at rendering
help to both consumers as well as service provider. With this new development, storing and
securing government documents and also maintaining their authenticity will become easier.
At the same time it seeks to reduce government expenditure thus minimizing the overhead
cost to be borne by the government otherwise.
It has three major components which are as follows-

 Creating digital infrastructure.


 Digital delivery of services.
 Digital Literacy.
By linking each members ADHAAR number which is a unique number given to all the holders
of the card, digital locker will reduce the dangers of losing important document. Also the
possibility of documents being forged will be minimized therefore it will allow secure access
to Government issued documents.
Digital locker is also attributed with the advantage of saving a lot of time effort and money
on part of both the service providers and also the service consumers as these document will
be made available anywhere, anytime. Besides they can be shared via the online system.
Carrying Physical copies of documents will soon be a redundant concept.
The digital locker will render it services throughout all major departments like education,
healthcare, railway and other ministries. It seeks to bring together various existing schemes
and programs. These existing plans of action will be restructured and reconstructed. The
scale of the Project is large and the potential of its success is high provided the government
and others associated with the project are able to overcome the Hindrances linked to this
program.

Objectives of Digilocker-
 Minimize the use of physical documents.
 Enable e-Signing of documents and make them available electronically and online.
 Ensure Authenticity of the e-documents and thereby eliminating usage of fake
documents.
 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 by the resident.

Issues and Suggestions-


 An issue that can be easily attributed to a project like digital locker is the adversities
associated with achieving the desired results because of the existing track record of
failure of such large scale projects. The associated risks need to be carefully
evaluated and courses of action to minimize the risk should be worked upon as the
project approaches the initial stages.
 This initiative is supported by broadband highway, universal access to phone, e-
governance etc. These pillars individually face Challenges and thus require
immediate attention for the success of Digital locker.

The following are guidelines to activate the Digital Locker account:


1. Visit the website – digitallocker.gov.in
2. Enter your unique identification number: AADHAR card number.
3. After signing up, a one-time password will be sent by UIDAI to registered
email id and mobile number.
4. Enter your one-time password, and validate it by clicking ‘Validate OTP’.
5. The screen will show various menu options available.
6. One can upload various documents like PAN card, Voter ID, SSC Certificate
etc., the documents put on the portal shall be available under ‘Uploaded
documents’.
7. One can share their documents by clicking ‘Share’, under the menu ‘My
certificates’.
8. My Profile- This section will explain the profile of the residents.
9. My Issuer- This section displays the Issuer name the number of documents
issued to the resident by the issuer.
10. My Requester- This section displays the Requester name and the number of
documents requested from the residents by the requester.
11. Directories – This section displays the complete list of registered Issuers and
Requesters along with their URL.

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