About DigiLocker

• DigiLocker is a flagship initiative of the Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY) under the Digital India programme.
  • Digital India is a flagship programme of the Government of India with a vision to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy. 
• It is a secure cloud based platform for storage, sharing and verification of documents & certificates.
• Linked to both Aadhaar card and cellphone numbers, DigiLocker eliminates the use of physical documents as part of the government’s Digital India drive, since all data is stored in the cloud.
• One can upload scanned copies of their documents (PDF, JPEG or PNG format) and access it anywhere they want. One can also e-sign these uploaded documents, which works like self-attestation of physical documents.

• On the other hand, organisations like the CBSE, the Registrar Office or the Income Tax Department can also push electronic copies of documents and certificates directly into Citizens’ e-lockers.
• The issued documents in DigiLocker system are deemed to be at par with original physical documents as per the Information Technology (Preservation and Retention of Information by Intermediaries providing Digital Locker facilities) Rules, 2016.
• DigiLocker is available both on websites and mobile apps.