DigiLocker Uses: What Is It, How To Sign Up For It, And What Are Its Features?

DigiLocker is an online platform that lets you safely store your important certificates, credentials, and other documents. Your data on its vault is protected by internationally recognized open standards oAuth2.0 & OpenIDConnect. So, ideally, DigiLocker security shouldn’t be a concern, but that isn’t always the case (which we shall get into in a bit). Still, you should give it a try for the various DigiLocker uses and you can also sign into it pretty easily. 

So, let’s get on with knowing the DigiLocker service.

What is DigiLocker?

DigiLocker is a Digital India initiative by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India aimed at “paperless governance”. The digital storage platform allows the issuance and verification of digital copies of documents and certificates so that you don’t have to carry around physical documents. This way your documents won’t lose or damage in transit. 

DigiLocker app is available on Android and iOS. You can access it via the web at https://digitallocker.gov.in/.

How To Register Into DigiLocker?

DigiLocker sign-in process is rather straightforward. You just need an Aadhaar card and an Aadhaar-linked phone number to which an OTP will be sent. You will have to verify using this one-time password. 

1. You have to give your Full Name as per Aadhaar, Date Of Birth (also as per Aadhaar), Gender, Mobile Number, 6-digit security PIN, and Email ID. 

2. Once you fill in all boxes, tap on Submit. Upon registration, you can set your username and password.

Every time you sign in, you will have to verify using your OTP.

DigiLocker Uses And Benefits

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1. You can upload documents like Aadhaar Card, PAN, Covid Vaccine Certificate, Driving License, Ration Card, Class X, and XII Marksheet.

2. DigiLocker Drive wherein you can upload documents but these won’t be treated as authentic proofs.

3. DigiLocker ABHA for digitally storing health records.

You get up to 1GB of drive storage.

How To Upload Files To DigiLocker

• You can fetch issued document files from respective government departments or bodies by entering the proper credentials.
• You can upload documents by going into DigiLocker Drive > Upload File. Press on this button or go into these categories (Documents/Health/ Education) and upload directly into them.

The stored docs save paper and can be carried anywhere and shared with anyone anytime as long as you have an internet connection on your device.

That’s more or less the DigiLocker use cases and everything else you need to know to get started with the service. 

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