The world will soon transform into a digital landscape. India is also looking forward for jumping into the same bandwagon. Sluggishly, its every arena is witnessing this makeover. To add one more feather to the hat of digital India, its government has introduced the concept of a DigiLocker. The UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India) incorporates the government in inserting this evolutionary service.

As its name suggests, the DigiLocker is an occupied space on the cloud platform. It can act as a conduit wherein you can plunge into the desirable service of documentation. Be it in a context of the birth certificate issuance or attestation over multiple certificates from India, you can get & store any significant document. It’s safe and will maintain the confidentiality of your vital documents.

If you want to get registered with any government body, like Municipal Corporation of Delhi or Mumbai, it’ll be an endpoint. It will enable you to apply for the certificates, like NABC, BC, Passport, and PAN card etc. digitally. Thereby, you can walk through online processing for getting e-copies of the required document. Every registered citizen would be able to acquire a digital locker on the cloud.  What you actually require to do is to link Aadhaar number with the DigiLocker.

How can you link a DigiLocker with Aadhaar?

However, embedding your Aadhaar number with every bank account and mobile number used to be mandatory. But, the Supreme Court has postponed this mandate for an indefinite time period. A few thought groups have petitioned to cease it. They found it a subtle attack on their privacy. Therefore, the matter is under trial. Till the verdict, none would have a necessity to link their account & mobile number with the Aadhaar.

Anyhow, the DigiLocker is really a worthy platform to approach any government entity online. Let’s look into how you can link it with your unique ID:

• Go to the government website-  gov.in
• Sign up to create your account.
• The next prompt will ask you to add Aadhaar number.
• Input it.
• As you feed the number, the next step would ask you to type in the OTP. This OTP will be sent on the registered mobile number with it.
• Enter the OTP. Your number would be verified automatically.
• Finally, your Aadhaar number would be stockpiled in it.

How can you download that digital Aadhaar number?

• Go to the aforementioned website.
• Sign into your locker.
• Click on the dialog box that would enable you to get it. It mentions ‘Get your eAadhaar’. Click it.
• A link will pop up. It will ask for the OTP again.
• Hit the message that reads ‘Get OTP’.
• The OTP will pop up on your mobile phone.
• Note and input into the field to authenticate your account.
• A page will appear with the caption ‘Issued Document’.
• Select Aadhaar to download it.
• Click the save button.

How can you verify for the PAN number via this locker?

• Go to the aforesaid website.
• Move the cursor to the left window pane.
• Select ‘Issued Documents’.
• An embedded message will display to inform you that Issued documents come directly into your DigiLocker from a registered government departments and agencies. You can also pull documents from some partners and add to issued documents.
• The next step will prompt you to click a hyperlink that reads ‘Pull documents’.
• Move to the Partner Name caption below.
• Click ‘Income Tax Department, Govt. Of India’ from the dropdown list.
• Turn down to the ‘Document Type’ field.
• Hit the filter button to select the ‘PAN Verification Record’.
• Turn to the section that reads ‘Search your document by entering the required details’.
• Fill the details, like name, date of birth, gender and PAN.
• Tick the check box.
• Hit the ‘Get Document’ tab.
• This action will integrate your PAN data into the DIgiLocker.
• Save it.

What benefits it can avail?

• All integrated documents will be accessible 24X7 anywhere online.
• You can save time in searching, scanning and uploading your documents. Just sign in and fetch the documents from this digital locker.
• The government would be able to manage the entire data of your significant documents. It can reduce administrative burden and minimize paper management.
• The verification would be a walkover as it is run by the government.
• The user can eSign to self -attest the document.