DigiLocker

Digital Locker or DigiLocker is a kind of virtual locker, which was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in July 2015. DigiLocker was launched under the Digital India campaign. In DigiLocker, citizens of the country can store any government certificate along with a PAN card, voter ID, passport, etc. You must have an Aadhar card to open a DigiLocker account.

How to create DigiLocker Account:-

Step 1:- First of all, go to digilocker.gov.in or DigiLocker App.

Step 2:- After that, click on Sign Up on the right.

Step 3:- A new page will open where you enter your mobile number.

Step 4:- After this, DigiLocker will send an OTP to the mobile number entered by you, which is to be entered.

Step 5:- After that, set your username and password.

Now you can use DigiLocker.

How to upload documents on Digital Locker or DigiLocker.

Step1:- First of all, go to your DigiLocker app

Step 2:- Login to DigiLocker.

Step 3:- Go to Upload Documents on the left and click on Upload.

Step 4:- Write a short description of the document.

Step 5:- After that, click on the upload button. 

Now upload your documents on Digital Locker or DigiLocker.

While issuing instructions to the traffic police recently, the Central Transport Department said that DigiLocker documents would also be valid for verification. Earlier, Indian Railways had also considered DigiLocker's documents valid for verification. You can show DigiLocker documents at the time of verification during traffic police, train journeys.

On DigiLocker, you can store your 10th, 12th, graduation, etc., mark sheets along with driving license, etc., documents. Keep in mind that you can only upload documents of a maximum of 50MB, and you can also upload documents by creating a folder.

According to the DigiLocker website, DigiLocker has 14 million registered users so far. So far, about 1 crore 90 lakh documents have been uploaded on DigiLocker, and about 6.6 lakh documents are also signed.

About Safety

If we talk about the security of DigiLocker, then DigiLocker is as safe as our bank account or net banking. In Digilocker, we have to create a user id and password. And we have to link it with our Aadhar card. Along with this, we also have to register our mobile number. Only after doing all this process, you create your account in Digilocker.

Now, whenever you want to use any of your certificates from Digilocker, you will have to log in with your user id and password. Then an OTP will come on your registered mobile number; you will have to enter that code after login. Only then will you be able to see your certificate, document and use them. In this way, DigiLocker is as safe as our bank account.

Advantages of Digital Locker or DigiLocker

1. Documents can never be damaged in DigiLocker. Many such important papers get damaged after a few years. But when you scan your documents and save them in DigiLocker. Then all such problems will be solved.

2. One of the biggest advantages of Digital Locker is this. That the documents which are saved in DigiLocker can never be lost. What used to happen earlier was that we had to take our original documents along to the summit. And sometimes, in such a situation, our documents were lost.

3. You can use the saved documents in the digital locker from any corner of the world. For this, you just need to have internet.