Computing, IT & AI
DigiLocker digital documents
2015 CEMinistry of Electronics and IT (Digital India)Public launch 1 July 2015Pan-Indian / unspecified
2015
A government platform that issues and stores certified digital copies of documents such as driving licences and marksheets.
- Dated
- 2015
- As scholars put it
- 2015 CE
- Originator
- Ministry of Electronics and IT (Digital India)
- Source text
- Public launch 1 July 2015
- Region
- Pan-Indian / unspecified
- Discipline
- Computing, IT & AI
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Verification
- Verified-web
Background
Opened to the public on 1 July 2015, DigiLocker lets government agencies and universities issue documents straight into a citizen's account, linked to their Aadhaar identity. Agencies that need a document can then fetch it directly from the issuer, so paper copies and attestation are no longer needed.
Significance
Documents fetched from the issuer are legally equivalent to the originals. It is one of the layers of India's digital public infrastructure.
Path to modern innovation
By December 2024 it had issued 9.4 billion documents to about 435 million users.
Builds on
Global impact
- Paperless admissions, KYC and vehicle checks.
Further reading
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