Integration with 'Digilocker'

 By: Hitesh Sharma

The central government on Wednesday announced the integration of digilocker with traffic department. Once this system is in place, It will spare people the trouble of carrying licences and vehicle papers.This digilocker is a part of digital india campaign and will discourage the use of paper in interaction between government departments and public.

So What's Digilocker ?

It is a cloud based platform that enables citizen to store their important douments online. These documents can then be accessed anywhere, anytime. The service was launched last year by the government under digital india initiative.

The app is available for free on Android playstore. It provides 1 gb of storage and requires Aadhar for authentication.

How it will work ?

Till now only traffic department has integrated itself with this service but soon enough other government departments will follow the same suit.

After downloading app and uploading the necessary documents. If at any point of time, the need arises and asked for a document, a copy of your license on digilocker app can be shown to the policeman who wants to inspect your driving licence or other documents. No other physical proof is required.

The enforcement official will also have the app to seamlessly verify documents from the National Register of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways which contains data of licences and documents issued by all states.

Government's Intent

Union road Transport minister Nitin gadkari launched the integration and said "The system will not only eliminate corruption, but is also a step towards realising the prime minister’s Digital India drive. It will be at par with the physical certificates and documents as per the IT Act, 2000. Air travellers can also use this at airports as valid identity documents." With this initiative the government has taken another step in digitizing the nation.