Lok Sabha Question No. 4380 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-29
Subject: Digital Locker
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: ANURAG SINGH THAKUR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (MeitY)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4380

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 29.03.2017

## DIGITAL  LOCKER

## 4380.     SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR:

Will the Minister of ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has recently integrated the DigiLocker with UIDAI and if so, the details and the benefits thereof;
- (b) the  number  of  persons  who  are  actively  using  the  DigiLocker  to  store  their documents;
- (c) the steps being taken by the Government to promote the use of the DigiLocker by the citizens;
- (d) whether the proposed National Academic Depository will also be integrated with the DigiLocker in the future; and
- (e) the  data  security  standards  of  the  DigiLocker  and  the  steps  being  taken  by  the Government to ensure the security of the data stored in the DigiLocker.

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI P. P. CHAUDHARY)

(a): Yes, Sir. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has integrated DigiLocker with UIDAI. Digital Aadhaar card copy is made available in the DigiLocker account  of  citizen  after  successful  registration  in  the  Digital  Locker  account  by  the citizen. This card can be used by beneficiary for availing various services such as loan application, job application, bank account opening, etc.

(b):  There  are  total  of  48,08,258  DigiLocker  accounts  as  on  27-March-2017  till  11:15 AM.

(c):    Following  steps  are  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  promote  the  use  of DigiLocker by citizens.

-  Regular email campaigns for all the registered users are done.
-  Daily SMSs are sent to all the relevant citizens (whose DigiLocker account is present or whose Issued documents are available in DigiLocker).
-  Online awareness campaigns are done periodically.
-  Regular  meetings  /  workshops  are  done  with  various  Central  /  State Government Ministries / Departments to come on board DigiLocker and to encourage use of DigiLocker in their system.

(d):  Ministry  of  Human  Resource  Development  (MHRD)  is  the  nodal  Ministry  for National  Academic  Depository  (NAD)  for  academic  institutes.    Digital  Locker  has  the technical capability to integrate with NAD.

(e):  Following steps are being taken by the Government to ensure the security of the data stored in the DigiLocker.

-  DigiLocker has dedicated servers which are located in a secure ISO 27001 certified, state of the art Tier 3 NIC data centre.
-  Regular security audits of DigiLocker application are done by Standardisation Testing and Quality Certification (STQC).
-  Entire  communication  on  DigiLocker  happens  on  a  secure  SSL  (Secure Sockets Layer) channel. DigiLocker website uses VeriSign SSL certificate.
-  Any communication between APIs (Application Programming  Interface) is  done in encrypted manner using secret key mechanism. Only after the authentication is successful, further processing of any request takes place.
-  DigiLocker architecture is based on latest open source components known for their robust and secure performance.
-  Whitelisting  of  the  IP  addresses  of  an  Organization  is  done  for  secure communication.
-  Exhaustive  audit  logs  of  all  the  transactions  done  by  any  DigiLocker account are maintained.
-  Constant monitoring of the network is done by an in-house team to ensure prompt addressal of any issue.

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