Lok Sabha Question No. 4618 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-28
Subject: New Notary portal
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Smt. Bharti Pardhi, Smt. Mahima Kumari Mewar, Shri Trivendra Singh Rawat, Shri Damodar Agrawal, Shri Suresh Kumar Kashyap, Shri Basavaraj Bommai, Shri Arun Govil, Shri Anurag Sharma, Shri Shrirang Appa Chandu Barne, Shri Manoj Tiwari, Shri Tejasvi Surya, Shri Kanwar Singh Tanwar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4618 TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY 28.03.2025

## New Notary Portal

4618   Shri Tejasvi Surya:

Shri Shrirang Appa Chandu Barne:

Shri Anurag Sharma:

Smt. Bharti Pardhi:

Shri Basavaraj Bommai:

Shri Manoj Tiwari:

Shri Damodar Agrawal:

Smt. Mahima Kumari Mewar:

Shri Kanwar Singh Tanwar:

Shri Trivendra Singh Rawat:

Shri Arun Govil:

Shri Suresh Kumar Kashyap:

Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be please to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  launched  a  New  Notary  Portal  for  appointment  of Notaries and if so, the details along with the features thereof;

(b)  the  objective  of  creating  the  Notary  Portal  and  the  situation that existed  before  its creation;

(c) the role of the Notary Portal in promoting efficiency and transparency across various States particularly in Amroha Parliamentary Constituency of Uttar Pradesh;

(d)  whether the Government proposes to implement additional features or updates to further enhance the efficiency of the Notary Portal, if so, the details thereof;

(e) whether any steps are being taken/proposed to be taken to create/develop a digital storage facility for notary records; and

(f)  if  so,  the  details  thereof along with the specific technology and infrastructure being utilized to develop a secure digital storage facility for notary records and the timeline for the complete digitization of notary records?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  OF  THE  MINISTRY  OF  LAW AND JUSTICE; AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS

(SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHWAL)

(a) to (d): The Government has launched the Notary Portal as a dedicated platform for providing online services for the works related to the Notaries Act,1952 and the Notaries Rules, 1956. It is intended to provide an online interface between the Notaries and the Government  for  various  services  like  submission  of  applications  for  appointment  as Notaries,  verification  of  eligibility  for  appointment  as  Notaries,  issuance  of  digitally signed Certificate of Practice as a Notary, renewal of Certificate of Practice, change of practice area, submission of annual return etc. The Notary Portal provides a faceless, paperless,  transparent  and  efficient  system.  Presently,  only  the  module  related  to verification  of  documents  and  eligibility  and  issuance  of  digitally  signed  Certificate  of Practice  to  the  newly  appointed  Notaries  is  live.  Prior  to  launch  of  the  Notary  Portal, Certificate  of  Practice  used  to  be  issued  physically  to  the  Notaries.  As  on  25.3.2025, more than 26,600 digitally signed Certificates of Practice have been issued to the newly appointed Notaries for various States and Union Territories through the Notary Portal.

- (e): No Sir.
- (f): does not arise.

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