India gets its first e-sign services from eMudhra

BANGALORE, INDIA: eMudhra Limited, has announced the launch of its e-sign services, as part of the govt's Digital India Vision, which was announced by the Prime Minister on July 1, during the launch of Digital India week.

What is e-sign?

e-sign is an online electronic signature service which can facilitate an Aadhaar holder to digitally sign a document within seconds. Instead of issuing hardware cryptographic tokens, e-sign is designed to apply Digital Signatures using authentication of the signer through Aadhaar e-KYC service. e-sign can revolutionise the way business and governance is conducted in the country and pave the way for a digital transformation into a paperless environment.

For creating electronic signatures, the signer is required to obtain a Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) from a Certifying Authority (CA) licensed by the Controller of Certifying Authorities (CCA) under the Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000.

eMudhra is a licensed CA empanelled by CCA to operate as eSign Service Provider.

eMudhra has also launched eMudhra’s Digital Locker eMlocker. Using eMlocker along with e-sign any citizen can store documents such as PAN cards, Aadhhar cards, electricity bills or any other documents electronically, sign and attest them using eSign and send to anyone.

The eMlocker can be accessed at www.emlocker.com. As an initial offer this service is made available at free of cost to the users for unlimited number of document  downloads and uploads with free e-sign.

V. Srinivasan, Chairman of eMudhra Limited said “The Government of India’s digital India initiative is a transformational initiative and eMudhra is proud to be the first e-sign service provider in the country as part of this vision.”