While the Centre runs the DigiLocker service, citizens can also store documents with private playersThe Centre will soon appoint an authority to administer and manage its Digital Locker initiative, one of the key projects under Digital India programme, as it looks to push paperless governance. “The Government will appoint a Digital Locker Authority to establish, administer, and manage Digital Locker system to preserve and retain information for efficient delivery of services to the users,” according to an IT ministry official. This was suggested in the first meeting of the Digital Locker Advisory Group held last month. The Digital Locker Authority will be responsible for granting licenses and to authorise a private entity to offer these services. The authority, the official said, will also need to notify the fee or service charges a subscriber will have to pay for availing Digital Locker services from authorized service providers.

Source: The Hindu August 23, 2016 18:45 UTC