Railways to accept digital versions of Aadhaar, driving license as ID proof
DigiLocker, a digital storage service operated by the government,
can currently store digital driving licences and Aadhaar
Current
Affairs News: Worried about losing your identity proofs while travelling by
train? Worry no more.
Railways have
now said that they will accept soft copies of Aadhar and driving licence
provided they are in your DigiLocker, a digital storage service operated by the
government that enables Indian citizens to store certain official documents on
the cloud.
The national
transporter has sent a missive to all zonal principal chief commercial managers
that these two identity proofs on such service will be accepted as valid proof
of identity of a passenger.
"If a
passenger shows Aadhaar or driving licence from the 'issued documents' section
by logging into his DigiLocker account, the same should be considered as valid
proof of identity," the order said.
It has,
however, clarified that the documents uploaded by the passenger himself that is
the documents in the 'uploaded documents' section will not be considered as a
valid proof of identity.
As part of the
Narendra Modi government's Digital India movement, DigiLocker can currently
store digital driving licences and Aadhaar.
The cloud-based
platform had also tied up with CBSE to provide digital versions of marksheets
of students. Subscribers can also integrate their Permanent Account Number
(PAN) with DigiLocker.
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