As good as originals

The Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY(Digital )’s India programme) main project is called DigiLocker. It is a digital empowerment tool that gives citizens access to real digital records. According to aPFRDA circular issued recently, “The issued documents in DigiLocker are treated at par with original physical documents as per Rule 9A of the Information Technology (Preservation and Retention of Information by Intermediaries providing Digital Locker facilities) Rules, 2016 notified on February 8, 2017 vide G.S.R. 711(E).”