Google adds support for India's DigiLocker in its Files app so users may view government papers

              

What is DigiLocker?

                                     The Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) created the cloud

 document storage  wallet known as DigiLocker as part of its Digital India project.

 Additionally, it can be used to digitally validate your credentials.

Following the KYC authentication of a stock broker, you might, for instance, e-

sign a document or start a demat account using the papers saved in the wallet.

 Businesses in this sector include Digio.

It is employed for document storage and credential verification. Your vital

 documents, like your driver's licence ,  Aadhaar card, school transcripts,

 insurance policies, and PAN card, all be safely stored with digi Locker.

Digi Locker assists in maintaining a secure digital copy of the original documents

 in the cloud and makes them available for different types of authentication upon

 request from the user.

Additionally, citizens can benefit from quicker government programmes , career

 opportunities, educational opportunities, health care, etc. For instance, the traffic

 police can check your credentials by accessing your driver's licence stored in a

 Digi Locker wallet.

Google adds DigiLocker integration 

In 2017, the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE)

 announced that, in addition to giving applicants printed copies of their ICSE and

 ISC test pass certificates and marksheets, it will also make digitally signed

 versions of these documents available to them through DigiLocker.

To enable users to view authenticated government-issued papers via the app,

 Google has announced that it is integrating India's online document storage

 provider DigiLocker with the Files app for Android.

Google announced its collaboration with the Indian government to deploy up the

 DigiLocker integration within the Files app on Monday at the annual Google for

 India conference. The search engine giant also revealed a machine learning-

based model that will assist in classifying and arranging vital documents such as

 official papers and government identification cards.

When announcing the partnership with Google, Abhishek Singh stated, "We

 expect that DigiLocker's integration and partnership on Android will provide

 smoother and universal access to digitised documents in a safe and secure

 manner for all our users." Singh holds the positions of MD & CEO of Digital

 India Corporation (DIC), President and CEO of NeGD, and CEO of Karmayogi

 Bharat.

According to Singh, DigiLocker has more than 137 million active users. According

 to him, the service has more than 2,300 issuers who have produced more than

 5.6 billion documents to date.

In March, DigiLocker's user base topped 100 million. To access, scan, and store

 government-issued papers, it makes use of APIs.

When users will be able to use the integration is not yet exactly known by Google.

 Additionally, it made no mention of whether iOS users would also be able to

 enjoy the experience in the future.

Google also unveiled AI-driven enhancements for search at the eighth annual

 conference, as well as an AI feature for Google Lens that would enable users to

 read medical professionals' handwriting. Google also added the Courses tool to

 YouTube to give content creators who are creating educational video more ways

 to monetize their work.