Regarding ‘DigiLocker’, sometimes seen in the news, which of the following statements is/are correct? 1. It is a digital locker system offered by the Government under Digital India Programme. 2. It allows you to access your e-documents irrespective of your physical location. Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Both statements are correct, so the answer is C. DigiLocker is a cloud-based platform launched by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) in 2015 as one of the core projects under the Digital India Programme. It gives each resident a personal digital locker where government-issued documents such as Aadhaar, PAN, driving licence and mark sheets can be stored and accessed online. Because the documents sit in the cloud and issued documents are treated as legally equivalent to physical ones, you can fetch them from anywhere with an internet connection, which makes statement 2 correct.

The core concept is digital government and document portability, linked to the three pillars of Digital India: digital infrastructure, digital services and digital empowerment. For Mains GS-II, it is a good example of e-governance reducing dependence on paperwork, along with the debates on data privacy and access for citizens without smartphones or reliable internet.

Trap: Many candidates reject statement 1 because they associate DigiLocker with a private startup or a bank app. It was conceived and run by the government as a flagship part of Digital India, so statement 1 is correct.