Carry your documents in the DigiLocker app and save yourself from heavy traffic fines. Read to know more

With the new Motor Vehicles Act 2019 and increased traffic violations fine you must be careful while driving. You must have come across the news of a Delhi man fined of Rs 23000 for traffic violations and because he could not provide the required documents when the cops asked him to.

How do you do to save yourself from situations when you forget to carry your vehicle documents or Driving licence? You can simply download the Digilocker to save a scanned copy of your important documents. 

What is DigilLocker?

Digilocker is a Government online website and app from the Ministry of Electronics and IT that lets you save all your important documents in a soft copy. The documents can be electronically signed using the eSign functionality available in the app and the website. The documents saved online could be accessed from anywhere and anytime you want. In a notification issued in December last year, the Ministry of Road Transport and highways had said ‘documents such as Driving License, Registration Certificate, Insurance and PUC can be presented in the electronic form. The ministry has also written to all the state transport department to treat electronic copies of driving license and other required documents on the Digilocker as valid and on par with the original’

How do we download the app?

The apps can be easily downloaded on your phone from the Google Play Store and Apple app store. You can register and be free from carrying hard copy of your documents.