News: The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has launched Entity Locker, a digital public infrastructure for streamlined business document management.
About Entity Locker
- Entity Locker is a secure, cloud-based solution that simplifies the storage, sharing, and verification of documents for a wide range of entities like large business organisations, MSMEs, start-ups, societies etc.
- The National eGovernance Division (NeGD) has developed Entity Locker.
- NeGD functions under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
- The platform is a critical component of India’s Digital Public Infrastructure, envisioning enhanced digital governance and ease of doing business.
- Features:
- Real-time access and documents verification through integration with government databases
- Provides for consent-based mechanisms for secure sharing of sensitive information
- Offers 10 GB of encrypted cloud storage for secure document management
- Provision of legally valid digital signatures for authenticating documents
- Provides seamless integration with systems such as the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, the Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN), and the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT).
- Enhanced accountability through Aadhaar-authenticated role-based access management.
- The platform seeks to benefit business entities by reducing document processing time, removing operational bottlenecks, simplifying compliance requirements, and increasing operational efficiency.
