Indian government introduces Entity Locker for organisations to manage official documents

The Indian government has introduced the Entity Locker tool for organisations to manage government documents.

The Indian government has introduced the Entity Locker tool aimed at organisations, to help them manage users’ government documents and store them on a secure, cloud-based platform.

Entity Locker can be used by any organisation registered in India. Files that can be managed through the platform include registration certificates, tax returns, and provident fund-related documents.

Entity Locker is an initiative by India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITy) to tap into the Government-to-Business (G2B) domain, according to the official website.

To start using the service, registered organisations can authenticate themselves, verify their identity, secure their document in the enterprise vault, and share documents. 10 GB of encrypted cloud storage is available.

“With the Entity Locker account, the company director or proprietor will be able to access entity-related documents such as registration certificates, tax returns, and provident fund-related documents,” stated the Entity Locker website, which noted that there were a little over 500 registered entities so far.

Advanced encryption and authentication mechanisms are used in order to secure the Entity Locker, per the website, but the owner can share documents stored through the platform.

The tool is also said to be in compliance with “various data privacy regulations,” but these were not specified in detail.