Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/ites/government-hopes-to-keep-digit al-frauds-at-bay-with-e-signature/articleshow/48906742.cms
Government hopes to keep digital frauds at bay with e-Signature By Surabhi Agarwal, ET Bureau | 11 Sep, 2015, 04.08AM IST STPI, which provides several non-tax incentives to IT firms, is relying heavily on this service to simplify filings for registered companies under it. STPI, which provides several non-tax incentives to IT firms, is relying heavily on this service to simplify filings for registered companies under it. NEW DELHI: In what could enable authentication of documents on the fly and on a real-time basis, saving both government agencies as well as companies considerable time and effort, the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) is gearing up to launch an Aadhaar-based e-sign service in the next one month. Two departments under the DeitY are working towards becoming the certifying agencies for the project, which will help authenticate and digitally sign documents using biometrics or the mobile number linked to Aadhaar. The Centre of Development for Advanced Computing (C-DAC) has already got the required permission to launch the service and hopes to unveil it within a month after its software - which has been developed in-house - passes the technology tests. Similarly, the Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) is currently evaluating bids from tech companies such as HP and HCL Technologies to build the backend and the front end for the technology. HP and HCL did not comment on the article. The service is being pitched as a convenient alternative for the current process of getting a digital signature, which is cost intensive, time consuming and relatively unsafe. Once operational, this will relieve the citizens as well as companies of the hassles of obtaining a digital signature certificate to authenticate their documents for a myriad of government services such as filing income tax returns, availing of financial and telecom services and getting different kinds of certificates. For instance, STPI, which provides several non-tax incentives to IT firms, is relying heavily on this service to simplify filings for registered companies under it, said Director-General Omkar Rai. Government hopes to keep digital frauds at bay with e-Signature "They could just use e-sign for all the paperwork, making it less time consuming and more authentic," he said. Corporates which extensively have to digitally sign their fillings to the government can also use e-sign to fast-track the process. Calling e-sign a "very exciting technology", Rajat Moona, director general of C-DAC, told ET that two mechanisms for authentication are being developed. While one uses a one-time-password sent on the user's registered mobile number, the other is through matching biometrics stored in the Aadhaar server. Regards, Shiv Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
