Core Service 3 : e-Sign online signature

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DIGITAL INDIA CITIZEN CORE SERVICES: 

A common person  needs some basic services for the smooth conduction of his/her daily transactions.  Digital India provides a  set of digital India services aimed at every resident or citizen are called core services. They are (1)  Digital resident identity - Aadhaar, (2) Cloud Storage - Digilocker, (3) Digital signature - e-sign, (4) Online payments-  BHIM (UPI) 


NEED FOR e-sign  

The third need for any resident is to sign agreements and documents. Digital India makes this provision through e-sign service. This will help residents to sign documents online. 


WHAT IS E-SIGN ? 

eSign is an online electronic signature service which can be integrated with service delivery applications via an open API to facilitate an Aadhaar holder to digitally sign a document. Using authentication of the Aadhaar holder through Aadhaar e-KYC service, online electronic signature service is facilitated. Digilocker provides a feature that enables residents to use e-sign facility.