Marriage certificate now on ‘DigiLocker’! PMC, first to offer the facility
Marriage certificate now on 'DigiLocker'! PMC, first to offer the facility
Pune: Obtaining and maintaining a marriage certificate is often a hassle. However, now the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has given relief to the citizens by making the same certificate available directly on ‘DigiLocker’.
Pune has become the first municipality in the country to provide the facility of marriage certificates directly on ‘Digilocker’, soon it will be possible for Pune residents to get passports by just showing the actual birth certificate.
Through the central government’s ‘DigiLocker’ facility, citizens have made their documents like Aadhaar cards, driving certificates, PAN cards etc. available online on mobile. Hence, there is no need to carry all these documents. Like other documents, a marriage certificate is also included in this list.
Preliminary testing of this system has been completed and this facility has been started in Pune for the first time in the country.
Rahul Jagtap, Head of the Information Technology Department, PMC has claimed that due to this facility, the citizens will get rid of the possible trouble while getting their passports.
“Pune Municipal Corporation has succeeded in making marriage certificates available on ‘DigiLocker’. Pune has become the first municipality in the country to provide this facility.”, stated Rahul Jagtap, Head of Information Technology Department, PMC.
The central government has introduced several modern systems for issuing passports. There is a plan to give passports to citizens without carrying any documents, and marriage certificates have become a key issue. PMC has linked this certificate with the ‘DigiLocker’ system through its All Nine system.
Citizens will be able to get their marriage certificate online by entering their marriage certificate number in the ‘DigiLocker’ app. Aadhaar cards, PAN cards, Marriage certificates, and Education certificates are now available on ‘DigiLocker’. PMC has made the marriage certificate available on ‘DigiLocker’ and its test has been successful.
On the same lines, the central government has given instructions to cities in other states to develop their systems in the same manner.
