e-Sign
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.