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To reduce uncertainty for waitlisted passengers, Indian Railways will now prepare charts 8 hours ahead of train departure with phased rollout starting this week

The CBSE has introduced a six-digit access code system in DigiLocker for Classes 10 and 12 students to access their digital academic documents securely

After the user's death, DigiLocker automatically notifies the nominated individuals (DigiLocker Nominees) via SMS and email, helping them manage the deceased's assets

Markets regulator Sebi on Wednesday partnered with DigiLocker, a government-backed digital document storage platform, to reduce unclaimed assets in the Indian securities market and enhance investor protection. The initiative will help investors store and access information on their demat and mutual fund holdings through DigiLocker benefiting investors and their families. Under this, DigiLocker users can now fetch and store their statement of holdings for shares and mutual fund units from their demat accounts, along with their Consolidated Account Statement (CAS), Sebi said in a circular. This expands the existing DigiLocker services, which already include bank account statements, insurance policy certificates, and NPS account statements. Further, users can add nominees to their DigiLocker accounts, allowing them access to the user's documents after their demise. This helps family members or legal heirs manage the deceased's financial assets more easily. Also, the DigiLocker system

In case of a user's death, DigiLocker will update the account status based on death registration data from the Registrar General of India (RGI), or information from the KRA system.

In case of a user's death, DigiLocker will update the account status based on death registration data from the Registrar General of India, or information from the KRA system, the regulator proposed

This move is expected to simplify the process of claiming unclaimed assets and provide greater convenience to investors and their nominees

According to the circular, both life and general insurers are mandated to provide an essential summary of important information at different stages of the insurance contract

Digital parcel lockers have been introduced at select post offices and can be accessed through designated codes, allowing for flexible delivery and collection times

Going for a movie or an interview and want to safely keep your handbag or cameras for few hours at some place, well, Delhi Metro commuters can do that now by renting digital lockers at 50 of its stations through a new mobile app launched on Wednesday. Delhi Metro is the first mass rapid transit system in the country to introduce such unique facilities for commuters, officials said. The app -- 'Momentum 2.0' -- also allows commuters to do online purchasing from listed e-commerce companies through 'virtual stores' located at 20 metro stations, send a courier via a smart box (digi-locker) and buy QR code-based tickets. The cutting-edge mobile application which seeks to enhance experience of metro riders beyond travelling has taken a year-and-a-half in the making, and the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) plans to expand the 'virtual stores' and 'digi-lockers' facilities to majority of its stations by June 2024. Delhi Metro's network span 393 kilometres with 288 stations, including t

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The feature will be available within the CRED app

G20 India app has been developed to provide information about the event calendar, give a virtual tour of the summit venue

The minister said that there was also a consensus that there should be an international alliance to fund countries from the global South to accelerate their digitisation

India is working to create collaborations in order to certify, register, test, and benchmark Indian digital public infrastructure (DPIs) and digital public goods (DPGs)

These government-backed services make sharing and access of important documents easy

India also shared its plans to invest $3 billion to take mobile connectivity to villages in remote areas and $5 billion to bring broadband connectivity to all 250,000 Gram Panchayats

The IT ministry plans to first approach departments that issue important documents such as driving licenses, ration cards, voter ID cards, etc. Passports are likely to be brought in later

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You can store 300 types of documents, including video KYC, PMJDY accounts on this app, which comes in 12 languages