DigiLocker has been the flagship app of the Government of India’s digital initiatives, Digital India. In her budget speech on Wednesday, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed to extend its scope, allowing more documents to be made available in the digital wallet to help more fintech services access and leverage the platform.

What’s coming to DigiLocker
For starters, it makes the whole KYC process simpler and works as a one-stop solution for updating identity. The app will use Aadhaar as the foundational identity and PAN as a common identifier for all digital systems of government agencies.

The new version will support enterprise-level DigiLockers for MSMEs (micro small and medium businesses), trusts and other entities. The idea for this enterprise-level facility is to expand the scope of DigiLocker, which in turn could help fintech innovation services. Companies will be able to alter important documents and the changes will be reflected in all the documents linked to the DigiLocker.

The platform already supports 600 types of documents and is used by more than 146 million users, as per data revealed by the government. The service accepts documents from more than 2,300 issuers and contains over 5.6 billion issued documents. This is already quite a vast expanse that the app covers. But there’s more in store.

More documents
For individuals, additional documents will be part of DigiLocker. However, the government hasn’t made clear which documents will be a part of the expansion. But some recent updates do hint at what could be coming.

For instance, the Karnataka Police lately started accepting digital versions of applicants’ proof documents using the DigiLocker service for its recruiting process. This makes it easier to obtain legitimate documents directly from the source and eliminates the need for manual verification.

The recently launched DigiYatra app also works in integration with the DigiLocker app. There’s already a host of services that allow and support the DigiLocker platform. With more documents on the way, it is clear that the dependence on the DigiLocker app is set to increase.