How eSign Transformed Digital Signatures at a Population Scale in India
On 1 July 2015, the Prime Minister of India launched several initiatives under Digital India. Among them were eSign and Digital Locker - two Aadhaar-based trust services that I had the opportunity to conceive and drive. Of the two, eSign came first, because I believed that without a simple, low-cost way to digitally sign documents, the promise of paperless governance would remain incomplete.
Why digital signatures were not working
At the time, the legal and technical framework for digital signatures already existed. The Information Technology Act, 2000, clearly recognised digital signatures and provided them legal sanctity. Yet, despite this, their adoption in India was minimal.
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