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E- sign is a new facility provided for GST enrolment. It will enable the taxpayer to sign their GST enrolement application without using DSC. It is however mandatory for some taxpayers to sign GST enrolement applicating using DSC only.Electronically signing of enrolement application using DSC is mandatory for:CompaniesForeign companiesLi mited liability partnership (LLP)Foreign limited liability partnership (FLLP’s)Only the taxpayers other than mentioned above will be able to file their enrolment application without using DSC. If you are an individual , HUF and partnership then you can file the enrolment application without DSC. You can sign the enrolment application electronically using the E- sign. It will result in cost saving as you will not have pay for the DSC. It will be easier for you as other procedure like registering DSC will also not be required.What is E- sign? How does it work?E- sign stands for electronic signature. It is an online electronic signature service that allows an Aadhaar holder to digitally sign a document. If the taxpayer opts to electronically sign the enrolement application or any other document at the GST common portal using the e- sign services.Following steps will be required to use E- signThe GST common portal prompts the taxpayer to enter the Aadhaar number of the authorized signatory.After validating the Aadhar number , the GST common portal sends a request to UIDAI system to send an OTPUIDAI system sends an OTP to e- mail address and mobile number registered against Aadhar number.the GST system prompts the taxpayer to enter the OTP.The taxpayer enters the OTP and submits the Enrollment Application or the document. The E- signing process is completed.This facility is free of cost and easy to use.It is mandatory to file your application with digital sign. This sign can be via DSC or E-sign. You will not be able to file your enrolement application without signature.

Digital Locker is one of the key initiatives under the Digital India Programme- External website that opens in a new window. A beta version of the same has been already released by the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY), Govt. of India. Digital Locker is aimed at minimizing the usage of physical documents and enable sharing of e-documents across agencies.With the help of this Portal, the sharing of the e-documents will be done through registered repositories thereby ensuring the authenticity of the documents online. Residents can also upload their own electronic documents and digitally sign them using the e-sign facility. These digitally signed documents can be shared with Government organizations or other entities.Digital Locker system has the following objectivesEnable digital empowerment of residents by providing them with Digital Locker on the cloudEnable e-Signing of documents and make them available electronically and online Minimize the use of physical documentsEnsure authenticity of the e-documents and thereby eliminate usage of fake documentsSecure access to Govt. issued documents through a web portal and mobile application for residentsReduce administrative overhead of Govt. departments and agencies and make it easy for the residents to receive servicesAnytime, anywhere access to the documents by the residentOpen and interoperable standards based architecture to support a well-structured standard document format to support easy sharing of documents across departments and agenciesEnsure privacy and authorized access to residents' data.COMPONENTS OF DIGITAL LOCKER SYSTEMRepository is a Collection of e-Documents which are uploaded by issuers in a standard format and exposing a set of standard APIs for secure real-time search and access.Access Gateway provides a secure online mechanism for requesters to access e-documents from various repositories in real-time using e-Document URI (Uniform Resource Indicator). The URI is a link to the e-Document uploaded by an issuer in a repository. The gateway will identify the address of the repository where the e-Document is stored based on the URI and will fetch the e-Document from that repository.

Consider this - You are going for an interview. You need to produce your original certificates at the time of interview. Now, if the venue of interview happens to be out of your town, there is this problem of safety of your original certificates. When I went for my interview to Delhi, I was unable to sleep properly during the journey as I was worried about my certificates. Now, digilock attempts to solve this. 1. Its a dedicated personal storage space, linked to each resident’s Aadhaar number. DigiLocker can be used to securely store e-documents as well as store Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) link of e-documents issued by various issuer departments. The e-Sign facility provided as part of DigiLocker system can be used to digitally sign e-documents.2. Digilocker would form a link between the certificate issuer, citizens( you and me) and the department (requester) asking for certificates. 3. It will minimize the use of physical documents and will provide authenticity of the e-documents It will provide secure access to Govt. issued documents. It will also reduce administrative overhead of Govt. departments and agencies and make it easy for the residents to receive services4. So you can sign up using your Aadhar card and the mobile number registered with the card. This is not limited to just certificates, but any e-documents can be uploaded. Nevertheless, just like other online solutions, it also has its share of problems -1. Issue of privacy 2. Theft by online chors.

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HIGHLIGHTS * Permanent Account Number or PAN card is an identity proof in India * It is needed to open a bank account in the country * You can get one easily via a process that is completely online A Permanent Account Number or PAN Card is an important document in India. You’ll need it to file income tax returns, to make payments above Rs. 50,000, and even to open a bank account. A PAN card is a valid proof of identity in India and it can be issued to citizens of India (including minors), non-resident Indians (NRIs), and even foreign citizens. The procedure for application varies for these categories of people but if you are an Indian citizen and wondering how you can apply for PAN card online, we will give an answer in this guide. These steps are for individuals only, and not for other categories under which a PAN card can be issued, such as an association of persons, body of individuals, company, trust, limited liability partnership, firm, government, Hindu undivided family, artificial juridical person, or local authority. Documents required to apply for a PAN card online Indian citizens need three types of documents to apply for a PAN card. These are identity proof, an age proof, and a proof of date of birth. 1. Identity proof documents (one of):Elector's photo identity cardRation card having photograph of the applicantPassportDriving licenceArm's licenseAadhaar card issued by the Unique Identification Authority of IndiaPhoto identity card issued by the Central Government or State Government or a Public Sector UndertakingPensioner Card having photograph of the applicantCentral Government Health Scheme Card or Ex-servicemen Contributory Health Scheme photo card certificate of identity in original signed by a Member of Parliament or Member of Legislative Assembly or Municipal Councillor or a Gazetted Officer, as the case may beBank certificate in original on letterhead from the branch (along with name and stamp of the issuing officer) containing duly attested photograph and bank account number of the applicant 2. Address proof document (one of)copy of the following documents of not more than three months old electricity bill landline telephone or broadband connection bill water bill consumer gas connection card or book or piped gas bill bank account statement depository account statement credit card statement copy of post office passbook having address of the applicant passport,passport of the spouse voter ID card latest property tax assessment order driving licence domicile certificate issued by the GovernmentAadhaar card issued by the UIDAIallotment letter of accommodation issued by the Central Government or State Government of not more than three years old property registration document certificate of address signed by a Member of Parliament or Member of Legislative Assembly or Municipal Councillor or a Gazetted Officeremployer’s certificate in original 3. Proof of date of birth (one of):birth certificate issued by the Municipal Authority or any office authorised to issue Birth and Death Certificate by the Registrar of Birth and Deaths or the Indian Consulate as defined in clause (d) of subsection (1) of section 2 of the Citizenship Act, 1955 (57 of 1955)pension payment order marriage certificate issued by Registrar of Marriagesmatriculation certificate passport driving licence domicile certificate issued by the Government affidavit sworn before a magistrate stating the date of birth If you are looking to get a PAN card for any category other than the individual, the full list of valid documents for a PAN card is on the Income-tax department’s website [ https://www.incometaxindia.gov.in/Documents/documents-required-for-pan.pdf ]. How much does it cost to apply for a PAN card online For Indian citizens, applying for a new PAN card costs Rs. 116 (plus online payment charges or around Rs. 5). The fee is Rs. 1,020 for foreign citizens (with around Rs. 5 as online payment charges). How to apply for PAN Card online Follow these steps to apply for a PAN card online in India: 1. You can apply for a PAN card online either via NSDL [ https://www.onlineservices.nsdl.com/paam/endUserRegisterContact.html ] or UTITSL [ https://www.utiitsl.com/UTIITSL_SITE/pan/#six ] websites. Both have been authorised to issue PAN cards in India. For this tutorial, we will show you how to apply for a PAN card via the NSDL website [ https://www.onlineservices.nsdl.com/paam/endUserRegisterContact.html ]. 2. On the page linked in the previous step, you will see a form titled Online PAN application. Under Application Type select New PAN - Indian Citizen (Form 49A). If you’re a foreign national, select New PAN - Foreign Citizen (Form 49AA). 3. Select the category of PAN card you need. For most people, this will be Individual. 4. Now fill in your personal details such as name, date of birth, mobile number, etc., enter the captcha code and click Submit. 5. Now you have three choices — authenticate via Aadhaar to avoid sending any documents, scan documents and upload them via e-sign, or to physically submit documents. 6. We chose to authenticate via Aadhaar as all it needs is an OTP and payment. If you don’t want that option, the steps for the other two are similar except the part where you have to send documents. 7. Enter all details such as Aadhaar number (optional) as requested on screen, and click Next. 8. This step requires you to fill in your name, date of birth, address, etc. Do that, and click Next. 9. Now you will hit the banana skin that’s the AO code (Assessing Officer code). This looks complicated but is actually quite simple. Just select one of the four choices at the top — Indian Citizens, NRI and Foreign Citizens, Defence Employees, or Government Category. 10. Then under Choose AO Code, select your state and area of residence. Wait for a few seconds and you will see a full list of AO codes in the box below. Carefully scroll and look for the category that applies best to you. There are different categories for companies, non-salaried people, government servants, private sector employees, etc. If you don’t know which category you fall under, contact a chartered accountant to find out. Click on the correct AO code and it’ll be auto-filled in the form above. Click Next. 11. Select the documents you have submitted as proof of age and residence from the drop-down menu, fill in required details, and then click Submit. Now you will be redirected to the payment page and you can choose one of many common online payment methods. The fee for PAN card applications for Indian citizens is Rs. 115.90 inclusive of all taxes. A small fee is added to this as online payment charges so the total works out to around Rs. 120. Once you have paid, you will be asked to authenticate via Aadhar OTP, or submit documents via e-sign, or to physically send the documents to NSDL. You will also receive an email acknowledgement from NSDL about your application and your PAN card will be couriered to you once the application has been processed. Keep the acknowledgement number handy, we recommend that you either save it somewhere safe or print it.

Benefits of DigiLocker:1. The Cost of Providing the Service: DigiLocker will gradually bring down the cost of providing the service by the govt. It will reduce the govt’s staffing requirement & other operational costs thus will bring the govt expenditure in control. Govt has set up a fiscal deficit target of 3.9% for FY 2015-16. It can be achieved either by increasing income or reducing expenditure. DigiLocker will help Govt to substantially cut down the cost of providing the service/expenditure. It cannot be done overnight but will take time. If successful, Govt will not need an army of staff to provide Citizen Services. Therefore, if you sign up for DigiLocker, you will indirectly help Govt to reduce the cost of providing the service thus control fiscal deficit.2. Quick turnaround time: Today it takes around 2 weeks to get new PAN card. Most of the people apply through agents which involve additional cost. Now imagine, the entire process is digital. You applied for PAN online. Income Tax department will raise online request for documents required to issue PAN. You will eSign the documents through DigiLocker using Aadhaar e-KYC service. eSign is same as Digital Signature. The only difference is that you have to complete KYC requirement whenever you apply for Digital Signature. In case of eSign, KYC of Aadhaar will suffice for eSign. E-signed documents will be received by Income Tax Department. Your PAN will be issued and appear in DigiLocker under “Digital Documents”. In short, any agency can request for your documents based on aadhaar. Instead of sending the physical copy you can send digitally verified copy stored as URI (Universal Resource Indicator) in DigiLocker. The agency can directly access your document from the central repository through URI. Documents can only be requested by the agencies who will register with Digital Locker System.3. Reduce Frauds: Today financial frauds are very common. Documents are being compromised at various touch points. Digitization will eliminate all such risks. Documents can be shared in safe and secure manner. At the same, you have to ensure that you should not share your DigiLocker or Aadhaar details with anyone. DigiLocker should not be accessed from Public Wi-Fi hotspot or through other computers. All the documents will be authenticated digitally by the agencies therefore except for security of login details, the entire process is safe and secure.4. eSign: In layman terms, eSign is self-attestation or digital signature. It is the replacement of physical signature. The user can sign the document via aadhaar linked digital signature. You can also sign “Uploaded Documents” besides “Digital Documents”. The best part is eSign facility is Free whereas for digital signatures, you need to pay annual fees.5. Corruption Free India: In my opinion, Corruption is directly linked to Human Interaction. To share an example, 10 years back it was unthinkable to get Passport without paying the bribe. Due to digitization, the entire online process is corruption free. I applied for a passport online and booked an appointment. On the designated day, I submitted my documents and biometric details were captured. I have not paid a single rupee for passport till police verification :). DigiLocker is the true enabler of digitization which will further reduce the human interaction to avail Govt Services. Therefore, it will help in realizing the dream of Corruption Free India.6. Comparison with Private Cloud Storage Services: If you avail any cloud service, it’s a hassle to scan and upload the documents. In DigiLocker, all govt documents will be in the digitized format. Only personal documents should be scanned and uploaded. Secondly, some of the private cloud services are available on a paid basis. Few banks also provide online storage space to premium customers but what if tomorrow you would like to close the account or no longer enjoy premium benefits. Cloud storage of Govt can be relied upon in terms of security and availability.7. Anytime Anywhere Access: You can access your documents anytime anywhere. No need to carry your documents. Therefore, DigiLocker brings the convenience factor. Govt is also planning to launch Mobile App shortly, which will further make it convenient to access the documents on the move.

Building trust with technology isn’t quite as easy as falling backward into someone’s arms. Unless you have a technical background, cybersecurity can be difficult to grasp.Most people are comfortable with ink signatures, but it’s a common misconception that just because a document has been signed with ink, it’s safe, secure and valid. In fact, without physically meeting and talking with the signer.For example, if you’ve never seen the signer’s signature before, how do you know it is actually their signature? If you know what the signature is supposed to look like, how do you know the one in front of you wasn't forged? And if the signature is on the last page of a multi-page document, how do you know that something in the preceding pages was not altered after the document was signed?The reality of e-signatures – especially independent e-signatures, in which the evidence of their validity is embedded in the signed document – is that they are more trustworthy than traditional ink signatures.Offer Transparency and ControlIn the same way, building trust means providing all the facts. If signers have access to the entire signing process from a comprehensive audit trail, they’re able to keep close watch over their transaction and its process from identity authentication to opening and reviewing documents to signing.Use Trusted TechnologyPeople trust those who are trustworthy. Companies that use e-signature technology that goes above and beyond security requirements will naturally win over the trust.Educate DownstreamNo matter how many thousands of dollars e-signatures will save your company, for an e-signature solution to be successful at every level, you must educate everyone involved in the importance your e-signature provider places on security and independence.

The HR field has seen constant improvements in the last decades, and big data and software is here to speed up this process. We have done this research to help all our colleagues in HR understand what is the role of Big Data in HR and how it could change the future of HR for ever. Hope it will help you, too.Big Data (BD) seems like a great match for Learning & Development (L&D) practices in organisations around the world. After all, it relates to the compilation and analysis of data sets most commonly related to human behaviour. By looking at a large amount of information gathered over extended periods of time, HR practitioners are able to identify patterns in human habits and interactions that can then be used to make razor-sharp decisions for sustainable staff improvement and satisfaction.The managing director of Daimler Benz claimed in 2017 that as computers are becoming more intelligent, they have started to deliver more precise and faster decisions than humans. IBM Watson already helps doctors in diagnosing cancer, four times more accurately than human doctors. There are companies who build a medical device (named after the "Tricorder" from Star Trek) that works with your phone to take a retina scan, a blood sample, and a breath test and that will analyse 54 biomarkers to identify diseases. So in a few years world-class medical analysis will be widely accessible, nearly for free. Watson is also reported to deliver legal advice (so far for fairly basic matters) within seconds, with 90% accuracy compared with 70% accuracy when done by humans. As these trends unfold will artificial intelligence soon replace HR decision makers?However, others argue that there is no such thing as Big Data in HR. The idea that empirical methods can give an all-encompassing answer to big age-old HR questions is thoroughly rejected by authoritative sources like Harvard Business Review. HBR claims that Google’s Project Oxygen, a multi-year project that analyses people data and was poised to figure out what makes a good manager, has come to a conclusion that researchers had identified decades ago. Big Data’s role in HR, sceptics argue, is not one of acumen, but of analytics.Where is the challenge?Clearly, there is a debate about the pros and cons of applying Big Data to HR management.Part of the reason may lie in change management at the area of disruptive digitalisation. Traditionally, change management has been at the forefront of digitalisation, but also its biggest obstacle, because it relies so heavily on the personal attributes of the manager, and the willingness of employees to follow through with their plan.Professional services giant Deloitte is quick to point out that prior to embarking on a data-driven digital journey, change managers must align the entire organisation towards digitalisation and agree on the value it adds to the whole operation. Obviously this includes HR and L&D.The use of Big Data opens up a world of possibilities for L&D departments, but it is also a substantial challenge, according to Learning Wire. Those challenges include the imperfection of current tools, the lack of human skill in analysing the data, and internal resistance to this sort of generalised data-based decision making.And so it falls on leaders of all departments, change managers, and C-level executives alike, to tackle these challenges and turn them into opportunities.What opportunities does Big Data present to L&D?Challenges aside, there are some practices that have already taken root and have proven to work. All of them build upon existing HR methods, but also borrow heavily from other fields such as consumerism and marketing, which have benefited greatly from digitalisation.Little DataThe routine measurement of things such as number of participants, courses, hours spent, costs, duration, participant reaction, and amount learned has long been analysed by L&D managers. However, the fact that this is not typically cross-referenced with other metrics leaves most L&D divisions with “little data” instead of “big data”.Still, years of gathering this kind of information has allowed for the understanding of the impact of learning on employees. L&D departments nowadays are more aware of the impact of their work on overall productivity than divisions such as “talent acquisition” and “rewards”.These practices should be continued but, more importantly, they could be used as a base to build on and expand Big Data analytics.Employee-centric designThis has to do with designing L&D tools that cater to the employee, rather than the manager. It is a shift from so-called “instructional design” to “experience design”, phrases coined by senior Deloitte L&D analyst Josh Bersin. Experience design makes learning and information support easy and intuitive to use. It borrows from the IT term User Experience (UX), which puts ease and preference of use above all else. Designing apps, intranet resources and even non-digital tools with this philosophy in mind can be achieved via Big Data analytics by tracking the way employees use these instruments to learn.According to Bersin, L&D managers can no longer see themselves as trainers or instructors:“While instructional design continues to play a role, we now need L&D to focus on “experience design”, “design thinking”, the development of “employee journey maps”, and much more experimental, data-driven solutions in the flow of work.”Data-driven contentThe current L&D framework at companies around the world is similar to the way digital marketing is conducted. Guillermo Miranda, IBM’s Chief Learning Officer, describes it as being composed of various types of content, whose data on interactions and activities is meticulously collected and analysed. This data is then used to create intelligent systems to promote this content and monitor the way employees are using it in order to personalise it to their needs.Big Data is at the centre of this approach, since it is able to track the preferences of employees with regard to the content they are receiving and the way they are processing it. By the way, Facebook uses a similar algorithm in its News Feed, and that has helped turn it into a multi-billion company.See the complete analysis and research on the topic here!