All About Digital Signature Certificate (DSC)

Ans. Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) is the electronic format of physical or paper certificate like a driving License, passport etc. Certificates serve as proof of identity of an individual or organization for a certain purpose on online / computer. Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) Certificate can be presented electronically to prove your identity, to access information or services on the Internet or to sign certain documents digitally manually.

Ans. A Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) Certificate authenticates your identity electronically. DSC also provides you with a high level of security for your online transactions by ensuring absolute privacy of the information exchanged using a Digital Signature Certificate (DSC). You can use certificates to sign / encrypt information such that only the intended recipient can read it. You can digitally sign information to assure the recipient that it has not been changed in transit, and also verify your identity as the sender of the message.

Ans. For sending and receiving digitally signed and encrypted emails/ documents.
For carrying out secure web-based transactions. They are Commonly used for below:

• e-Tendering
• e-Procurement
• Registrar of Companies (ROC)
• Company & LLP Registration
• e-filing Income Tax Audit Report (44AB)
• e-filing income tax returns
• ICEGATE
• DGFT
• EPF & ESI
• Import Export (IEC) Code
• GST returns for Corporates (LLP, Companies)
• For signing documents like MS Word, MS Excel and PDFs.

Ans. You can buy with us just by filling the application given in the later section.

Ans. Need to install few external software’s & an internal software given in the pen-drive allotted to you.

Ans. Yes, as per Information Technology Act 2000 in India, Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) are legally valid in India. Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) are issued by licensed Certifying Authorities under the Ministry of Information Technology, Government of India as per the Information Technology Act.

Ans. Class 3 Company / Organization User certificate is required for e-Tendering, e-Procurement , Trademark / Patent filing. Class 3 is the highest type of Digital Signature Certificate. it can be issued for 1 years or 2 years. After the valid period , user need to renew class 3 digital signature certificates.

Issuance of Class 2 Digital Signature (DSC) are discontinued with effect from 01st January, 2021. Read Notice for more information.

Hence, you need to purchase Class 3 Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) only.

Class 3 DGFT Digital Signature Certificate is required for DGFT website to communicate. DGFT Digital Signature is valid for 1 years or 2 years. User can save time and money by using DGFT Digital Signature Certificate.

DSC of Class 3 category issued by a licensed Certifying Authority (CA) needs to be obtained for e-filing on the MCA Portal.

Ans. Digital signature certificates have an explicit start date and an explicit expiration date. Most applications check the validity period of a certificate when the digital certificate is used. The signature certificate expiration date is also used for managing the certificate revocation list (CRL). A certificate is removed from the revocation list when its natural expiration date arrives. As such, generally the shorter the certificate validity period, the shorter the CRL.

Ans. A root certificate is one of two things: Either an unsigned public key certificate or a self-signed certificate used to identify the Root Certificate Authority (CA). The root certificate is in fact the anchor of trust in a digital certificate and is used for validating the entire certification tree.

Yes off-course.

Yes Off-course!

Class 1 & 2 are not in use now with effect from 01st January, 2021. Read government notification given in the separate blog written by us.

Hence only class 3 need to be purchased now.