1. What is a Digital Signature Certificate?
The Digital Signature Certificate in India (DSC) is the digital equivalent (that is, electronic format) of physical or paper certificates. Examples of physical certificates are drivers’ licenses, passports or membership cards. Certificates serve as proof of identity of an individual for a certain purpose; for example, a driver’s license identifies someone who can legally drive in a particular country. Likewise, a digital signing certificate can be presented electronically to prove your identity, to access information or services on the Internet or to sign certain documents digitally certified signature.
2. Why is a digital signature certificate (DSC) required?
Like physical documents, which are signed manually, electronic documents, for example, e-forms, are required to be signed digitally using a Digital Signature Certificate in India.
3. Who issues the Digital Signature Certificate?
A licensed Certifying Authority (CA) issues the digital signature. A certifying authority (CA) is a person who has been granted a license to issue a digital signature certificate in India under Section 24 of the Indian IT Act 2000.
4. What are the different types of digital signature certificates valid for the MCA21 program?
The different types of digital signature certificate in India are: Class 2: Here, the identity of a person is verified against a trusted, pre-verified database.
Class 3: This is the highest level where the person needs to present himself or herself in front of a Registration Authority (RA) and prove his or her identity.
5. What type of Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) is to be obtained for eFiling on the MCA Portal?
The DSC signature of Class 2 and Class 3 signing certificate categories issued by a licensed Certifying Authority (CA) needs to be obtained for filing on the MCA Portal.
6. Is a Director Identification Number (DIN) a pre-requisite to apply DSC online?
No.
7. What is the cost of obtaining a digital signature certificate?
The cost of digital signature in india of obtaining a digital signature certificate may vary as there are many entities issuing DSCs, and their charges may differ.
8. How much time do CAs take to issue a DSC?
The time taken by CAs to issue a DSC is 2 days.
9. What is the validity period of a digital signature certificate?
The certifying authorities are authorized to issue a digital signature certificate with a validity of one or two years.
10. What is the legal status of a digital signature?
Digital signatures are legally admissible in a court of law, as provided under the provisions of IT.
11. What are the Internet Explorer security settings required for registering the Digital Signature Certificate for ‘User Registration’ or ‘Role Check’ purpose?
You need to follow the steps given below:
In Internet Explorer, click on Tools > Internet Options > Security.
Click “Internet” and “Default Level” button and change the Security Settings to “Medium”.
Click “Custom Level” Button.
(1) Enable the “Download Signed ActiveX Controls” option.
(2) Enable the “Run ActiveX controls and plugins” option.
(3) Enable the “Script ActiveX controls marked safe for scripting” option.
12. Does the certificate carry the message “validity unknown” in the digital signature of ROC with a question mark ?
1. Download the certificate corresponding to the approved SRN from the FO portal.
2. Open the certificate and check whether the digital signature is validated or not, If the DSC is marked as “?” then we need to validate the same.
3. Right-click on the digital signature and click on “Show Digital Signature Properties.”.
4. Click on the “Show Certificate” tab.
5. We will find 6 tabs in a single row; click on the “Trust” tab.
6. Click on the “Add to Trusted Identities” tab, as shown below.
7. Now a dialogue box will appear for acrobat security. On clicking the “Add to Trusted Identities” tab, click “OK.”.
8. Check all check boxes as shown below under the Trust tab. Click on “Ok” button.
9. Click on the “Validate Digital Signature” tab and check that the validity summary points mentioned under the Summary tab will change to green coloured and the warning sign will be shown in red colour.
10. Close the digital signature properties.
11. Once the digital signature is authenticated, the certificate DSC marked as “?” will turn into a green-colored tick mark, as shown below. If the digital signature is not valid, then the user has to raise a ticket to get a valid digital signature.
13. I am currently the bank official/nodal administrator and want to update my expired DSC. What should I do?
Digital Please follow the following steps to update your expired DSC:
1. Go to the MCA21 Portal (www.mca.gov.in/MCA21).
2. Go to the ‘Services’ tab on the home page.
3. Click on the ‘Register Digital Signature’ link.
4. Click on the link “Update DSC for Bank Official/Nodal Administrator.”
5. Fill out the mandatory particulars, like.
6. The user ID of a bank official or nodal administrator.
7. Name.
8. Email ID.
9. Click on the ‘Next’ button.
10. Select the digital certificate.
11. Submit.
14. How do you troubleshoot errors faced while using DSC?
Please refer to the steps given in the Troubleshooting Errors While Using DSC Certificate to resolve this.
15. How do I register a digital signature certificate for bank officials?
(1) Please refer to the steps given in the How to Register Digital Signature Certificate for Bank Officials to register digital signatures.
(2) We provide class 2 and class 3 digital signatures used for MCA filing and tendering.
External Government Website Link: MCA