Union Public Service Commission chairperson Ajay Kumar on Wednesday said that the agency plans to start accepting candidates’ certificates through DigiLocker, the government’s cloud-based platform for storing and verifying documents, to ensure their authenticity.

Kumar made the comments during an interview with Doordarshan in the context of concerns of examination malpractices and cases such as the one involving former Indian Administrative Service trainee Puja Khedkar.

“Questions often arise whether the certificates submitted have been issued by the issuing authority,” Kumar said. “We are going to soon start taking these certificates through DigiLocker so that the authenticity is maintained.”

When asked about the Khedkar case and action taken against candidates involved in chea

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