New Delhi: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) will soon start verifying candidates’ documents through DigiLocker to ensure they are genuine. This was announced by UPSC chairman Ajay Kumar on Wednesday.

DigiLocker is the government’s cloud-based platform that allows secure storage and easy verification of official documents. ADVERTISEMENT

Kumar made this announcement during a virtual town hall, broadcast by Doordarshan, where he took questions from aspirants through email and social media. The interaction marked the start of the commission’s centenary celebrations.

This step, he said, will ensure that caste, disability and income certificates submitted by aspirants are genuine and issued by the rightful authorities.

About the issue of cheating in exams, Kumar said the commissio

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