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Class 3 a/b Digital Signature / Electronic
Signature certificates
are issued to Individual or organization for various
purposes. Class 3 A/B Digital Signature /
Electronic Signatures for individuals/Organization is
certificate that provides highest level of assurance
within the RCAI hierarchy setup by CCA ( Controller of
Certifying Authorities) in India which is mainly used
for e-tendering or e-procurement or e-bidding.
To participate in the e-tendering process, every vendor
is required to use a Class 3B Digital Signature /
Electronic Signature
Certificate. s are issued to
individuals, organizations and devices and applicable
for personal and commercial use. Typically, they are
used for Electronic Data Exchange ( EDI ) , internet
banking/broking-tendering and other web-based
transactions where confidentiality and authenticity are
critical.
e-Tendering is changing the way procurement is carried
out. It has made the whole process reliable, faster and
anytime-accessible. To lend legal sanctity to the the
whole e-Tendering process, Digital Certificates are used
to authenticate the identity of the vendors as well as
buyers. It also secures the data that is transacted
online and hence gives maximum security as required in
an ideal tendering scenario. It is the highest
category of Digital Certificate issued to organizations.
To provide you with secure online interactions with
ministry and in compliance with IT Act 2000, a director,
authorized signatories and professionals will be
required to acquire a DSC.
ONGC / GAIL / IFFCO / AIR India /
Railways / GNFC has introduced e-Procurement.
Digital Certificates shall be used to access the website
and authenticate the Vendors. Vendors shall have
to procure legally valid Class 3 Digital Certificate
Certificate.
Class-3 Certificates are issued to individuals,
companies and government organizations. They can be used
both for personal and commercial purposes. They are
typically used for electronic commerce applications such
as electronic banking, electronic data interchange
(EDI), and membership-based on-line services,
where security is a major concern.
The level of trust created by the Digital Certificate is
based on the authentication procedures used by the CA to
verify your identity and the service guarantees offered
by the CA to back up that authentication.
CA uses various procedures to obtain evidence of your
identity before issuing you the Class-3 Certificate.
During verification, you will also need to be physically
present before a Registration Authority (RA), qualified
by CA due to their neutrality and reliability.
These validation procedures provide stronger assurances
of an applicant's identity.
CA offers
and
types of Personal Digital Certificates,
which can be used for Digital Signature
and Encryption purposes respectively.
A provision is also available to back-up
the credentials you have used to receive
encrypted messages/documents, so that
the encrypted messages/documents can be
recovered if you have lost the private
key or if required in your absence,
using your backed-up credentials. This
can be of great help for organizations,
wherein, it is necessary to
recover the encrypted information
received by an employee after he/she has
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The Signing Certificate is used for
preparing the Digital Signature that
provides Authenticity, Non-Repudiation
and Integrity to electronic
communication. These Certificates can be
used to digitally sign documents,
messages, email and can also be used as
an identification for the electronic
application and in SSL communication
with a Web Server. The Subscriber
generates the signing private/public key
pair on a trustworthy medium and assumes
the responsibility for safeguarding the
private key. The credentials used
for Digital Signature cannot be
backed-up as it violates the notion of
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The Encryption Certificate is used for
encrypting documents, messages and other
forms of electronic communication that
provide confidentiality. This type of
Certificate is backed-up. To achieve
this, the credentials (Key-pairs) are
generated at the CA end unlike the other
types of Certificates where the
credentials (Key-pairs) are generated at
the Subscriber's end. The CA
backs-up the key-pair and sends a copy
to the Subscriber in a highly secure
manner.
CA provides a complete key management
solution for the Encryption Key Pairs
and Digital Certificates using
state-of-the-art technology.
- Encryption Key Pairs are
generated centrally at the TCS-CA
facility using foolproof and most
secure mechanisms.
- Encryption key-pairs that are
generated centrally at the CA, are
distributed in a secure way to the
Subscribers. The Subscribers
download the encryption key-pair and
Digital Certificate using strong
authentication procedures.
- The encryption key-pairs and
Digital Certificates are backed up
centrally at the CA end in a secure
way. Access to the backup is
protected by strong access control
mechanisms of the CA facility.
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e- Tendering made possible with
Digital Signature Certificate.
A Digital Signature Certificate (DSC)
is essential for companies and organizations that take
part or intend to take part in e-Tendering processes on
various Government sites. Besides enabling e-Tendering
which is extremely convenient and transparent, a
Digital Signature Certificate also ensure greater
security in other online transactions.
Digital Signature Certificate
and e-Tendering
e-Procurement facilitates,
integrates, and streamlines procurement processes. From
buyer to supplier and even back. Approved under the
Information Technology Act, and with legal status,
a Digital Signature Certificate is essential for all
e-Procurement processes.
Applying for a government tender
online has many advantages. Since documents are uploaded
to a central site, acknowledgements and receipts are
provided immediately. Which is not the case with
paper documents that need to be scanned and verified
before being processed.
e-Procurement has gained significant
popularity and acceptance as it brings greater
transparency to the whole system. Among other benefits,
it helps buyers and bidders overcome geographical
limitations, reduce procurement cycles, and
overall helps keep pace with present technology.
Any organization that is looking to
apply for any Government e-Tender needs to have a Class
3 Digital Signature Certificate registered in the name
of a representative who is authorized to submit online
offers for e-Tendering applications.
Why do I need a Digital Signature Certificate?
A Digital Signature Certificate
authenticates your identity electronically. It also
provides you with a high level of security for your
online transactions by ensuring absolute privacy of the
information exchanged using a digital certificate. You
can use certificates to 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.
Where can I use Digital
Signature Certificates?
You can use Digital Signature Certificates for the
following:
- For secure email and web-based transactions,
or to identify other participants of web-based
transactions.
- To prove ownership of a domain name and
establish SSL/ TLS encrypted secured sessions
between your website and the user for web based
transactions.
- As a developer, for proving authorship of
a code and retaining integrity of the distributed
software programs.
- For signing web forms, e-tendering documents,
filing income tax returns, to access
membership-based websites automatically without
entering a user name and password etc.
| The new RCAI Class 3
Certificate for Individuals with Organization
Name is a Unique digital certificate product,
which permits the certificate holder to have his
Organization Name Published in his personal
certificate . These certificates are
issued only to individual persons who are
authorized to represent their organizations for
internet-based transactions. |
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only the certificate holder, but also the
organization where the certificate holder is
employed. This provides the relying party
greater confidence to trust the certificate and
the transaction carried out. |
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The RCAI Class 3 Certificate
for Individuals with Organization Name can be
used for creating digital signatures and as
proof of identity in high value transactions.
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In order to purchase this certificate, the applicant
must personally present himself before an authority
approved by CA who will identify the applicant on behalf
of CA. The identification will be based on, at a
minimum, a well recognized form of government-issued
photo identification and one other identification
credential. The applicant must also provide
documentation to prove the validity of the organization
he is employed with and his employment status with that
organization.
Class 3 Digital Signature Certificate
provides the highest level of assurance or trust within
the RCAI hierarchy setup of CCA ( Controller of
Certifying Authorities) in India. which is mainly
used for.
Class 3 Digital Signature
Certificates are required for e-tendering,
e-procurement, e-bidding or e-ticketing for Indian
Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited
(IRCTC), Indian Railways (IREPS), Directorate General of
Supplies & Disposals (DGSND), Indian Oil Corporation
Ltd. (IOCL), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
(HPCL), Oil India Limited (OIL), Oil & Natural Gas
Corporation (ONGC), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
(BPCL), GAIL, NTPC, Government of Gujarat, Maharashtra
Government, Karnataka Government (Karnataka
e-procurement), West Bengal State Rural Development
Agency (WBSRDA), Tamil Nadu Government (PMGSY), Madhya
Pradesh Government, BIHAR GOVERNMENT (PMGSY), Government
of Orissa (PMGSY), Coal India Limited, Gujarat Narmada
Valley Fertilizers Corporation Ltd. (GNFC Ltd. ), MSTC
Limited, Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited, Metal
Junctions, Water Resources Department, Patent and trade
marks registration, Air India etc. ,
Class 3 Digital Signature
are issued to Individuals or Organizations. They
are especially used to authenticate the identity of the
vendors as well as buyers in any e-Tendering or
e-Procurement process.
Class 3 Digital Signature
Certificates are legally valid as per Indian Information
Technology Act, 2000.
What is the difference between issued to Individuals or Organizations ?
Individual ( Class 3 a Digital
Signature / Electronic Signature Certificates) : Class
3a Individual certificates issued to individuals or
devices and encompass primarily high end
security-sensitive online activity.
Organization ( Class 3b Digital
Signature / Electronic Signature certificates) : Class 3b Organization
certificates those are used for signing, encryption,
electronic access control, e-commerce, and online
financial transactions that require a strong
assertion of the customer's identity. The validation
procedures for class 3 Organization certificates
includes confirmation that the org. does in fact exist,
authorization from the org. for the certificate
applicant.
Documents & to be submitted
by the applicant for taking Class 3 Digital Signature
Certificate for e-Tendering:
1. Application Form
duly filled in.
( Download Class 3 A/B
Digital Signature / Electronic Signature Application Form
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2. Latest Photograph of Applicant ( Must be
Pasted on Form with Cross Signature )
3. Duly Attested Photocopy
of anyone of the following ID Proof of Applicant :
- Passport
- Driving License
- PAN Card Copy
- Govt. Issued ID Card With PHOTO
- Bank Account Passbook with PHOTO
4. Duly
Attested Photocopy of anyone of the following Address
Proof of Applicant :
- Passport
- Driving License
- Latest Utility Bill ( Telephone
Bill / Mobile Bill / Electricity Bill / LIC Receipt /
Water Bill ) - Not Older then three months
- Latest Bank Statement - Not Older
then three months
5. Proof of Right to do Business :
- Certificate
of Incorporation ( In Case
of Pvt. Ltd or Ltd. ) OR
- Memorandum and
Articles of Association (
In Case of Pvt. Ltd or Ltd. ) OR
- Registered Partnership Deed
( In Case of Partnership
Firm) OR
- Valid Business License
Document Like VAT / Service Tax Registration
( In Case of Prop. Firm )
6. Proof of Right to do Business :
- Latest Annual
Report / Balance Sheet
OR
- Latest Income Tax Return
OR
- Organization's Bank Account
Details on Bank's Letter Head by Bank Manager /
Latest Bank Statement attested by Bank Manager
with Stamp or Bank OR
- Statement of Income by
Chartered Accountants
7. Copy of PAN Card of Organization.
8. Authorization Letter in favor of
applicant on
Company's Letter Head by
9. Undertaking by Applicant &
Proposer.
10. Physical Verification of Applicant.
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