Identity, Documents & Certificates Schemes

Aadhaar card download is the free UIDAI service that delivers e-Aadhaar, a digitally signed PDF carrying your 12-digit Aadhaar number, from myaadhaar.uidai.gov.in in under 2 minutes. The PDF opens with a password made of the first 4 letters of your name in capitals plus your birth year. UIDAI treats e-Aadhaar as fully equal to the printed card.

Aadhaar enrolment is the free process by which the Unique Identification Authority of India issues a 12-digit identity number to a resident after capturing a photograph, ten fingerprints and both iris scans. New enrolment costs nothing at any Aadhaar Seva Kendra. UIDAI generates the number in up to 30 days for children and up to 180 days for adults.

ABHA Health ID is a free 14-digit Ayushman Bharat Health Account number issued by the National Health Authority under the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission. Any Indian resident can create one at abha.abdm.gov.in using Aadhaar or a driving licence, in a four-step flow that takes a few minutes. ABHA links your health records digitally and is entirely voluntary.

APAAR ID is a 12-digit permanent academic identity number for every student in India, issued under the Ministry of Education's One Nation One Student ID initiative. Schools generate it against the student's UDISE+ PEN after parental consent, and the ID card lands automatically in DigiLocker. Over 26.30 crore verified APAAR IDs had been generated by June 2026, free of any charge.

Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY Card Download is the free self-service process on the National Health Authority's beneficiary portal at beneficiary.nha.gov.in, where an eligible family member logs in with a mobile OTP, completes Aadhaar e-KYC and downloads the Ayushman card that unlocks cashless treatment of up to Rs 5 lakh per family per year at empanelled hospitals.

DigiLocker is the Government of India's digital document wallet, run by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology under Digital India. Signing up takes about 5 minutes with a mobile number, an Aadhaar OTP and a 6-digit PIN. Documents issued into DigiLocker are legally at par with originals under Rule 9A of the IT digital locker rules. It is free.

Driving licence services in India run through Sarathi, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways system at sarathi.parivahan.gov.in. A learner licence is valid for 6 months, a permanent licence follows after 30 days, and applications for renewal, duplicate and international permits are filed on the same portal. The online process is unified nationwide; the driving test happens at your RTO.

e-Shram Card is a free identity card carrying a permanent 12-digit Universal Account Number, issued by the Ministry of Labour and Employment to unorganised workers aged 16 to 59 who are not members of EPFO or ESIC and are not income tax payers. Registration on eshram.gov.in needs only an Aadhaar number and an Aadhaar-linked mobile number, and the card is generated instantly.

e-Court Case Status Check lets any person look up a pending or disposed case in an Indian District Court or High Court free of cost on the eCourts portals run by the e-Committee, Supreme Court of India. A search using the 16-digit CNR number returns the case history instantly; party-name and advocate searches take a minute. No login and no fee are required.

Employment Exchange Registration is now done through the National Career Service portal at ncs.gov.in, run by the Directorate General of Employment under the Ministry of Labour & Employment. A jobseeker registers in minutes with a mobile number and OTP or through DigiLocker, and NCS states its services are free of cost at every stage. Helpline 1514.

EPF/PF withdrawal and UAN activation are online member services of the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation. Activating your 12-digit Universal Account Number on the EPFO member portal takes a few minutes with an Aadhaar-linked mobile number, and unlocks passbook access and online claims. Online PF claims filed with approved KYC are settled in roughly 3 to 20 days.

EPS pension withdrawal is the EPFO process for claiming the Employees' Pension Scheme 1995 balance using Form 10C. Members who leave employment before completing 10 years of service can take a withdrawal benefit or a Scheme Certificate; those with 10 years or more get a monthly pension under Form 10D instead. Online claims typically settle in about 20 days.

ESIC Registration is the mandatory employer registration under the ESI Act, 1948, done free online on the ESIC employer portal at esic.gov.in. It applies to non-seasonal factories with 10 or more persons and to notified establishments, covering employees earning up to Rs 21,000 a month, with contributions of 3.25% from the employer and 0.75% from the employee.

FSSAI Food Licence / Registration is the mandatory approval every food business in India must hold, applied for online on the FoSCoS portal at foscos.fssai.gov.in. From 1 April 2026 a turnover up to Rs 1.5 crore needs only a Registration at Rs 100 a year, Rs 1.5 crore to Rs 50 crore needs a State Licence, and above Rs 50 crore a Central Licence at Rs 7,500 a year.

Gazette name change notification is the publication of a change of name in Part IV of the Gazette of India by the Controller of Publications, Department of Publication. Adults pay printing charges of Rs 1,100 through the BharatKosh portal, submit an undertaking, an original newspaper cutting and a typed proforma with 2 witnesses in person or by post, and download the published gazette free from egazette.gov.in.

GST registration is the process of obtaining a 15-digit GSTIN from the Goods and Services Tax Network on gst.gov.in. Businesses crossing the turnover threshold, and every category listed under Section 24 of the CGST Act regardless of turnover, must register. The government charges no fee, and a clean Aadhaar-authenticated application is normally approved in about 7 working days.

Import-Export Code (IEC) registration is the PAN-based business identification number issued by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade, required by anyone importing into or exporting out of India. The application is fully electronic on dgft.gov.in using form ANF-2A, carries a Rs 500 government fee, and the code is usually issued within 1 to 3 working days. IEC has lifetime validity but must be updated every year.

Income Tax Return filing is the annual declaration of income made to the Income Tax Department on incometax.gov.in. Individuals choose between ITR-1, ITR-2, ITR-3 and ITR-4 depending on their income, file free on the e-filing portal, and must e-verify within 30 days of uploading. The usual due date for individuals without audit is 31 July.

Jan Aushadhi Kendra is a government-backed generic medicine store run under the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana of the Department of Pharmaceuticals. The Kendra locator on janaushadhi.gov.in finds the nearest of the 18,646 stores opened across India by 28 February 2026, searched by state, district or PIN code. Using the locator is free and needs no registration.

National Career Service (NCS) registration creates a free jobseeker account on ncs.gov.in, the Ministry of Labour and Employment's employment portal, using an Aadhaar, PAN, Voter ID, passport, driving licence or EPFO UAN number. More than 6.02 crore jobseekers had registered since inception. Registration completes in minutes with a mobile OTP and costs nothing at any stage.

National Consumer Helpline is the Department of Consumer Affairs' pre-litigation grievance service on toll-free 1915, open 8 AM to 8 PM in 17 languages. If the company does not settle, the consumer escalates to a Consumer Commission through the e-Jagriti platform, where filing costs nothing for claims up to ₹5,00,000 and an advocate is not compulsory.

NPS account opening through eNPS gives any Indian citizen aged 18 to 70 a 12-digit Permanent Retirement Account Number (PRAN) issued under PFRDA regulations. The Tier I pension account needs a minimum first contribution of Rs 500 and a minimum of Rs 1,000 a year. Aadhaar or PAN-based online KYC generates the PRAN within minutes on the official eNPS portal.

NPS Tier 2 account is the optional, withdrawable investment account offered alongside an active NPS Tier 1 pension account under PFRDA rules. Opening it needs a minimum contribution of Rs 1,000, with Rs 250 as the minimum for later contributions. Money can be withdrawn any time with no lock-in, and activation is free online through the eNPS portal.

NREGA Job Card is the entitlement document issued by a Gram Panchayat to every rural household under the Mahatma Gandhi NREGA. The Act requires the Gram Panchayat to issue the job card within 15 days of the application, free of cost, carrying the names and photographs of all adult members. It unlocks 100 days of guaranteed wage employment a year.

PAN-Aadhaar linking is the Income Tax Department service that ties a Permanent Account Number to a 12-digit Aadhaar number on the e-filing portal at incometax.gov.in. Linking is mandatory for every PAN allotted on or before 1 July 2017, and the statutory deadline of 30 June 2023 has passed, so late linking now requires paying a fee before the request is submitted.

PAN card application is the process by which the Income Tax Department allots a 10-character Permanent Account Number through its two authorised agencies, Protean (formerly NSDL) and UTIITSL. A new PAN with a physical card costs Rs 107 for an Indian address, or Rs 72 for e-PAN alone. From 1 April 2026 new application forms replaced the old Forms 49A and 49AA.

Passport application in India is made through Passport Seva, run by the Ministry of External Affairs, at passportindia.gov.in. A fresh or re-issued 36-page adult passport costs Rs 2,500 under normal processing and Rs 5,000 under Tatkaal, following the Passports (Amendment) Rules, 2026 effective 1 July 2026. Applying online and visiting a Passport Seva Kendra is mandatory.

Passport police verification is the antecedent check done by the local police on behalf of the Ministry of External Affairs before or after a passport is issued. Status is checked free on passportindia.gov.in using the 15-character File Number and date of birth. Normal applications carry pre-issue verification and Tatkaal applications carry post-issue verification.

PM Kisan status check is the free online utility on pmkisan.gov.in that tells a registered farmer whether the next Rs 2,000 instalment is on the way. Know Your Status shows 3 verification flags, e-KYC, land seeding and Aadhaar-bank seeding, and needs only a registration number and an OTP sent to the mobile number registered with PM-KISAN. The check takes about a minute.

TAN registration is the process of obtaining a Tax Deduction and Collection Account Number, a 10-digit alphanumeric number that every person deducting or collecting tax at source must hold. The Income Tax Department allots TAN through Protean's Tax Information Network for a processing fee of Rs 77 including GST, and Section 397 of the Income Tax Act, 2025 makes quoting it on all TDS returns mandatory.

Udyam Registration is the official MSME registration of the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, done free on udyamregistration.gov.in using only an Aadhaar number, with PAN and GST details pulled automatically from government databases. It classifies an enterprise as micro, small or medium and issues a permanent Udyam Registration Number, usually within minutes.

Vehicle registration through Vahan gives a motor vehicle its permanent registration number and Registration Certificate, issued by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways system at parivahan.gov.in. A new non-transport vehicle's RC is valid for 15 years and renewable in 5-year blocks. The online process is unified nationwide, while physical inspection routes through the local RTO.

e-EPIC download gives a registered voter a secure PDF copy of the Elector's Photo Identity Card, issued by the Election Commission of India. The file is about 250 KB, carries a digitally signed QR code, and downloads in under five minutes from voters.eci.gov.in or the Voter Helpline app after OTP or face-based e-KYC verification. Download is free.

Voter ID registration adds an Indian citizen aged 18 or above to the electoral roll and issues an Elector's Photo Identity Card (EPIC), issued by the Election Commission of India. New enrolment uses Form 6 and corrections use Form 8, both filed free of cost on voters.eci.gov.in. Verification by the Booth Level Officer and Electoral Registration Officer typically takes about 30 days.