Digital Signature Certificate

The Information Technology Act, 2000 has provisions for use of Digital Signatures on the documents submitted in electronic form in order to ensure the security and authenticity of the documents filed electronically. This is secure and authentic way to submit a document electronically. As such, all filings done by the companies/LLPs under MCA21 e-Governance programme are required to be filed using Digital Signatures by the person authorised to sign the documents.

Ganesh Consultancy is a Certifying Authority licensed by Controller of Certifying Authorities and caters to all kinds of subscribers who use Digital Certificates for MCA (ROC), GST, Income Tax, Tenders, Foreign Trade, Banking, Railways and many other needs.

We issue Digital Signature with the shortest turnaround time in the market and the process is 100% online and paperless.

Legal Warning

You can use only the valid Digital Signatures issued to you. It is illegal to use Digital Signatures of anybody other than the one to whom it is issued.

Certification Agencies

Certification Agencies are appointed by the office of the Controller of Certification Agencies (CCA) under the provisions of IT Act, 2000. There are a total of eight Certification Agencies authorised by the CCA to issue Digital Signature Certificates (Digital Signature Certificates). The details of these Certification Agencies are available on the portal of the Ministry

Class of Digital Signature Certificates

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has stipulated a Class-II or above category signing certificate for e-Filings under MCA21. A person who already has the specified Digital Signature Certificate for any other application can use the same for filings under MCA21 and is not required to obtain a fresh Digital Signature Certificate.

Validity of Digital Signatures

The Digital Signature Certificates are typically issued with one year validity and two year validity. These are renewable on expiry of the period of initial issue.

Costing/ Pricing of Digital Signatures

It includes the cost of medium (a UBS token which is a one time cost), the cost of issuance of Digital Signature Certificate and the renewal cost after the period of validity. The company representatives and professionals required to obtain Digital Signature Certificates are free to procure the same from any one of the approved Certification Agencies as per the MCA portal. The issuance costs in respect of each Consultant vary and are market driven.

However, for the guidance of stakeholders, the Ministry has obtained the costs of issuance of Digital Signature Certificates at the consumer end from the Certification Agencies. The costs as intimated by them are as under:

Obtain Digital Signature Certificate

• Digital Signature Certificate (Digital Signature Certificate) Applicants can directly approach Certifying Authorities (CAs) with original supporting documents, and self-attested copies will be sufficient in this case
• Digital Signature Certificates can also be obtained, wherever offered by CA, using Aadhar eKYC based authentication, and supporting documents are not required in this case
• A letter/certificate issued by a Bank containing the Digital Signature Certificate applicant’s information as retained in the Bank database can be accepted. Such letter/certificate should be certified by the Bank Manager