The entity must have a Digital Signature Certificate (Class II or
Class III) from any of the licensed Certifying Authorities specified
below for the purpose of digitally signing the application and the files
uploaded online.
The Digital Signature Certificate can be procured from the following
Certifying Authorities / Sub-Certifying Authorities:
Tata Consultancy Services Certifying Authority
(n)Code Solutions – A Division of GNFC Ltd.
IDRBT Certifying Authority
Safescrypt India-RCAI Class 3 Consumer CA
TAXMANN – Issuing Authority
NIC Certifying Authority
mtnlTrustLine Class 2 PAN card Subscriber Sub CA
mtnlTrustLine Class 2 ICSI Member Sub CA
mtnlTrustLine Class 3 Authorised Individual Subscriber Sub CA
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India – IA
mtnlTrustLine Class 3 Individual Subscriber Sub CA
MTNL Class 2 Telephone Subscriber Sub CA
mtnlTrustLine Class 2 Individual Subscriber Sub CA
Safescrypt RCAI Class 2 Consumer Individual Subscriber CA
NSE.IT RCAI Class 2 CA
mtnlTrustLine Class 2 Individual Subscriber Sub CA G1
mtnlTrustLine Class 3 Authorised Individual Subscriber Sub CA G1
mtnlTrustLine Class 3 Individual Subscriber Sub CA G1
MTNL Class 2 Telephone Subscriber Sub CA G1
mtnlTrustLine Class 2 ICSI Member Sub CA G1
(n)Code Solutions
The digital certificate must be in the name of the applicant. An
authorisation letter by the applicant should be provided on the
letterhead of the applicant to NSDL.
If the DSC acquired is issued by any other Certifying Authority or Sub-Certifying Authority, inform ISSUER DETAILS and ISSUED DETAILS of the DSC to Mr. Dharmesh Bajpai on dharmeshb@nsdl.co.in
The Issuer Details and Issued Details of the DSC can be obtained using following procedure:
Open Internet Explorer, go to menu Tools and click on sub-menu Internet Options.
Select Content tab and click Certificates button.
A pop-up window will display DSCs available under Personal tab.
Double Click on the DSC whose details are to be checked.
Window displaying DSC details will open. Click on Details tab which contains all the DSC details.
Click on the field named Issuer to find Issuer details.
Click on the field named Subject for Issued details.