FAQs on Digital Signature Certificate

Q. What is Class 2 Digital Signature Certificate (DSC)?

By Agam Gupta 10 Feb 2017

Class 2 Digital Signature Certificate is required for Income Tax filing, ROC and MCA filing. Class 2 Digital Signature Certificate provided by Hubco.in valid for a period of 2 years.

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Q. What is Class 3 Digital Signature Certificate (DSC)?

By Agam Gupta 10 Feb 2017

Class 3 DGFT Digital Signature Certificate is required for DGFT website to communicate or for E-tendering. Class 3 Digital Signature (DSC) provided by Hubco.in is valid for a period of 2 years.

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Q. What type of DSC is used for DGFT?

By Agam Gupta 10 Feb 2017

Class 3 Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) is used for the purpose of filing in DGFT.

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Q. What is DSC Certifying Authority?

By Agam Gupta 10 Feb 2017

Certifying Authorities are the authorities empowered by Controller of Certifying Authorities to Issue Digital Signature Certificates in India and the following are:Safescrypt,NIC,IDRBT,TCSGNFC,e-MudhraCA

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Q. Can a simple PDF document be signed through DSC?

By Agam Gupta 10 Feb 2017

Yes a simple PDF can be signed with the help of Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) if you have Adobe Acrobat in your computer system.

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Q. What type of DSC be used in filing of Import Export Code (IEC)?

By Agam Gupta 10 Feb 2017

To file a application for Import Export Code (IEC) in India on DGFT Website, one needs a Class 2 Digital Signature Certificate issued on the applicant name who is responsible for applying the Import Export Code(IEC).

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Q. How to use digital signature certificate?

By Agam Gupta 10 Feb 2017

Using a Digital Signature Certificate is simple as now a days all the DSC tokens coming are plug n play in nature. One needs to install the software of the DSC token in the system and keep the JAVA updated in the system, so that he/she can easily use the DSC in the system.

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Q. How to use digital signature in income tax return?

By Agam Gupta 10 Feb 2017

Digital signatures provide a high level of security for authentication and non-repudiation along with convenience and easy usability. So, for using the DSC On Income Tax Website, you first need to generate the signature file with the help of DSC management utility available on Income Tax Website. Once the Signature file gets generated, the same needs to be uploaded while filing the Income Tax Return and your return gets signed.

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