Over 1.16 crore digitally-signed caste certificates issued in MP

BHOPAL: The Madhya Pradesh government has issued over 1.16 crore digitally signed caste certificates to people in the state.

The certificates, which will be always available online, are being kept safe in a digital repository, and so far over 1.16 crore such certificates have been issued, an official release said today.

Arrangement has been made to issue caste certificates with digital signature of Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM).

To ensure that school students don't have to visit number of places to obtain caste certificates, General Administration Department had launched this special campaign to issue certificates to students taking admission in class 1 from July 1, 2014, it said.