Please find attached guidelines issued by CCA (Controller of Certifying Authorities). The brief summary of the Guideline on Discontinuance of Class 2 DSC is mentioned below:
| 1 | Guideline date | 26.11.2020 |
| 2 | Subject | Discontinuation of Class 2 DSC from 01.01.2021 |
| 3 | Effective date | 01.01.2021 |
| 4 | Applicability | As per attached guidelines |
| 5 | Brief description | In para 1.13 – Key pair generation/Storage of the guidance note it was mentioned that “CA shall not issue class 2 level individual Signing certificates.”
(a) CLASS – 2 will discontinue from 1st January, 2021. Thus, after 01.01.2021 class 2 DSC cannot be purchased or renewed. (b) CLASS -3 DSC shall be valid and utilized for all purposes such as ROC, GST, Income Tax, PF, Tenders etc. after 01.01.2021. However, existing CLASS-2 DSC shall be valid for usage till its expiry. (c) Government DSC would require a Video. (d) There would no Traditional DSC (No Paper based DSC) from 1st Jan 2021. (e) ALL DSC have to be downloaded within 30 Days after approval. |
| 5 | Impact | This is welcome move as to reduce paper work and increasing digitization of forms. |
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