Public Financial Management System
(PFMS)
Digital Signature Enrollment
(DSC)
Office of Controller General of Accounts
Ministry of Finance
Government of India
DS Enrollment
• User who need to use digital signature, needs
to first enroll itself on the PFMS portal
through DSC (Digital Signature Certificate)
Enrollment Module.
• Digital Signature can be enrolled by the users
performing the following roles in PFMS:
User Type
Approving Authority
Agency Checker Type User
Funding Agency
Program Division Checker Type PrAO
User
Drawing and Disbursing Officer PrAO
Pay and Account Officer
PrAO
Once enrollment request is initiated by the user, it
goes to the Approving Authority as per the above
mentioned table.
Prerequisite to enroll Digital Signature
System requirements1. Installation of Digital Signature driver and java
plug-in 1.7.0.0 or higher version
2. Remove DSC history from the system
3. Digital signature of Class II or Class III
4. Follow the following links to clear DS history:
Tools> Internet Options > Content > Certificats
• It will show the list of certificates which are
installed in the machine.
• Please remove all the undesired certificates
from your machine.
• If you are using browser other than IE, you
need to perform this activity by following
similar steps
Request Initiation for Enrollment of Digital Signature
Steps: Masters> DSC Management> Enroll DSC
Following screen will appear:
If DSC driver is not already installed in the system, please use the
hyperlink available in the page to download and install the driver.
Similarly if the appropriate JAVA version is not installed in the
system as mentioned in the pre-requisite, please use the link
available in the above mentioned page to download and instal it.
Click on button Digital certificate enrollment
Screen will display the certificates which are installed/connected with the computer.
Select the relevant certificate and click on “OK”
User will be prompted for “PIN”, enter the relevant pin number
and click on “OK”.
Once the pin has been successfully entered, following message
will be displayed “File has been successfully signed”
User will be prompted to “View Certificate Details and Proceed
for Enrollment”
On clicking the “View Certificate Details and Proceed for
Enrollment”, the following screen will be displayed:
• User needs to select from the schemes mapped to him
from the dropdown and also define the purpose for
the same.
• Click on ADD button.
• This will ensure that the signature enrolled can be
used only for the selected scheme and purpose. User
can add more than one Scheme and Purpose.
• After all the schemes and their respective purpose
have been added, click on “Enroll”.
• Successfully enrolled signature requests will go to the
approving authority for approval of Digital signature.
DSC Approval Process
Approving authority will login into CPSMS and click on the following menu link
to approve the DSC.
Masters> DSC Management>Approve DSC
Following screen will open displaying the list of all DSC enrollment requests
which are pending for his/her approval.
• The approving authority can approve the DSC
enrollment request(s) by selecting the check boxes
and clicking on ‘Approve’ button as shown in the
screen shot above.
• User can approve enrollment requests one by one or
in batch using this screen.
• If the approving authority wants to see more details
about DSC enrollment request before approval,
he/she can click on the desired user name hyperlink
shown in red font.
• On clicking, following screen is displayed.
User needs to click on ‘Approve’ button to approve the DSC
enrollment request. User can also reject the DSC enrollment request
by choosing the reason for rejection from the available list and
clicking on ‘Reject’ button.
Edit/Update Digital Signature
Following are the steps:
Masters> DSC Management> Enrolled DSC
User will go to the following screen
User can view the details of all the signatures enrolled against
the user who is logged in.
List of enrolled Digital Signatures will be displayed, with an
option to update/view them
User can click on “update” button, the following screen will be
displayed. User can update the scheme and purpose for which a
signature is enrolled in CPSMS.
Once all the changes have been made click on “Submit” button.
Successfully updated signature requests will go to the approving
authority for approval of Digital signature.
Deactivate Digital Signature
• This page will be used to de-activate the
signature of the user, in any of the following
scenarios:
• who leaves office, or
• the signature whose “valid up to” date has been
crossed, or
• is revoked by the digital signature issuing
authority.
Following are the steps:
Masters> DSC Management> Enrolled DSC
User can view the details of all the signatures enrolled against the user who is
logged in.
List of enrolled Digital Signatures will be displayed with an option to
“Deactivate” them.
User can select the digital signature he wants to deactivate, from the
dropdown select the “Reason for Deactivation” and click on “Deactivate”
button.
Signature will be deactivated successfully.
Digital Signature Configuration Process
Signatory Configuration
Bank>Signatory Configuration
On clicking the “Signatory Configuration”, the following screen will be
displayed:
Case 1: Login as Agency Administrator
Step1 - Add Account Limits
Enter the Minimum Debit Amount (per Batch) & Maximum Debit
Amount per batch & enter the Number of Levels and Click on
“Save” Button.
Note: Level is the number signatories required to Sign a
payment file. If You Enter level as “1”, only one Signatory is
required to sign the file.
If you choose “2” the two Signatories are required to sign a File.
Click on the “+” Button to Add the Signatories in who shall be
Authorized to Sign File within above entered range.
Step2 – Add Signatory Details
Select the Signatory Order, Enter the Designation and Select the
User From the drop down. Choose the Start Date & the End Date
and Select the Status as “Activate” and Click on “Save Icon” Button.
• You have set the minimum and maximum limit for the user and
the period for which the user can digitally Sign the file.
• You can add more than one person in the assigned limit. In Case
you want to add a separate Signatory for higher limit, Repeat
Step1 – and Enter the Minimum & Maximum account Limit.
Ensure the Limits do not overlap with earlier Signatories.
Repeat Step2 and Enter the Signing Authority Details with new
limits.
• You may deactivate a user if you don’t want the user to digitally
Sign the file.
• Note: All Active Signatories details would be sent to Bank for
Verification. This would be done after Individual Signatory
Signs (confirms) their details and Signs Enrolment Digital
Signature File in the next Step Accounts Digital Signature
Enrolment
Accounts Digital Signature Enrolment
Bank>Account DSC Enrolment
The Signing Authority now logs in and goes to the “Account DSC
Enrolment” Screen.
The Approving Authority can now view the Signing Authority
Name, Bank and the Account Number, the period and Digitally
Signing limit for the Bank.
Click on “Sign File” Button to send the request to the corresponding
Bank to verify the particulars of the Signing Authority.
The system would now prompt you to insert the USB with Digital
Signature. Insert the USB containing the Digital Signature.
The System now detects the Digital Signature attached. Click “Yes” for to allow System
to proceed further.
The System would now prompt to enter the pin to Digitally Sign
the File. Enter your pin.
Once the Sample file is digitally signed the system prompts the
message “Digitally Signed Successfully”.
Upon successful completion, the system now displays the signed
file in the below grid and the Bank Validation Status.
The Bank Validation Status “Active” indicates that the User can
now Digitally Sign the file.
This completes the Enrolment process for
DSC with a bank for the user.
http://cpsms.nic.in
Thanks
Project Office(CPSMS), O/o the CGA, M/o Finance, GoI
New Delhi