<h1>Doorstep delivery of 402 services raises legal questions on authorization, data security, application authentication, and operator liability</h1> A district local government launched a doorstep delivery scheme for 402 government services from 80 departments across 431 gram panchayats, enabling residents to obtain certificates (birth, death, marriage, caste, domicile), welfare evidences (BPL, income, age for benefits), property and business filings, licenses, and forms. The program operates via authorized service-center operators who visit homes, scan documents, complete online applications, and deliver approved certificates. Legally, the initiative centralizes administrative processing and raises issues of statutory authorization, record-keeping, secure handling of personal data, authentication of applications, and liability for errors or fraud in operator-mediated submissions.