India to soon have e-passport |
Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said the Modi government is working on introduction of e-passports and aims to issue around 22 million passports in the first phase. The Ministry has plans to issue chip-enabled e-passports to citizens with advanced security features. Speaking during question hour in the Rajya Sabha, the minister said that the personal particulars of the applicants would be digitally signed and stored in the chip which would be embedded in the present form of physical passport booklet. If the chip is tampered with, the system would be able to identify it resulting in the failure of the passport authentication. The government has already given its approval for procurement of electronic contactless inlays for manufacturing of e-passports to India Security Press situated in Nashik.
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