With an aim to digitize the personal information of citizens, India has been planning to introduce e-passports in the country for the longest time. Earlier this year, we saw the government officially announce the e-passport initiative during Union Budget 2022. Now, the Minister of State for External Affairs has confirmed that digital passports will be issued to citizens, starting from 2022. Check out the details below.
During a recent Rajya Sabha session, V Muraleedharan, the Union Minister of State for External Affairs, said that the government will start issuing e-passports to citizens this year. The Ministry noted that the e-Passport will be a combination of a physical passport with digital technologies embedded into it.
“The e-passports will be produced by the India Security Press, Nashik, which has issued letters of intent for the procurement of 4.5 crore ICAO-compliant electronic chips along with its operating system,” the Union Minister added.
