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The government will launch the e-passport next year or by the end of this year. Dr. Ausaf Sayeed said that a new kind of feature would be added to the e-passport to increase the security level, and the machine reading will also be available in the e-passport.
The government will take several other kinds of steps for the Indian citizens who are migrating and working in other foreign countries. Moreover, a total sum of 87 billion U.S. dollars has been given to the Indian government by the people who are migrating, and it was 83 billion U.S. dollars last year.
Dr. Sayeed said that efforts are being made to make the immigration process much easier than it is now. The passport office in Hyderabad has recently issued more than 4,00,000 passports and also extended more than 16,000 services this year, and the regional conference has also been held in Hyderabad.
Key Takeaways
- The Government of India is planning to launch an e-passport by the end of this year
- This feature is added to increase the security level
- A chip will be embedded in the passport to keep the user’s information digitally and will come with a security update
- This new version of passport will provide a good citizen interface digital ecosystem and integration among different shareholders
About E-Passport
The following given point tell you about the basic knowledge and information about e-passports-
- The E-passport will be launched by the end of 2022 or by the first week of January 2023.
- A chip will be embedded in the passport to keep the user’s information digitally and will come with a security update.
- TCS, one of the biggest software exporters in India, will bring the technology to e-passports.
- The Government of India will own elements like data centers, databases, and the applicant’s software.
- The security feature for the e-passport will be designed by the national informatics center, which is situated in Nashik.
- The microchip-embedded passport is going to be provided by PSP-V 2.0.
- PSP-V 2.0 will provide a good citizen interface digital ecosystem and integration among different shareholders.
- This passport will ease the process for immigrants working in foreign countries.
- Officials have also visited Hyderabad to meet with the Telangana government.
- In 2022, around 87 billion U.S. dollars have been given by migrants working in a foreign country; this was 83 billion U.S. dollars last year.
Details of the E-Passport
The passport, which will be launched in India by next year or by the end of this year, will come with its new embedded chip, which will contain the citizen’s information digitally, and the passport will also come with a new updated security feature. The passport will make the process of immigration much easier, and the Indian citizen can work and migrate to any foreign country.
The chip’s features have been specified in the Civil Aviation organization document; the national informatics center has been interested in the ministry of external affairs taking the technical responsibility of the passport.
MoS had said that the passport is in the testing phase and the full-scale manufacturing of the e-passport is in procedure. It is projected to launch by the end of this year.
Concerning the Passport Seva Program Version 2.0
The PSP-V 2.0 enables the distribution of e-passports with integrated microchips.
It is India’s largest e-governance initiative, where TCS will use cutting-edge technology to streamline services.
Significance of PSP-V 2.0
The PSP-V 2.0 will guarantee a digital ecosystem, enhance citizen interaction, reform processes, integrate various stakeholders and databases, use improved technology, and strengthen data security.
