According to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), this project began under a pilot phase in conjunction with the Passport Seva Programme (PSP) Version 2.0, which was initiated in April last year.
Hyderabad: One of India’s most ambitious governance projects, one that aims at making Indian passports tamper-proof by issuing e-passports, is likely to be rolled out within a few months. Ministry of External Affairs Secretary (Consular, Passport, Visa & Overseas Indian Affairs) Ausaf Saeed told a press conference here on Wednesday that e-passports were ‘close to […]
New Delhi: The government on Thursday said it is planning to roll out e-passports with advanced security features such as Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chip. Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said in Rajya Sabha that the personal particulars of an applicant would be digitally stored in the chip that would be embedded […]
