AMN / NEW DELHI
Government is working on the introduction of e-passports and aims to issue 22 million in the first phase. Replying to supplementaries in the Rajya Sabha today, External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar said, the Ministry has plans to issue chip-enabled e-passports to citizens with advanced security features.
He said, the personal particulars of the applicants will be digitally signed and stored in the chip which will be embedded in the present form of physical passport booklet. In case anyone tampers with the chip, the system will be able to identify it resulting in the failure of the passport authentication.