India e-Passport Launched: The changing era is of digital, in which people are participating enthusiastically. They are doing everything from online shopping to studying. The level of technology in India is also increasing rapidly. A significant change is being seen in the digital era passport across the country. Now India has launched e-passport. E-passport is considered more secure than the old one.
Radio Frequency Identification chip is installed in the e-passport. Complete biometric information of the users will be available. It has been started in some big cities across the country. It began in 12 regional passport offices, including Hyderabad and Amritsar. Due to the chip installed on these passports, there is all the biometric data, including face picture, fingerprints and iris scan.
E-passports started being available in these cities.
E-passports have started being available in many cities. The e-passport facility started in Nagpur, Bhubaneswar, Jammu, Goa, and Shimla. Apart from these, distribution of e-passports has started in Raipur, Jaipur, Chennai, Hyderabad, Surat, Ranchi and Delhi. According to the ministry, by mid-2025, it will be implemented in all passport service centres of the country. In Tamil Nadu, e-passports are being issued in Chennai Regional Passport Office on March 3, 2025. As of March 22, 20,729 e-passports have been distributed in the state.
What is an e-passport?
E-passport is a sound system. An e-passport is a paper and electronic passport, in which an audio frequency identification chip and an antenna have been installed on the inlay of the passport. Personal information and biometric information of passport holders are fed into it.
Along with this, important information like your fingerprints, iris scan and photo are fed into the passport. An antenna has been installed in the chip. This will prevent standing in long queues during scanning.
This will stop fraud.
For information, let us tell you that the existing technology inthe e-passport is considered very strong for data security. Criminal activities like tampering with passport, fraud and making fake passports can be stopped. It is not necessary to adopt e-passport. If they already have a passport, it will remain valid till its expiry date.