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Chip-enabled passports soon to be a reality

Indian citizens will soon be able to carry chip-enabled e-passports with advances speciality features. The government is in the process to roll out advance security feature in passports, said External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar on the Passport Seva Divas. “We propose to pursue the manufacture of e-passports on priority so that a new passport booklet with advanced security features can be rolled out in the near future,” said the minister. Promising that MEA and the department of posts would have a Passport Seva Kendra in every Lok Sabha constituency. “Both our ministries (MEA and Ministry of Communications) are completing the ... Read more