New Delhi: During her Budget 2022 speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had said e-passports with embedded chips will be rolled out in the country in 2022-2023. Prior to that, Sanjay Bhattacharya, Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, had said on Twitter that India would soon get e-passports with secure biometric data. He had said that the e-passports would be in accordance with the standards of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).
India is also a large population like China. We also need to pay more focus on the market of india. As above news issued, we also see the smart cards market direction. He added that the personal particulars of an applicant would be digitally stored in the chip that would be embedded in the passport booklet.
“The ministry is planning to issue chip-enabled e-passports to citizens with advanced security features. The e-passport features contactless smart card technology, including an embedded Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chip embedded in the front or back cover or page of the passport,” he said in a written reply to a question on e-passports.
“The personal particulars of the applicants would be digitally stored in the chip, which would be embedded in the physical passport booklet,” the minister said.