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Govt to introduce e-passports

In an effort to check forgeries and misuse of passports, the government is rolling out e-passports that will carry biometric information in a chip. - Govt raises borrowing to Rs 2.99 lakh cr for H1 2009-10">Govt raises borrowing to Rs 2.99 lakh cr for H1 2009-10 - The wages of prohibition - Centre to amend mining law to address iron ore issues - Project in WB delayed due to lack of adequate funds: Minister - Govt studying fiscal incentives for industries in SC/ST areas - NHPC replaces NEEPCO to build Manipur"s Tipaimukh Dam Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor informed Rajya Sabha that a pilot project to issue e-passports to diplomats and officials have already been started. "A pilot project for the issue of e-passports in the category of official and diplomatic passports has already been launched on June 25 last year," he said replying to a question. At present, a passport contains facial imprint but the e-passport will have all the personal details, including finger-prints, of the person carrying it. The government had asked the national informatics centre (NIC) and IIT (Kanpur) to work on the e-passport project which has successfully developed it.


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