India all set to introduce e-passports with chips
Indian travellers will soon be able to travel with microchip-enabled e-passports. Sanjay Bhattacharya, Secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs, announced on Twitter that India would receive e-passports with secure biometric data. He stated that the e-passport would adhere to the International Civil Aviation Organization’s standards (ICAO). The e-passports would include microchips that would store vital security information. Users in India are currently issued only printed passports. Bhattacharya described the e-features passport’s in his tweet. He revealed that the passport would contain secure biometric data, would allow for smooth passage…