Coming soon: E-passport with chip for better security features

Coming soon: E-passport with chip for better security features E-passports with advanced securiry features will soon be introduced by the government. The government has informed Parliament that plans are afoot to issue e-passports with advanced security features such as a chip storing personal details of an applicant embedded in the physical passport booklet. The personal particulars of the applicant would be digitally signed and stored in the chip, which would be embedded in the physical passport booklet. In this regard, ISP, Nasik, has been authorised to float a global three-stage tender for procurement of the International Civil Aviation Organisation -compliant electronic contactless inlays along with its operating system, which is required for the manufacture of e-passports, Rajya Sabha Minster of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said.